Through the Woods

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They Would Cut You Up: Bell tells the monster that its children would be at danger of being captured and experimented on (among other things) if they went to live in the city. This leaves the monster so afraid that it changes its mind and decides to stay away from the city to protect its children.

Replacement Goldfish: The murdered first wife believes the second wife replaced her as lover of her husband and rightful owner of the mansion. She tries to murder the second wife in a rage, but fortunately the second wife manages to flee. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The protagonist, a young woman in an Arranged Marriage, finds pieces of her husband's murdered first wife concealed all over the house. Wife #2 reassembles Wife #1, which Wife #2 (and the reader) assumes to be what the corpse wants. Unfortunately, now that she's reassembled, Wife #1's first goal is to kill Wife #2 so she can have her husband all to herself. However, this also turns out to be a blessing in disguise — had Wife #2 not revived Wife #1, she still would've been in danger as her husband is actually a despicable murderer who killed Wife #1 for her wealth and property. Big Sister Instinct: Beth, despite being the middle sister, is convinced that Mary was taken away by the man with the wide-brimmed hat, and searches for her all over the house. Unfortunately, while she's busy looking for Mary, the man with the wide-brimmed hat takes Hannah, too. This book is full of gorgeous, terrifying tales of mysterious wooded misadventures that creep right into your brain and seduce you."--Lucy Knisley, author of RELISH: MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN Hannah wears a white dress and a yellow cloak, which emphasizes her youth and innocence. Of the three sisters, she doesn't really understand everything that's going on, including the importance of surviving a heavy snowstorm and the ramifications of their father's death.

A Lady's Hands Are Cold": A woman enters into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man, but his fine manor holds a secret, one which may be very dangerous if discovered. Don't Go in the Woods: In keeping with traditional tales and horror stories, going into the woods is a bad idea. Fittingly, the comic cover features a forest with a red moon, the trees' branches looking like Creepy Long Fingers. Like I said, I loved this book. Brooding, haunting, with an overwhelming sense of morbid inevitability, Through the Woods is the kind of horrific graphic novel that hits all of the right notes. Over the course of three more days, the girls' basic necessities (food, water, kindling, and matches) run out. It's on the third day that they're completely gone. The girls themselves also die one by one after meeting the man with the wide-brimmed hat, which is represented by them suddenly disappearing along with their traveling cloaks. Mary is the first to die, followed by Hannah, then lastly Beth when she travels to the neighbor's house alone in the middle of a snowstorm. Mundanger: All of the stories have at least elements of the supernatural and/or monsters that are dangerous, but it's often much more mundane dangers that are less focused upon that are actually the biggest threats to the protagonists.

Shoot the Shaggy Dog: After both of her sisters have disappeared with the man with the wide-brimmed hat and toothy smile, Beth flees her home to the neighbor's house, despite being without any food and the snow now being much worse than it was several days prior. After an exhausting, dangerous trek, she finally makes it to the neighbor's house... and finds the man with the wide-brimmed hat waiting for her there. Stunning, magical. Hauntingly gothic...[ Through the Woods] made me feel like a child again, reading grim fairy tales."--Jane Harris, author of THE OBSERVATIONSThe Nesting Place –This is my favorite story of the bunch. It is the story of Bell, a young girl home visiting her brother and his new fiance. The horror part of this story is that Rebecca, the fiance, is not at all what she seems. There are worms, I will leave it at that.