They say that a ghost witch lives in the woods, up on the hill. They say her companion has a pig skull for a face and stands taller than a man, his skeleton gleaming in the moonlight. They say that the witch takes young girls, and no one ever sees them again.
Daniel doesn’t believe the stories. He figures the kids on the bus are just trying to scare him since he’s new. Still, he wishes his family had never moved here—their house is a wreck, Mom and Dad keep fighting, and his little sister, Erica, spends most of her time talking to her creepy doll.
But when Erica disappears into the woods one day, Daniel knows something is terribly wrong. Has she been “took”?
For more spooky graphic novels from Mary Downing Hahn, check out Wait Till Helen Comes, All the Lovely Bad Ones, and The Old Willis Place!
Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.
Jen Vaughn’s work includes the Goosebumps: Download and Die! comics series and The Secret Loves of Geek Girls as well as covers for My Little Pony, Pathfinder, The Wilds, and more. She was also a longtime marketing director at Fantagraphics Books. Twitter: @TheJenya, Instagram: @thejenya. hauntedvaultstudios.com
Scott Peterson is the writer of Truckus Maximus, an original middle grade graphic novel, as well as the comics series Batgirl, Batgirl Beyond, and Gotham Adventures. Scott lives in the Pacific Northwest with his family. Visit him at theotherscottpeterson.blogspot.com.
Hank Jones is a recent graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design and lives in Atlanta. Visit him at hank-jones.format.com.