Black Sand Beach 3: Have You Seen the Darkness?
by Richard Fairgray
Told in alternating timelines, Dash and his friends try to use the Darkness to capture the monster they accidentally freed, while in 1994 sisters Mabel and Kasey come face-to-face with the shapeshifting creature their father's hunting.
Hardcover
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
Dash and the crew are on a mission to save their summer vacation home from competing evils in the third installment in the creepy Black Sand Beach graphic novel series, perfect for fans of Gravity Falls, Rickety Stitch, and Fake Blood.After reading Dash's journal from the previous summer-the summer he doesn't remember-the kids piece together that Dash's new ghost girl friends were really puppets of a darker evil that collects the identities of its victims. And now that evil has come to call.Kelsey and Casey visited Black Sand Beach in the 90s, back when it was a legit beach town with boogie boards, ice cream, T-shirt shops. But they weren't on a summer escape. They were tagging along on their dad's monster-hunting mission. They found one. And it ate them.Now, back in the present, Dash and his crew must put this face-stealing monster to rest. Before the Darkness, and all the evil of Black Sand Beach takes Dash . . . forever.
Author Biography
Richard Fairgray is a writer, artist, and colorist, best known for his work in comic books such as Blastosaurus and Ghost Ghost, and picture books such as Gorillas In Our Midst and If I Had an Elephant. As a child he firmly believed he would grow up and eat all the candy he wanted and stay up as late as he liked. By drawing pictures when he wasn't meant to and reading all the things people told him not to, he has made his dream come true.Richard lives in Surrey, British Columbia, where he is able to work furiously, surrounded by plastic skeletons, dogs, friends, loved ones (and possibly the most comprehensive collection of Courtney Love bootlegs on the planet).
Review
"Fairgray's use of perspective and detail lends power to the monsters. . . . The horrors become darker and more dangerous, but there are still chuckles to be found."—School Library Journal
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"Fairgray's use of perspective and detail lends power to the monsters. . . . The horrors become darker and more dangerous, but there are still chuckles to be found." --School Library Journal
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