Wytches

Wytches, vol. 1, by Scott Snyder, 144 pages

The Rooks family has just moved to a new, small town- seemingly to get away from some sort of "incident" that occurred in the old place.  And while it seems like the family is settling in and moving on- the daughter has made a friend at school, and dad's new graphic novel is coming along, there are a few... unsettling things that occur.  Oh, like the bald woman with prosthetic legs who breaks into the house to rave about witches and the egg-sized lump developing on the daughter's neck and the trees that eat people. Clearly, this small town life is not as simple as they thought.  As usual, the writing of Scott Snyder is solid and it reminded me of a Stephen King story (in a good way!).  That said, I am not a scary-story sort of reader, so I may pass on finishing out the series.