Delphine by Richard Sala

​I came across this book while browsing the library selection for something seasonal. Sure enough, this spooky fairy tale for adults fit the bill.
In bleak, slightly cartoonish monochromes, the author tells a tale of a man who, in search of a long-lost love, comes to a village that seems straight out of a Black Forrest, straight out of a classic fairy tale. Each local is stranger than the next, each interaction is creepier than the last one. And there ware witches. Or are there?
There’s a sort of peculiar hallucinogenic quality tot eh narrative, but it works quite effectively especially in that charmingly disturbing twist of an ending.
Sala, serving as both the artist and the storyteller, mostly shows instead of tells (except for one peculiarly overnarrated section), creating for a pleasing text to visuals ratio and making a book a very quick read. Spooky, eerie, atmospheric – yeah, this one is October perfect. Recommended.