Are You Afraid of the Dark Graphic Novels (Tehlor Kay Mejia) Books in Order

In Tehlor Kay Mejia's Are You Afraid of the Dark? graphic novel entry, the old campfire setup gets reshaped for younger comics readers. The Witch's Wings and Other Terrifying Tales opens with a new Midnight Society gathering to trade scary stories, so the book immediately feels like a dare passed around after dark. Because it is an anthology rather than one long continuous plot, the fun comes from variety. Each tale has its own lead, its own threat, and its own visual mood, while the frame story keeps everything tied to that familiar campfire challenge.

The campfire is half the point.

All three stories pull from Hispanic urban legends and cultural lore. One follows a boy whose habit of bullying puts him in the path of an ancient witch. Another traps a girl on a bus where the danger is much worse than a bad ride home. The last begins with two siblings bringing home a stray dog and slowly realizing they may have invited something monstrous inside. None of these setups take long to get moving. They land fast, turn eerie quickly, and know how to end on the kind of image that sticks in your head.

The anthology format also makes the tone more welcoming than brutal. These are creepy stories for middle grade readers who want shivers, not gore. Mejia understands that the best kid horror often starts with something ordinary, a bus ride, a stray animal, a mean kid trying to show off, then tips it sideways until the whole scene feels wrong. The Midnight Society frame keeps the book playful, but the folklore underneath gives the scares a little extra weight.

The art matters a lot here too. Different illustrators handle different stories, which helps each segment feel distinct without breaking the overall mood. One tale leans shadowy and sharp, another a little bolder or stranger, but all of them work toward the same late-night feeling. That makes the book especially good for readers who like horror anthologies, quick chapters, or comics they can read in one sitting and then immediately hand to a friend.

Even though the stories are standalone, they share a clear personality. Expect bad decisions, old warnings that turn out to be true, and kids who realize a little too late that the adults in their lives may have had reasons for being afraid. The franchise name promises a campfire chill, and Mejia delivers that, but with folklore that feels specific instead of generic.

So if you want spooky graphic reading that is brisk, visual, and easy to give to a horror-curious younger reader, this is a good fit. It works well as an entry point because the stories are short enough to stay fun, but vivid enough to linger after the last page. You get three scares, one classic frame, and just enough darkness to make the room feel different when you look up.