Graphic Novel Sandcastle Novels & Stories

“These are going to make our sandcastle even better.” Ethan beamed, dropping the shells into her hands. “I want to help with the castle now!” Jacob crouched down beside him, ruffling his hair. “Alright, buddy. You’re in charge of decorating.” For the next hour, the four of them worked together, building and decorating what became their masterpiece—a large, multi-towered sandcastle adorned with seashells, sticks, and seaweed. Elara and Ethan were beaming with pride as they added the final touches, their little hands busy sculpting and placing shells just right.

Jack asks if he can get a Naughty Shirley Temple later. When he sees I haven't noticed it yet, Noah points me toward the center of the room where the food is. I gasp. The centerpiece is a giant sandcastle. It is an almost perfect replica of the one we built so long ago. It's beautiful. I step closer and realize that there is more to it than just the towers and seashells, though. The moat is shallow and filled with some sort of glass to make it look like water. Swimming through the glass are sharks made of sand. Lemon sharks.

She was so engrossed in their sculpture she hardly noticed when wet sand seeped through her blouse. Parker used his palms to thin out a rampart wall and she went in search of a shell for the perfect drawbridge. They smiled proudly as each detail came together. Grit dusted her hairline, but she didn’t care. Brushing off her palms, she stood, her legs tired in a satisfying way. She took in their work of art and smiled. “I think that’s the nicest sand castle I’ve ever seen.” “Now we wait.” He rinsed his palms in a bucket of clean ocean water and dropped to the blanket, easing back in a relaxed pose.

He squatted on the sand and gathered the sand with his hands and started molding it. “Ewww…. What are you doing?” “Making sandcastle. Didn’t you want to make one? I am just showing you.” Mr. Roy said and got busy making the sandcastle. The cool and smooth texture of the sand made him want to touch the sand again and again. He felt all his worries and stress seep away. He didn’t even care that they would be spotted and caught. Myra stood there watching him with a confused expression. Wrick squatted in front of Mr. Roy and followed him step by step.

“I want us to have that.” Nero kisses my forehead, his lips lingering there for a moment. “Then we will.” Before I can respond, Nereo comes bounding over, flopping down onto the sand between us with a big grin on his face. “I didn’t catch the crab, but it’s okay,” he announces, completely unbothered. “Can we build a sandcastle together now?” I laugh, running my fingers through his messy hair. “Of course we can.” Nero stands, holding out his hand to help me up. “Let’s do it. The biggest sandcastle this beach has ever seen.”

I spotted Adison and Eliza building a sandcastle while Seth’s friend was trying to teach him how to skimboard — and failing miserably. And then there was Travis. Sitting beneath a coconut tree, sunglasses on, arms folded, watching me. Of course he was watching. I walked past him without a word, planting myself on the sand near the girls. “What’s the verdict on the castle, Your Highnesses?” Adison giggled. “It needs seashells for a roof. Think you can help with that?” “Absolutely,” I said, thankful for the distraction. I started collecting shells along the shore, letting the foamy waves kiss my ankles. The wind tugged at the hem of my shirt, and I bent down to pick a perfect spiral shell when

Later, as the sun climbed higher, we built a sandcastle together near the water’s edge. Nikolai was hilariously bad at it—his towers kept collapsing—but he kept trying, tongue poking out in concentration, because “Alora would love this.” I laughed until tears streamed down my face, snapping mental pictures of the ruthless Pakhan on his knees in the sand, carefully placing seashells as decorations. “She’d declare you the best sandcastle builder in the world,” I said, leaning over to kiss his cheek. He caught me, pulling me down onto the sand with him in a playful tumble. We lay there tangled, breathing hard from laughter, his hand stroking my hair as the waves lapped nearby.

The two drags me to their sand pit, showing me their half-finished sand castle in progress. “Help us finish our princesses’ castle.” The two-seat on their sand pit. I settle on one edge, holding one of the pails filled with sand. “Sure thing. We’ll make the best one yet.” The two kids grin happily as they clap their hands. They fill the empty pails with sand, while I morph the unstructured sand towers into the crowns. The sisters are mesmerized by the way I make their simple work kick up a notch. As we altogether place a flag on each of the three tallest towers, Kali and Kacy give me an approving smile.

Now I need to pass the most complicated way to get there. The kingdom of sandcastle is named after its sand reputation. The kingdom was built strongly on the sand, and even though it had a reputation for being strong, its biggest natural disaster was “quicksand”. The people of the kingdom had suffered for so long before they were finally able to make the land habitable. Rumors have it that the forerunners of the kingdom had to make a sacrifice to the sand god to appease him to stop taking the lives of its people.

"And then the horde is where I'm being chased by a horde of monsters, except they look really human in my eyes. Like they were mutated or some sort. And then the dark side is where I am in a dark and cold woods, and in my head, I am looking for someone, I just don't know who. No matter how much I search the woods, I can't seem to find the person I am looking for. And then there's the beach, which I haven't really figured out yet, cause I was just standing there, doing nothing." There was one last jump she yet had to explain, but right now, she's not sure why she's starting to feel cold. "And then there's the graveyard," Eli started to explain again. "I'm back home, but the house is empty. I