Credits
Writer(s):
Ray Bradbury (plot); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
Penciller(s):
Joe Orlando
Inker(s):
Joe Orlando
Letterer(s):
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres:
horror
Feature(s):
The Vault of Horror!
Character(s):
The Vault-Keeper (host); a little boy; Margaret (the grown-up little boy's wife); lifeguard; Tally (death, in flashback)
Synopsis:
Years below, a little boy and his young girl friend, Tally played at the beach building sand castles together. One day, Tally swam out into the water and drowned, leaving the sand castle un-done, and no closure for the boy. Years later, the little boy, now grown, got married and returned to the beach with his wife, and met with the old lifeguard, who showed him Tally's body in a sack. Once more the young man returned to the beach, built an entire sand castle and walked back to his wife, Margaret, leaving the past behind.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
6
Notes:
Story was adapted from Ray Bradbury's "The October Country," which appeared in May, 1944's "Weird Tales" and the anthology "Dark Carnival."
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.