Selección Terror: Mister Macabro

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This Spanish-language horror pulp magazine features "Mister Macabro" by Curtis Garland. The story opens with a terrifying basement scene—a woman cowering in horror before what appears to be a decomposed corpse or walking dead creature. The narrative then shifts to a traveler arriving at isolated Wakegate station in Yorkshire during a storm in 1938. The reluctant stationmaster refuses him shelter, then reacts with dread upon learning the visitor is headed to Hartfield Manor. The traveler ventures into the storm and, seeking refuge from lightning and rain, discovers what appears to be a house with lights. Instead, he finds himself in a cemetery where he encounters a frightened woman weeping at a mausoleum. She flees in terror at his approach, dropping an embroidered handkerchief bearing initials "B.H." As he follows, he hears inhuman sounds and metallic screeching from behind—the story breaks off mid-sentence, continuing further.