Adventures into the Unknown #14

Lou Walton, a recording engineer visiting Haiti on his honeymoon to document the nation's inauguration, finds himself caught between the modern world and ancient voodoo when a mysterious note summons him to the outskirts of Port-au-Prince—and a shambling zombie blocks his path instead. When his wife Janet vanishes into the jungle darkness, Lou must decide whether to trust an inexplicable compulsion drawing him toward the legendary sorcerer Vaudoux himself. This tale of the living dead will test whether a man's wits and determination can survive an encounter with forces that defy the natural world.

Bernard Hampton lands a night job at the New York Blade's newspaper morgue—a vast archive of historical records perfect for his doctoral thesis on pre-war violence—but the previous employee, Frederic Swanson, warns him desperately that the morgue harbors ghosts drawn to the yellowed papers documenting violent deaths. On his first night alone in the subterranean vault, Bernard discovers that Swanson's warnings may have been terrifyingly real when he encounters a specter bound to the very newspaper clippings he's been researching.

An inventor's decade-long dream becomes a nightmare when his sub-atomic duplicator successfully creates a human copy—but one born without conscience or soul. When Homer's double turns murderous and seizes control of the machine, homicide detective Dan Jansen finds himself pulled into the case, only to become the duplicator's next victim. Now two versions of Dan exist, and only one can survive the hunt.

In "The Face in the Moonstone," scientist Van and his fiancée Lorna journey to a secluded French abbey for a scientific expedition, only to stumble upon the haunting presence of Lilith, the ancient Queen of Darkness. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with a chilling sense of dread as the past refuses to stay buried.

A honeymooning recording engineer and his wife find themselves drawn into the shadowy streets of Haiti, where a mysterious summons signed by someone claiming to be the legendary sorcerer Vaudoux leads them face-to-face with an unstoppable zombie—and the disappearance of the woman he loves. Now, stranded in a land where voodoo magic walks the earth, he must uncover the truth behind Vaudoux's resurrection and rescue his wife from forces that defy explanation.