Baffling Mysteries #11

In "Appointment in Hades," Soldier Heath wakes from drowning on a war-torn beachhead only to find himself cursed by the devil. Haunted by the ghosts of his fallen comrades, he’s pursued across a nightmare landscape, forced to face the price of his desertion.

In the quiet hush of a forgotten hall, the ghost of 18th-century Italian composer Rondo Amadi returns to perform his long-lost violin concerto—only this time, for two living composers who never expected to witness history made anew.

In the sweltering heart of a Louisiana plantation, a desperate man stumbles into a hidden world of voodoo and shadows, where a queen commands a horde of the undead. As his own brother—revenant and warning—appears from the grave, the line between life and death blurs in a ritual that demands a terrible price.

In "Red Talons of Lupercalia," a mother and daughter journey to Czechoslovakia for a fateful meeting with the count, a man whose bloodline carries a monstrous secret. As ancient horrors stir beneath the surface of a noble estate, the mother finds herself thrust into a battle she never expected—facing not just a vampire, but a curse that twists even victory into madness.

In "Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal," an expedition in the desert awakens the ancient spirit of Ashmedah, the cruel priestess of Baal, who seizes control of Wanda, the team’s young explorer. As the undead Wanda fights to reclaim her body from the malevolent force, their battle leads to a fiery end neither can escape.