Beware #11

When Tom Hayden, assistant to archaeologist Dr. Frank Corwin, ventures alone atop an ancient Maya temple in the Yucatan, he accidentally triggers a hidden chamber—awakening Chactu, the High Priest of Quetzacoatl, who has slept suspended in time for seven centuries. Recognized as the golden-haired chosen one foretold in Maya prophecy, Tom is transformed into a celebrated guest of honor, lavished with luxuries and the company of the beautiful Princess Kalma, but there's a terrible price attached to this year of splendor. As weeks become months in the timeless temple, Tom and Kalma fall deeply in love, desperately seeking a way to escape the doom that awaits them when their year comes to an end.

A retired scientist tuning into a mysterious radio frequency picks up a terrifying signal—and a glimpse of something inhuman on his makeshift screen—in "Cry: Danger," a six-page tale of cosmic horror from *Beware* #11. Peter Crane becomes obsessed with proving what he's witnessed is real, fighting disbelief from his wife and colleagues until he finally convinces the authorities to investigate. But when the military arrives at his cellar laboratory, the truth waiting in the static proves far more sinister than he ever imagined.

An ambitious embalmer discovers a miraculous preservative fluid that makes even the most deteriorated corpses appear lifelike—but his secret source proves far more sinister than his greedy employer bargains for. When curiosity drives Charles Case to uncover Leslie Lenox's formula, he stumbles onto a horrifying truth that seals his fate in "His Own Funeral," a 1954 tale of ambition punished by the very innovation it coveted.

When supernatural author Leo Crain's bestselling novel "Dwellers in Darkness" begins vanishing under uncanny circumstances, a mysterious man named Htaed appears with an extraordinary offer—and a sinister purpose. Lured to Htaed's office under false pretenses, Crain discovers his book has exposed a terrible secret: the existence of an ancient evil force that now demands his presence in its underground lair. What follows is a harrowing descent into darkness where Crain must confront the very horrors he's written about.