Chilling Tales #17

Gordon Howe accepts a secretary position at a decaying house on Grimpen Moor, only to discover that Professor Blutress is conducting a ghastly experiment in his locked laboratory—one involving bodies and a mysterious elixir meant to unlock the secret of life itself. When Howe's curiosity gets the better of him and he breaks into the forbidden room, he finds himself trapped in the professor's final horrifying demonstration, forced to witness what happens when the elixir is unleashed on the macabre results of the professor's work.

A sailor's desperate voyage takes a turn toward the supernatural when a catastrophic storm leaves him stranded—only to be rescued by a colossal, ghostly vessel crewed by men who cannot see him. As he records his terror in a journal, the ship carries him into an ever-darkening realm of impossible seas and inexplicable horrors, bound for a fate he cannot escape. This haunting adaptation of E.A. Poe's classic "Ms. Found in a Bottle" captures the creeping dread of a man caught between worlds, watching his doom approach with helpless clarity.

Two young archaeologists unearth an ancient Cymerian casket buried for thousands of years—one that carries a dire warning inscribed upon it. When one of them ignores the warning and opens the casket, he unleashes the Evil Eye, a glowing gem of malevolent power that transforms him into a vessel for the god Klanneth himself. Now the other archaeologist must find a way to stop the ancient evil before it consumes them both.