Dark Mysteries #11
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"The River of Blood" tells the story of two partners, Hal and Kenny, who become rivals when a woman named Rita enters their lives. Kenny, consumed by jealousy, devises an evil plan to murder Rita and frame Hal, intending to lose the happy couple so he can claim Rita for himself; however, his scheme goes awry. The narrative then shifts to a separate tale involving Picard, a man caught in revolutionary turmoil, who becomes entangled with Madame Reclas and falls victim to Maurin's plot, leading to his demise at a public execution. A third story follows Clyde, a factory worker who elopes with his bride Elaine against her father's wishes; when Clyde's father-in-law Walter Forbes goes missing and is presumed dead, Clyde becomes the manager of the factory, but dark suspicions arise about whether Clyde may have caused Forbes's disappearance to advance his position.
A young doctor's dark past catches up with him when a defective drug meant to save lives becomes the seed of a terrible accusation. Years later, having built a new life in America, Dr. Horly finds himself haunted by an impossible return—and a hunger for vengeance that refuses to stay buried. In "A Vampire Is Born," written for Dark Mysteries #11, the consequences of one man's lies spiral into something far more sinister than he ever imagined.
Construction partners Hal Mont and Kenny Elsom compete fiercely over their secretary Rita, but when Rita chooses Hal, Kenny's jealousy turns murderous—he devises a grotesque scheme using the Kilbride Mansion's river rats to dispose of the couple and hide all evidence of the crime. As Kenny builds his new life and fortune, the clever rats prove far smarter than he bargained for, slowly gnawing their way toward a reckoning that will catch him completely off guard.
In Revolutionary France, the innkeeper Picard betrays a fugitive nobleman to gain blood money, but his greed and treachery exact a supernatural price when the ghosts of those he wronged begin to haunt him relentlessly. As Picard flees from one terror to another—pursued by spectral visions and consumed by guilt—his desperate escape leads him to the very river where his victims met their doom. "Horror of the River of Blood!" traps a coward between his conscience and forces far beyond mortal reckoning.
When steel mill foreman Clyde Burnett secretly marries his boss's daughter Elaine Forbes to gain access to the family fortune, the wealthy J. Walter Forbes threatens to expose his schemes—but Clyde acts first, disposing of the older man and transforming him into something far more sinister. Now in control of both the factory and a custom hot rod built from steel that holds a gruesome secret, Clyde begins to reveal his true nature, and the car itself may exact a terrible price for his cruelty.
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