Ghostly Weird Stories #120

In "Night-Monster," Ray Alexander, a comic writer whose latest sci-fi tale "Dimension" is rejected for being too cerebral, finds himself drawn into a chilling mystery when a strange, shadowy figure begins haunting his apartment—just as his editor insisted the public craves horror, not imagination.

Archaeologists excavating an Egyptian tomb discover a warning inscription—but one member of their party, Ivan Sanders, sneaks into the crypt alone at night and awakens something far older and more dangerous than stone and dust. When the mummy rises from its ancient coffin, Sanders faces a supernatural encounter that the inscription's curse may have foretold all along.

Ambrose McShaven thought he'd gotten away with murdering his partner Eric Porter years ago, but Porter's dying oath of vengeance comes back to haunt him—literally—when a spectral figure appears in his bedroom one fateful night. As the phantom closes in, McShaven finds himself facing the reckoning he's dreaded all these years, leaving only questions about whether the supernatural truly claimed him or something far more mundane did.

English explorer Harry Denfeld arrives in the remote back country of Bazra, Iraq to investigate a legendary creature said to inhabit a hidden cavern—a supernatural being whose grotesque face brings certain death to any who look upon it. The local Caliph warns him that many have perished after encountering the djinni, their eyes frozen in terror, but Denfeld is determined to uncover the rational truth behind the legend. What he discovers in that dark cavern will test whether reason can stand against the inexplicable.

Dr. Alexander Wilson was once a beloved physician and talented rose gardener whose life revolved around his beautiful wife Angela, until a tragic accident in his garden transforms him into a man consumed by hatred. Now, behind the mask of the same kind and generous doctor everyone admires, Wilson has concocted a sinister plan involving his prized roses—and he's prepared to see it through. As his poisoned flowers begin circulating among the people he knows, death arrives quietly, leaving no one the wiser to his terrible work.