Haunt of Fear #14
"A Little Stranger!" is a chilling tale from Haunt of Fear #14 (1952), a standout issue from EC’s legendary horror line. Written by Bill Gaines and Albert B. Feldstein and brought to life with haunting art by Graham Ingels—whose cover pencils and inks define the issue’s eerie tone—this story follows a vampire woman and a werewolf man whose forbidden love leads them to a macabre fate. After being buried in the devil’s graveyard, they rise on their wedding night, their union sealed beneath a mausoleum, setting the stage for a legacy that begins with the birth of the Old Witch.
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A female vampire and a male werewolf fall in love and take to hunting the hill country together, seeing each other once a month when the moon affects his transformation. They hope to find someone who can marry them. He protects her coffin during the day by moving it, but one day the villagers catch up to them, and put a silver bullet into his heart and a stake through her's and bury them in the devil's graveyard. That night, the graves erupt as they arise from their graves, are married, with a mausoleum as their honeymoon suite. Almost a year later, Elicia gives birth to the Old Witch.
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