Haunted Horror #22

In "Robot Woman," a tormented inventor named Fozzmo, hideously scarred and isolated by his appearance, channels his genius into creating a lifelike robotic companion. Designed with flawless synthetic skin and programmed to love him unconditionally, she becomes his only solace—until her devotion turns unbearable. When he destroys her in a fit of desperation, the broken machine returns, setting off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.

In "Chef's Delight," the tyrannical chef Francois Nicole rules his kitchen with cruelty, lavishing his wealth on a wealthy girlfriend while his wife and children endure neglect and abuse. When a violent act pushes his wife to the breaking point, she takes a terrible revenge that leaves the restaurant’s kitchen transformed into something far more disturbing than any dish.

In "Shadows on the Tomb," Milo, driven by greed, kills his ailing wife only to discover she’s left a chilling final wish: to be buried in her family tomb, laid out in an exact replica of her bedroom. To claim her inheritance, he hires workers to rebuild her room in the tomb’s cold stone chamber—unaware that his wife, though dead, is not quite gone. When he returns that night, the silence of the tomb stirs with something far older and far more vengeful than he ever imagined.

In "Guest of the Ghouls," Javit’s curiosity leads him to steal tombstones from a cemetery, crossing a line when he ignores a caretaker’s warning and enters a forbidden mausoleum. Once inside, the coffins burst open and ghouls rise, lunging to claim him—only for Javit to barely escape into the night. Outside, the caretaker reveals his true identity: Death himself. The story’s chilling premise, drawn with eerie precision, turns a simple act of theft into a grim reckoning.

In "I Killed Mary," a quiet, overlooked boy named Robby makes a desperate, dark choice to prove he’s more than just invisible—only to find that even his most shocking act goes unnoticed. Written with chilling precision, this haunting six-page tale explores the crushing weight of invisibility and the twisted lengths one boy will go to be seen.

In "The Haunter," Simon Lowell’s scheme to inherit his uncle Mark’s fortune takes a terrifying turn when the ghostly presence he’d only imagined begins to haunt him in return. What started as a cruel prank using hidden recordings now feels all too real, as the house itself seems to whisper secrets from beyond the grave.

Jo finds an old family necklace in the attic, unaware it’s been waiting for the right moment. When she’s accused of murdering her husband, the choker tightens around her neck—just as it did decades before—and the truth begins to strangle her.

In "Night of Terror," John Trent sets a chilling prank by hiding his friend Morris Slattery in a supposedly haunted house to frighten his wife Sue. But when the couple arrive, they find Morris dead—his final moment frozen in terror. Now trapped in the house, they must confront the real horror: an ancient, axe-wielding crone who calls the decaying mansion home.