Haunted Horror #28

In "The Avenging Corpse," a disfigured professor returns from the dead to confront the lovers who betrayed him—his wife and her paramour. Written by a master of dread, the story unfolds with chilling precision as the corpse seeks justice in a world that abandoned him, leading to a haunting, tragic reckoning.

When a man and his wife sit down for dinner, the table suddenly feels heavier—something unseen is watching, and the air grows thick with the memory of a love that never died. The ghost of the first wife returns, not to forgive, but to remind them of what was lost.

In "The Day the World Died," nuclear scientist Dr. Willard’s fatal encounter with a monstrous beyonder triggers a catastrophic chain reaction, vanishing all life on Earth into the abyss. Now, with only Ned and Jean left untouched, the survivors must race to undo the disaster before the beyonders fully claim the planet.

In the eerie realm between life and death, Philip Wentworth stumbles into the spirit world during a fever dream, where he rescues the ghost Maureen from spectral pirates. Drawn together by fate, Maureen crosses back into the living world to protect Philip from his treacherous brother and fiancée, only for him to ultimately choose death so he can join her in the afterlife.

In "Black Knights of Evil!" from Haunted Horror #28, a group of fraternity brothers attempt a prank by dressing as skeletal knights and staging a fake ritual to scare a new pledge—only to accidentally summon something far more sinister. The line between horror and reality blurs when their mockery unleashes a demon with deadly consequences.

In "The Man Who Imagined a Monster!", a radio host's late-night prank takes a terrifying turn when his fictional tale of a lurking beast begins to manifest in the real world. Written by an unnamed author and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story explores the chilling consequences of a mind too powerful for its own good.