Horror Tales #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "House of Monsters," a young man named Paul Dorner inherits a remote castle nestled in the desolate black mountains, only to find himself trapped in a nightmare of living horrors. There, he encounters Mr. Blaine and Prof. Varig, two men who wield grotesque science to transform humans into monstrous creatures. As Paul flees from a tentacled reptile and then confronts his uncle—now a feral humanoid tiger—the creatures turn on one another in violent chaos, driving Paul deeper into madness before he stumbles back to the world he once knew.
In "The Witch and the Werewolf," two men move through the darkened halls of a house with quiet urgency, their every step edged with tension as they approach a sleeping form. What begins as a tense, hushed mission to avoid waking someone soon reveals a deeper, more personal stakes — one man’s desperate need to protect his child in the stillness of night.
When Dave Robbins and Dawn Lee join a mysterious social club promising deep connections, they find themselves drawn to each other—until the night the club’s true purpose begins to surface. As their bond grows, strange rituals and unsettling secrets emerge, and one of them may not survive the night.
In "Better Off Dead," David Kane, a driven man haunted by a failing heart, seeks help from the enigmatic Dr. Bishop after being told to abandon his ambitious life. Desperate for a cure, he undergoes an experimental procedure that seems to restore him—until his body begins to move at impossible speeds, and his heart starts to unravel. As the line between life and machine blurs, David must confront the terrifying truth behind his new lease on life.
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Reprints
↩ Reprints Haunted Thrills #3 (1952), Haunted Thrills #5 (1953), Weird Horrors #6 (1953), Weird Mysteries #3 (1953), Voodoo #7 (1953), Witches Tales #20 (1953), Weird Mysteries #7 (1953), Weird Mysteries #8 (1954)
Reprinted in Tales of Voodoo #1 (1971), Weird #1 (1971), Weird #4 (1973), Tales from the Tomb #4 (1973), Witches Tales #4 (1973), Weird #3 (1976), Weird #3 (1977), Horror Tales #3 (1978)
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