Hort der Angst #10

In the thick, whispering swamps of rural America, Jack Cabot—a fugitive with blood on his hands—flees through the tangled undergrowth, only to fall victim to a nightmarish predator lurking in the mire. What follows is a brutal transformation, as the swamp’s ancient curse twists him into a monstrous beast, driving him to attack the sheriff and his deputy in a sudden, terrifying ambush. But even in his monstrous form, fate has a cruel twist: a single misstep on a hanging vine ends his rampage—and leaves him human again, lifeless and broken.

In "Willenskraft!", Dr. Lyons unleashes a solution of unimaginable power—one that dissolves anything it touches. What begins as a breakthrough quickly spirals out of control as the substance consumes his lab and carves a growing crater into the Earth, with no sign of stopping.

In "Wahnsinniges Geld!", Louisa manipulates her niece Helen into believing she’s losing her mind, all to secure the inheritance promised to her. As Helen’s grip on reality slips, the line between madness and truth begins to blur—until the roles reverse in a chilling twist.

In "Stillleben!", Danton Lyle, a once-celebrated painter, grapples with a haunting new gift after losing his sight—his brush now captures the souls of the dead, from a cat to a dog, each death a brushstroke in a macabre masterpiece. When he turns his art toward the soul of his agent’s wife, the weight of his actions shatters him, leading to a confession and a descent into madness.

In "Die alte Fledermaus," Pete Travis, a man drowning in debt, hatches a desperate plan to inherit his wealthy aunt’s fortune by exploiting her fear of bats. He constructs a terrifying fake bat to frighten her to death—only to find that her spirit, reborn as a real bat, returns to claim him in turn.