House of Mystery #199

In "Sno' Fun!", Dr. Wallace B. Peterson's ambition leads him to murder his colleague, only to be captured by a hidden race of monstrous beings in Antarctica. Years later, after escaping their underground world, he returns to civilization—only to find himself slowly melting into water, his body transformed by the very secrets he sought.

In the frozen silence of the Arctic wilderness, trapper Kirk, his friend Jim, and Jim’s wife Rita stumble upon the lifeless body of Kirk’s uncle Sam—only to find themselves hunted by a monstrous figure said to be the legendary Snow Beast. As the true nature of the creature begins to unravel, the line between myth and madness blurs, and survival depends on who—or what—is truly behind the mask of ice and fur.

In a tale of eerie precision and quiet dread, Frederic Brown crafts metallic spheres from foil, each a silent echo of a life cut short. When his son William confesses to a murder and the earlier killing of a man in a luxury car, Frederic’s past returns with a weight that sinks deep into the harbor’s dark embrace. With a vow sworn to his wife still unbroken, he sets one final, massive sphere adrift—its size a chilling tribute, its origin a secret only the sea knows.