Intrigue #1

In the sweltering depths of the Everglades, a cursed swamp teems with unseen horrors—zombies and a monstrous crocodile lurking beneath the murky waters. When a group of Miami gangsters flee with a kidnapped girl, seeking refuge in the isolated marshland, they unwittingly awaken something far more dangerous than their own violence. As the jungle closes in and the dead stir, the line between hunter and prey begins to blur.

In "The Corpse That Wouldn't Die," Charles Venable is hired by Carl Granger to translate an ancient book, hoping its secrets can stop his brother Andrew from rising again. As the translation unfolds, the line between ancient rituals and present-day horrors begins to blur.

In "The Vengeful Curse," Andrew Craven betrays his friend Dave Burk, abandoning him to die in a buried shaft after stealing the treasure they sought. As Dave lies dying, he vows revenge with a curse that will follow Andrew. Years later, Andrew builds a new life above the very grave where Dave rests, marrying the woman Dave once loved—Elsa. But the past has not forgotten, and the curse begins to stir, turning Andrew’s triumph into something far darker.

In the fog-laden harbor of a quiet port, rival tugboat captains Hook Larson and Blackjack Grant clash in a deadly game of dominance. When Grant sinks Larson’s vessel in a brutal act of sabotage, he thinks the threat is gone—until the anniversary of the crime arrives, and a phantom ship drifts into port, its crewless decks haunted by a hooked spectre seeking vengeance.