Iskalde Grøss #1/1991

In a remote plantation house on a tropical island, 'Red' Buckley stands over the corpse of his former boss, the weight of the past pressing down. As a silent native named Kulu watches from the shadows, Buckley takes a black pearl from the house’s safe and sets off with him on a three-day river journey to Banggai. But when the boat veers toward a hidden village instead, Buckley’s uneasy questions turn to dread—only to end in a single, brutal moment. Kulu, now carrying the prize he’s long sought, steps into the village with a red-haired head in hand.

In "Nattskiftet," a cab driver haunted by a vivid dream of being chased by a mysterious Dr. Mueller into a basement of caskets finds the nightmare chillingly real when the doctor himself climbs into his cab. As the night unfolds, the driver’s dream begins to blur with reality, leading to a tense confrontation in a forgotten cellar where blood and shadows collide. The story lingers in the uneasy space between memory and dread, where the line between hunter and hunted grows dangerously thin.

In "En (r)ystende historie!", the owner of a cheese factory commits a brutal murder to keep the profits for himself, only to be haunted by the ghost of his victim, Hendrick Villhem. Tormented by visions of glowing cat's eyes and a nightmarish trap baited with cheese and dangling hands, he finds himself trapped in a waking nightmare he can't escape.

In "Maskespill!", Lydia, once a celebrated circus lion tamer, retreats into isolation after a brutal attack by a black panther leaves her scarred and broken. Now veiled and withdrawn, she delves into witchcraft, seeking answers—until her chauffeur, Steve, betrays her with her own money and another woman. Fueled by grief and rage, Lydia casts a spell to reclaim her beauty, but her vengeance takes a horrifying turn when Steve’s face begins to rot in Florida.

In "Menneskets beste venn!", a grieving woman named Betty finds unexpected comfort in the kindness of Roger Cartwright, a wealthy stranger who returns her injured dog, Jerry, with care. As their friendship deepens, Roger begins visiting regularly, but one evening, after he leaves in his car, Jerry vanishes—only to return days later, alone and silent. The dog’s return grows more unsettling with each passing day, until one fateful morning, he comes home dragging something far too heavy to be just a memory.

In "Zombie!", a plantation owner’s obsession with control turns deadly when he murders his wife during a voodoo ritual, unaware of the vengeance she’ll unleash. Haunted by her reanimated return, he flees into the jungle, only to be swallowed by the very earth he once exploited.

In "Drømmejobben!", a tormented German soldier haunted by the horrors of war finds himself drawn into a nightmarish role beneath a butcher’s shop, where the line between meat and man blurs. As the weight of his past and the grim present collide, Corporal Gruber must confront a reality too grotesque to ignore—before it consumes him entirely.

In "Som hund og katt," Anita Tillman grows increasingly uneasy as her husband Jonah’s strange new hobby takes a dark turn—his growing collection of taxidermied animals begins to include creatures from their home, starting with a mouse and escalating to a dog. When the cat Anita had taken in goes missing, she realizes too late what Jonah’s final piece was meant to be. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as the line between devotion and obsession blurs in a household where love has been preserved in the most chilling way.

In "Dommedagsvarsel!", a lonely artist sketches a face with a circle around it—only to find the man in real life, a grave-stone cutter who bears an uncanny resemblance. When the stone-cutter’s wife recognizes the drawing, old feelings stir, drawing the artist into a dangerous reunion. As the past resurfaces, the line between memory and menace blurs, and the artist finds himself trapped in a fate he never saw coming.