Iskalde Grøss #1/1992

In "Dødsmasken," Ken Anders visits a haunting costume shop on a whim, where the unsettling owner fits him with a mask and outfit meant to reveal his true self—a decaying corpse. Heartbroken after his fiancée refuses to attend the party with him, he dons the costume and heads out, where he’s drawn to a woman in a vampire costume. Their connection deepens as they retreat to a garden, but when she removes her mask, the truth shocks him—she’s no mere performer. As the night turns deadly, Anders finds himself in a shocking confrontation, only to confront a horrifying revelation in the still waters of a lily pond.

In "Politisk drakamp!", a political rival’s desperate bid for power unfolds in a chilling game of deception and retribution. After poisoning the sitting mayor and leaving a forged suicide note to tarnish his legacy, the plot unravels when the note is lost beneath a bookcase—only to resurface after the new mayor’s election, igniting a wave of public fury. As the man’s victory turns to dread, a sudden storm at sea brings a horrifying reckoning, when the corpse of the poisoned mayor reaches out from the depths, dragging him into the dark.

In "En blodfattig begravelse!", a mortician named Gilbert Podges finds himself entangled in a chilling mystery after marrying a young woman he once gave a ride to. As his mortuary work takes priority over their honeymoon, strange occurrences unfold—bodies are losing blood, rumors of a vampire spread, and the townspeople turn on Gilbert’s new assistant, accusing him of being the monster. When the assistant is hunted and killed, Gilbert thinks the danger has passed—until the true horror begins to stir.

In "Boligproblemer!", Henry escapes city life and his relentless deadlines by buying Millford Manor, a secluded country house rumored to be haunted. As he settles in, the isolation begins to fray his nerves—especially when his friends show up unannounced, setting up a spooky welcome that turns his quiet retreat into a nightmare. The truth behind the manor’s reputation slowly unfolds, but not before Henry’s nerves are pushed to the edge.

In "Kjøtthue!", the skull of a cruel African trapper recounts his twisted life of torment and vengeance, driven by betrayal from those he trusted most. After luring animals into his cruel traps for the sheer pleasure of their suffering, he meets a fate he never expected—falling into one of his own pits, where scavengers and ants slowly strip him bare.

In "Blodig bryllup!", a young woman steps into her family's ancestral home on her wedding day, unaware that her bloodline carries a terrifying legacy: every generation, a madwoman is born on her parents' wedding night, destined to kill her new husband with an ax in the same house. The weight of tradition presses in as the walls seem to remember every past horror.

In the heart of Haiti, George Baker commissions a voodoo bust of himself, unaware of the price he’ll pay. When he tries to cancel the order, the shop vanishes—replaced by a brick wall—and the bust, once finished, follows him home. As the years pass, George stays young while the bust ages, mirroring a growing dread he can’t escape. When a young woman named Jean arrives at his door, drawn by a secret past, George’s desire turns dangerous—especially as her aging body contrasts with his unchanging face. But when Jean finally rebels, the bust’s transformation takes a terrifying turn, blurring the line between curse and consequence.

In "Seansen!", a desperate widow arranges a séance to consult her late husband’s spirit about a fortune tied up in a shady firm—only to find the dead man has a very different plan. When a pair of con artists who swindled her husband meet their match in the afterlife, the line between the living and the dead blurs in a chilling twist of justice.

In "Konsert for fiolin og varulv," a violinist arrives in a Transylvanian town to visit his old teacher, drawn by a mysterious book that hints at a werewolf curse. As he begins to suspect the locals, he fails to see the truth hidden in plain sight—the man who taught him to play is far more dangerous than any beast.