Iskalde Grøss #1/1993

In "Boomerang," Alma and Luke scheme to secure a $250,000 inheritance by ingratiating themselves with Lay Sanford, the wealthy matriarch of the Sanford Mansion. When patience wears thin, Luke takes matters into his own hands with a reckless plan involving a mailed bomb—only to have it return to them when Lay passes away unexpectedly. The consequences of their gamble unfold with grim irony, leaving their future uncertain.

In "Mens katten er borte," two con artists, John Younger and Frank Weston, think they’ve found the perfect scam—targeting a reclusive man named Mr. Kingman, whose home they plan to ransack while he’s away. But when they break into his cellar and discover a hidden library behind a metal door marked "T.C.K.," their scheme spirals into a nightmare as they stumble through secret passages filled with zombies, vampires, werewolves, and mummies. By the time they reach the front door, they’re barely sane—unaware that the true owner of the house has just returned, and he’s far from ordinary.

In "Giftig lek," a haunted teacher returns to his classroom seven years after a tragic incident left him broken and bitter. Once a man who once saw children as innocent, he now views them as something less than human—until he begins to see a skull outside his window, night after night. When he finally confronts the children playing a sinister game on the sidewalk, his obsession leads to a deadly fall, and the children quietly carry on their ritual, leaving only a name etched in dirt as proof he was ever there.

In "To mot en!", Carleton Ashley faces ruin unless he can raise $20,000 in a single day, pushing him to take a risky gamble with a mysterious offer from Mr. Simms. He hands over $10,000 for what he believes is a guaranteed return, only to discover too late that he’s been duped—his own bookkeeper has turned the tables, turning his desperation into a trap.

In "Fire mot en!", Donald Irwin spins a high-stakes financial gambit: he convinces a bank president to lend him credibility by opening a checking account, depositing $10,000, and later cashing a check for a client he claims is wealthy. But as the bank prepares to validate Irwin’s status, a series of unexpected visitors arrive at different teller windows—each demanding to cash a check, all at once.

In "Et brev betyr så mye," four strangers each receive a chilling anonymous letter that sets off a chain of escalating horrors in their lives. As the victims survive and begin to connect the dots, they uncover a sinister pattern tied to a mysterious figure and a peculiar bottle of disappearing ink. When one man realizes the truth, the survivors take a terrifying turn—armed with their own poison pens, they seek answers from the man behind the letters.

In "Kista," a man's macabre innovation—a self-burial coffin designed to cut funeral costs—takes a horrifying turn when his idle brother tests it out, only to find the machine has a mind of its own. As the coffin begins its ritual with chilling precision, the line between mourning and murder blurs in a story that’s equal parts darkly inventive and deeply unsettling.

In "Uthengt for mord!", Harry enlists his trusted friend and private-eye Gregg Saunders to find his missing wife, Edith. When Gregg uncovers a suspicious clue in a murder mystery novel titled *Fall Guy For Murder*, the investigation takes a twist that leaves him questioning his own role in the case.