Iskalde Grøss #2/1993

In "Avsporing," a small-time radio announcer’s carefully crafted plan to kill his wife unravels in real time when the pre-recorded message meant to secure his alibi begins skipping during a live broadcast. With the station’s airwaves carrying his desperate attempt to maintain control, the moment he thought would be his escape starts to slip away—unseen, but heard by everyone.

In "Innsjøen," a man returns to the quiet beach of his childhood with his wife, Margaret, drawn back by memories of a tragic summer long ago. There, the old lifeguard reveals a secret tied to Tally, the girl who vanished while swimming, and the unfinished sandcastle that still stands in the tide. As the man begins to rebuild the past in sand, the line between memory and haunting blurs.

In "I fallet," a man released after serving fifteen years for stealing a fortune in diamonds tracks down the woman who promised to wait for him, only to find his memory fails him when it matters most. When she accuses him of forgetting the name he used to secure the stolen money, his desperation turns violent—until the weight of the past pulls him into a final, desperate fall.

In "Lik over lik!", a grieving man named Jasper returns to the Fairchild Estate to count the final $30 he needs for the funeral his parents never had—only to find himself trapped in a deadly game when the estate’s bankrupt owner, Niles Fairchild, demands he lend him the full $5,000. When Jasper refuses, the two men meet a violent end, but the dead do not stay buried. Jasper’s corpse takes over Fairchild’s life, reclaiming the funeral he was denied, and stepping into a role he never thought he’d wear.

In "Redselskrypten," Professor Burton and journalist Miss Allen venture into the Pyramid of Khafra, drawn by the mystery of a vanished expedition. As they descend through ancient corridors, the air thick with dread, the walls seem to close in—first with a trap that claims a companion, then with the creeping certainty that something ancient and alive stirs in the dark. When they finally reach the tomb, the hieroglyphs tell a tale of a sphinx that was once real, and the truth proves far more terrifying than legend.

In the stark, shadowed world of a Puritan colony, a man’s desperate act of betrayal sets a chilling chain of events in motion. After murdering his wife and sinking her body in a frozen pond, he schemes to lure another woman into his web—only to be caught in his own deceit. As he faces the ultimate punishment, the pond’s icy depths begin to remember what was buried there.

In "Voodoo død!", two friends escape a forbidden ceremony in Haiti only to find their ordeal isn't over. Back home, Bill is haunted by a mysterious package containing a voodoo doll that comes to life and attacks him—forcing him to flee with Jay, who suddenly reveals a horrifying truth.

In "Så lik sin onkel!", Brad and Alice uncover a mysterious trunk in the attic of their new home, revealing the bones of a long-dead corpse. The discovery unravels a web of greed and deception stretching back decades, where a nephew’s scheme to inherit his uncle’s fortune spirals into a deadly game of betrayal — one that may still echo in the present.

In "Offeret," a woman orchestrates a chilling game of manipulation, leading a man to believe he’s the key to her salvation while secretly engineering his downfall. As she plays the part of a desperate woman begging for mercy, the scheme unfolds with cold precision—until the final, irreversible act.