Iskalde Grøss #3/1992

In "Perlevenner!", two navy divers stumble upon a hidden pearl bed during a wartime mission, dreaming of returning after the conflict ends to claim their fortune. But when one man’s greed overtakes him, his plan to take all the pearls turns deadly—only to be haunted by the corpse of his former partner, rising from the depths in a chilling twist.

In "Frieriet," a woman accustomed to trading her charms for luxury finds herself the object of a very different kind of proposal—when a suitor’s heartfelt declaration leads her straight into a ghoulish embrace, where the true cost of love is far more literal than she ever imagined.

In "Voks-ende bekymringer," Henry’s envy of his friend Robert’s artistic talent spirals into a dark obsession when he begins passing off Robert’s etchings as his own. As his deception grows, so does his guilt—until a chance encounter with a wax sculptor leads him to open a museum, only to uncover a horrifying secret beneath one of the statues. The truth, buried in wax and blood, begins to rise.

In "Man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene," a disgraced doctor exacts a twisted revenge by transferring the minds of the five medical board members who stripped him of his license into the bodies of dogs, turning them into a profitable novelty act. But when the dogs find a way to turn the tables, his retribution spirals into a desperate flight as his own mind is forced into the body of a horse, pursued through the streets by his former victims.

In "Redselsreisen," Gloria flees her husband Ralph in a cab, desperate to reach the train station and escape what she fears is his plot to poison her. On the train, paranoia grips her as she recalls the insurance policies, the poison bottle, and the sudden silence of the sleeping passengers—only to wake and find every berth empty, the bodies gone. Terrified, she jumps off, stumbles upon a farmhouse with a fresh grave, and confronts Ralph in a nightmare of entombment—only to wake again, safe in her berth, as Ralph and a white-coated attendant lead her to a secure home where she’s finally protected.

In the storm-lashed dark, smuggler Shannon dares to sail toward a mysterious ship, only to face his crew’s terror of the Sea Hag. After a desperate night adrift, he finds refuge at a lonely lighthouse—and a strange, quiet girl named Heather. But when his boat begins to break apart, Heather emerges from the waves, her tentacles coiling around him in a final, terrible embrace. The legend wasn’t a myth—Havnevesenet! is real.

In "Den som graver en grav," a group of curious boys spying through an undertaker’s basement window stumble upon a chilling conspiracy: the town druggist and undertaker are secretly poisoning citizens to profit from their funerals. When Percy’s father falls victim to the scheme, the boys vow to expose the truth—even if it means digging up the past.

In "Bestemors gjenferd!", Little Peggy is haunted by the memory of her grandmother’s final moments—awakened by her dying breath, searching in vain for medicine, only to lose her too soon. After the funeral, her aunt and uncle, certain they’ve inherited the old woman’s fortune, begin plotting to eliminate Peggy, who stands in their way—until she finds unexpected kindness in the gardner. When her aunt and uncle finally try to kill her, Peggy’s visions of her grandmother seem to guide her, leading to their own downfall. In the end, it’s the gardner who takes her in, offering her a new kind of safety.

In "En hjelpende hånd!", Eminent physician Dr. Johnson faces a devastating turn when a car accident costs him his hand, ending his medical career. Desperate to reclaim his life, he turns to a radical medical experiment—using a mechanical and chemical apparatus to preserve a donor hand—leading him down a path that blurs the line between healing and horror.