Journey into Unknown Worlds #19

In "The Man with a Knife," a reclusive knife grinder—haunted by his own craft—infuses blades with a vengeful curse, binding them to kill by their own will. When suspicion falls on him after a noble’s murder, the very tool meant to serve him becomes the instrument of his end, as the jail cook’s sharpening sets a deadly fate in motion.

In a tale of dark ambition and unseen companions, a man spends two decades hunting a mysterious book said to grant mastery over the Devil—unaware that the Devil himself is traveling with him, quietly ensuring the book falls into his own hands first.

In "The Rivals," two circus performers locked in a bitter feud find their rivalry pushed to the edge when one sabotages the highwire and the other drains the water from the safety barrel below—each determined to outwit the other in a deadly game of trust and deception.