Kalla kårar #4/1990

In "Vänd dövörat till!", Rita marries Fred Reardon for his money, communicating only through written notes since he’s deaf. As she secretly begins a relationship with Vance, Fred’s co-worker, their plan to kill him and steal his fortune unfolds—unaware that Fred’s hearing has mysteriously returned after a past accident.

In the quiet dread of a 1990s Swedish countryside, Fanny, trapped by expectations, discovers an old axe on the attic floor—its weight a silent promise. When she uses it to end her parents’ control, she plants the blame on the ghost of Lizzie Borden, setting off a chain that pulls her past into the present. As police investigator Ernie Vance brings the weapon to the station, his son’s hands close around its handle, and the past begins to echo in ways no one can predict.

In "Är jag människa eller maskin?", Roger — a mind preserved after a fatal accident — steps into the world again for the first time in two years, given a temporary body and just two days to reconnect with his past. When he visits his former fiancée Diane, he finds himself haunted not by memories, but by the quiet distance between who he was and who he now is. Written by the creators of *Kalla kårar*, this poignant science fiction tale explores identity, longing, and the fragile line between life and machine.

In "Skräckdoktorn," Doktor Lemonet faces a grim ultimatum: secure corpses for his anatomy lectures or lose his job. Desperate, he descends from buying recently deceased bodies to digging up the newly buried—and then, in a chilling turn, eliminating his rivals.

In "Pionjären," Professor Lathem, a brilliant but reckless scientist, finds himself at odds with authority after a disastrous space experiment leaves him injured. Once dismissed by the college dean, he retreats to a remote barn to build his own rocket engine, driven by a vision that borders on obsession. When a local farmer’s curiosity leads to tragedy, Lathem is arrested—but in his fractured mind, he’s not a criminal, but a hero destined for the stars.

In "Dödskul," Jonah Westlake turns his family's funerals into stages for cruel practical jokes, mocking grief with dark humor—until his prank backfires in a way he never expected. Written with a chilling precision, this six-page horror-suspense tale from *Kalla kårar #4/1990* explores the cost of mockery when the line between joke and punishment blurs.