Misty #7th April 1979 [61]

Nicola Scott, a young English schoolgirl, stumbles into a hidden war between the cult of the cat and the serpent’s servants, narrowly escaping petrification at the hands of a cobra king’s emissary. Meanwhile, Charmian discovers an ancient clock that grants its wearer the power to transform into any animal—just as danger begins to coil around them both.

In a quiet attic filled with dust and forgotten things, old Miss Michael begins clearing out her past—only to be confronted by a voice that knows her better than she remembers. The younger, idealistic Connie Michael emerges from the shadows, a ghost of who she once was, and the two versions of herself face an unsettling truth: one of them has been dead all along.

Sally’s new home holds a quiet dread in its empty spare room, where a single mirror reflects more than just her image. As shadows shift and whispers echo from the glass, she begins to question whether the mirror is showing her the truth—or something far darker.

In a tale of quiet magic and desperate hope, Marigold—raised by a pair of swans after surviving a childhood ordeal—faces a grim fate when her past catches up with her. Accused of witchcraft for sparing a swan, she’s condemned to burn, but as flames rise, a miraculous flight begins. Three white swans descend into the fire, and when they take wing again, there are four.

Sammy Ingram thought she’d left her nightmares behind, but after a hushed meeting between her parents and Dr. Masterson, she begins dreaming of a hospital—cold, suffocating, and impossible to escape. In the dream, she’s trapped, and the walls seem to watch her. Karen, her friend, starts to notice the change in her, but when Sammy warns her not to look twice at the mirror, the line between dream and reality starts to blur.

When a white bird suddenly appears in the room of her ailing daughter, Lucy, Mrs. Adair is struck by a long-forgotten superstition: that the bird’s departure will carry away the soul of someone in the house. As the bird flutters near the window, Jaclyn watches from her bed, and the weight of the old tale settles over the quiet house.