Mysterious Adventures #14

Professor Ralph Carter returns from a summer of voodoo research in Haiti armed with what he claims is nothing more than superstition and clay—but when a casual classroom demonstration results in a terrible accident, he begins to question everything he believes about the power of primitive magic. As Carter's intellectual certainty crumbles, he makes a dangerous choice that sets in motion a chain of events he can no longer control, and discovers that some forces refuse to bow to reason or disbelief.

A 33-year-old bank clerk named Jeremiah Courtland has spent his entire life under the thumb of his controlling mother, Sarah Courtland, until he falls head over heels for a young coworker named Alice Nolan. When Alice agrees to marry him despite their meager finances, Jeremiah finally stands up to his mother—but her warnings about Alice's true nature seem to come devastatingly true when he discovers her with another man. Consumed by grief and betrayal after a tragic turn of events, Jeremiah is left to reckon with the terrible price of his mother's jealous meddling in his life.

In the chilling tale "Flame Thrower!" from Mysterious Adventures #14, John Peirson, a man whose life revolves around the crematorium he runs, finds his world upended when jealousy consumes him. When he suspects his wife Lenore is unfaithful, his rage leads him to a horrifying act—only to awaken a vengeance he never expected.