Mystic #23

In "I Was Trapped in the Nightmare World," a man finds himself pulled into a surreal dreamscape where the inhabitants see his reality as a realm of terror—and believe *they* are the ones who are real. As he flees from dream creatures who hunt him, he uncovers a chilling truth: in their world, his own is the imagined nightmare.

In "Fangs of Fear," two enigmatic figures circle each other on a fog-drenched waterfront, their rivalry a silent war beneath human guise. One rules the shadows as the king of the rats, the other commands the night as the king of the cats—each seeking supremacy in a clash of primal wills.

In "A Sight for Sore Eyes," a clumsy burglar, plagued by poor eyesight, stumbles into a woman’s apartment and flees when he wakes her. Seeking a cure, he later breaks into a lab where a scientist has developed a serum meant to correct vision—only to learn too late it was designed for bats. After injecting himself, he begins to transform, his body shifting in ways he never expected.

In "Terror Town," Professor Wilkins’s dangerous experiments take a monstrous turn when his growth serum transforms an octopus brain into a rampaging, city-sized horror. With the creature on the loose and the streets in chaos, Wilkins must confront the deadly consequences of his ambition—using the poisoned corpse of a colleague as the only key to stopping it.

In "I'm Waiting for You!", a man haunted by the ghostly visage of his murdered partner sees the dead man’s face in every wisp of smoke—each flame a reminder of his crime. As guilt consumes him, he confesses and faces execution, only to find himself in Hell, where the endless fires of damnation bring a terrible, inescapable truth.