Mystic #61

In "Dance of the Doomed," Peter Karnol ventures into forbidden knowledge, chasing a fabled magic book said to hold the secret of the evil dead. What he discovers instead is a glimpse into hell itself—forever altering his fate in ways he never imagined.

In "The Dark Mirror," Gabe Carson and Louis Tode confront a chilling reckoning when a mysterious force manifests before them, offering a final chance to turn from their criminal paths. As the line between fate and fear blurs, their defiance leads them down a path where the reflection in the glass may be more real than they ever imagined.

In "The Secret Formula!", Ralph Jensen discovers a mysterious elixir that lets him project his mind into the future. When he sees a farm destined to be rich in oil, his friends Paul Graves and Chuck Murray push him to buy the land before anyone else—though Ralph hesitates, torn by the moral cost of exploiting the farmers. As the trio’s scheme unfolds, Ralph’s conscience pushes him to act, but his partners trap him to stop him. With time running out, he takes the final step: drinking the rest of the formula to reach the future and warn the farmers before it’s too late.

In "The Phantom Snow Queen," ski-jump sensation Irma Monroe is haunted by a vision of death the night before her dazzling performance at the New Hampshire Snowtop Lodge. While she races to New York to consult a psychiatrist, a mysterious skeletal phantom takes her place, executing her routine with eerie precision. Her husband, Ray Monroe, grows frantic as he searches for her—only to find her comatose in a hospital after a fall down an elevator shaft. As Ray’s voice reaches her through the silence, Irma begins to stir, leaving behind a chilling mystery that defies explanation.

A man haunted by his own sins finds the sea he once used to hide a body now rising against him. When Wilbur Clyde takes up residence in a secluded mansion, he soon discovers that the house’s dark past is far from buried — and something beneath the lake is beginning to stir.

In the dusty streets of Broken Fork, fugitive city gangster Ed Sharlin tries to vanish into the quiet, but his bank heist draws the relentless pursuit of two ghostly lawmen: the spectral sheriff Wild Bill Simpson and his deputy Jed Wander. As the night deepens, the legend of the Phantom Riders in the Sky begins to ride again—chasing a man who thought he’d escaped justice.