Mystic #62

In "The Crawling Horror," scientists Titus Grimm and Wilbur Hatch confront the terrifying consequences of their creation: a sentient mass of protoplasm linked to an electronic brain. As Grimm pushes forward with his vision of a superior lifeform, the experiment begins to spiral beyond their control—leaving them to face what they've awakened.

In the remote highlands of Tibet, tourist Jeff and his companion Marjorie Capper take refuge in a storm-wracked cave—only to awaken something ancient and terrible when Jeff lights a black candle. The flickering flame stirs the stillness, unleashing a presence tied to forgotten rites and the lingering breath of the dead.

In "The Horrors of the 13th Stroke," police inspector Hiram Castle stumbles upon a mysterious clock with a sinister power: on its thirteenth stroke, it opens a gateway to a dimension teeming with fiendish ghouls who await human prey. As the clock ticks closer to its fateful chime, Castle finds himself drawn into a nightmare he may not survive.