Nightmare #18

A man stranded in the African desert by a tornado finds salvation in an unlikely companion—a newborn vulture—and returns home to England with his new pet in tow. But Simon Walker has darker plans for the bird than gratitude: he trains it to kill, intending to use it as a weapon to murder his business partner and seize complete control. What follows is a twisted tale of betrayal, revenge, and a creature forever marked by the violence it was taught, as the vulture's journey takes it across continents searching for a home and a master who won't use it for evil.

A woman awakens from a harrowing dream, only to discover the line between sleeping terror and waking reality has dangerously blurred. As her mind refuses to return to normal, she finds herself trapped in a state far more disturbing than any nightmare—the creeping grip of madness itself. "The Thing in the Space" explores how the true horror lies not in what we fear, but in what we become when reason abandons us.