Oltretomba poker #3

In "il mulino maledetto," Robert Garfield returns to the haunted village of Donegal years after abandoning the woman he loved, Judith, to escape her father’s wrath. Now a local legend, Judith is said to dwell in the cursed mill, her madness a deadly force that draws in men from the surrounding hills. As Robert searches for her through whispers and shadows, he must confront the truth of what she’s become—and whether the girl he once knew still lives within.

In the shadowed halls of L’Ospedaletto della laguna di Venezia, where the broken and forgotten are hidden from the world, three inmates led by Giacomo seize a chance to escape when a new doctor arrives. Hunted through the misty canals by the relentless commissario Marini, their desperate flight becomes a nightmare that twists the truth of who the real monsters are. This chilling tale from *Oltretomba Poker #3* unfolds with haunting precision, its unsettling atmosphere rooted in the quiet dread of what lies beneath the surface.

In *transfert*, Darko and his wife Eleonora move into a secluded villa after her release from a neurological clinic, only for Eleonora to begin hearing voices from a garden grotto that call her by name. As a young restorer arrives to help with renovations, long-buried jealousy resurfaces—especially when Eleonora discovers old love letters addressed to a woman named Diana. The story unfolds with quiet dread, probing the fragile line between memory and madness.

In "il necrofilo," the quiet dread of a village unravels when the death of Annette Boyer—once the village’s most reviled and desired woman—sparks whispers of her vengeful return. With only Vincent Gorel, a war-torn man severed from desire, untouched by her past, the townsfolk brace for a reckoning as fear turns to frenzy. When Victor Plon, the wealthiest man in town, demands to open her grave, the line between memory and malice blurs.