Psycho #18

Basil Logosí, a once-famous vampire actor, recounts how a publicity stunt—sleeping in a coffin during a stage tour—unintentionally awakened a curse, turning him into a real vampire. Now isolated on a remote island, he spends decades searching for a cure, believing he’s found it in a mysterious ritual involving holy blood. As villagers from the nearby town of Hume-on-the-Lake close in, he prepares to test his salvation—or face his final reckoning.

Syd Wilder, a man unraveling in a padded cell, recounts a fragmented, nightmarish sequence of events from 2010—fleeing a collapsing world, haunted by visions of rats, rising floods, and a doomed family—his mind cycling between desperate hope and crushing despair. As he relives his breakdown in endless loops, the line between reality and delusion blurs, leaving only the terror of what might be real and what is not.

A young man and his two brothers sail their schooner near Moskoe Island, unaware they’re heading into a deadly whirlpool known as the Moskoe-ström. As a violent storm overtakes them, they’re pulled into the maelstrom’s terrifying grasp, where the surviving brother clings to a barrel while watching his brother vanish into the vortex. The story unfolds as a harrowing account of survival against the overwhelming force of nature, told from the perspective of one who barely escaped.

A man panics after running over a paper-delivery boy’s bike in his driveway, convinced he’s just committed murder—only to learn the boy was killed by his own accident. As he grapples with guilt and a growing sense of dread, he’s forced to confront the terrifying possibility that his own mind has betrayed him.

A young man visits his uncle’s isolated mountain home, expecting a simple inheritance, only to uncover a cryptic tombstone that claims the man was born in 1822—impossible if he’s truly his uncle. As he grapples with the absurdity of the claim, he begins to suspect the truth may be far more unsettling than he imagined.

In the eerie town of Hume-on-the-Lake, a nervous tourist named Edward Guelph enters Leah’s Boutique, a coffee shop filled with unsettling paintings that depict real, violent events from the town’s past. As Leah calmly explains each artwork’s grim origin—each a murder she committed in self-defense or defiance—her unsettling confidence grows, revealing a woman who sees violence as justice in a world that judges her for being independent. The story builds toward an ominous, unresolved moment as Leah turns her gaze to the empty frame waiting to be filled with the next victim’s image.

A young woman and a gypsy prince are hunted through the night by a monstrous, tormented creature driven by rage and a curse from a hidden lead pellet in his brain. As the beast seeks vengeance for the death of someone he loved, he is forced to witness the violent deaths of those close to him, culminating in a tragic, emotional reckoning.