Sensation Mystery #111

In "The Spectre in the Flame!" from Sensation Mystery #111 (1952), the occult-obsessed lawyer Preston Zandan summons a smoke-shaped spirit from every fire he lights—only to find it refuses to leave. As the creature shadows him through his increasingly desperate attempts to banish it, Zandan must confront the dangerous price of meddling with forces he doesn’t understand.

When Steve Davis takes over the Fortuna Hotel, he expects a fresh start—instead, he stumbles upon a hidden 13th floor lined with ominous symbols and plagued by an unsettling streak of bad luck. As strange accidents mount and the hotel’s eerie atmosphere deepens, Steve must unravel the mystery behind the cursed floor before it consumes everything. The story ends on a hopeful note, with the Fortuna sold for $1.3 million, leaving its secrets behind.

In "The Screaming Death!", Johnny Peril finds himself trapped with the vengeful sound engineer Bryan Anson, a man whose twisted genius turns noise into a weapon. With the walls closing in and the air thick with terror, Peril must survive the cacophony of a madman’s final, deadly experiment.