Sinister Tales #184

In "I've Got to Protect Nettie!", Confederate Army Major Richard Truesdale makes a desperate final stand to safeguard his family and their hidden fortune before being mortally wounded by Union soldiers. Transported to the present day, he clings to life long enough to pass a crucial secret to his only surviving descendant—his great-granddaughter, Jo—before his time runs out.

In "The Face in the Moonshine," scientist Van and his fiancée Lorna journey to a forgotten abbey in France for a research expedition, only to find themselves entangled in a mystery that awakens something ancient and terrible—Lilith, the long-lost Queen of Darkness. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as the abbey’s secrets begin to bleed into their reality, testing the limits of science and love.

In the 1600s, Jo, a woman of quiet resolve, uncovers a strange figurine that awakens ancient powers within her—powers that come at a cost. When her betrothed, afraid of what he cannot understand, turns against her, Jo’s fate is sealed by fire and fear.

In "Giants of the Unknown," Egyptologist Tom Andrews and his team uncover a colossal mummy deep within an uncharted tomb, awakening El-Rano—a being from a forgotten race once worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as gods due to their advanced knowledge. As the expedition grapples with the truth of El-Rano’s origins, they must confront the weight of a legacy buried beneath centuries of myth.

In "The Ghost Writer," a grieving spirit reaches out to a skeptical reporter, urging him to uncover the truth behind his own murder—though the killers have already planted a decoy to make it seem the man never died at all. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale blurs the line between the living and the dead, leaving one man to question what’s real and what’s a ghost of a lie.