Spellbound #16

In "Gone is the Gargoyle," a gargoyle masquerades as a policeman to wed a human woman, hiding his true nature while his kind prey on others. When the killings threaten his wife, he is driven to defend her—only to be exposed by a fellow gargoyle, leading to a moment of devastating reckoning.

In "Buried Alive!", a cunning magician orchestrates a deadly trap, burying himself alive to prove his mastery over death—only to find his new assistant has a far more sinister plan. When the coffin is opened, it’s not escape he finds, but a chilling reunion with a drowned woman whose dark intentions are far from buried.

In "He Walks Through Walls," a bank president is stunned by a strange phenomenon in his bathroom, leaving his body intangible—just in time for him to test its limits by attempting to rob his own bank. As the strange effect begins to fade, his body is caught mid-passage through the vault door, leaving him trapped between worlds.

In "Skrak's Secret!", a jealous artist breaks into a reclusive painter’s studio, hoping to uncover the source of his disturbingly lifelike grotesque works—only to find the truth far more unsettling than he imagined. The painter, calm and methodical, reveals his process with a jar of ether and a set of surgical tools, suggesting his art is drawn not from imagination, but from something far more real.