Strange Terrors #3

Henry Cushing, a meek clerk and frustrated painter, stumbles upon a mysterious art shop where he purchases a sinister painting that his wife Belinda finds repulsive. When a shadowy figure named Mr. Belial appears at his door offering to manage his career, Henry's desperate wish to be rid of his interfering wife sets a dark bargain in motion. Now, as his fifteen-year period of unprecedented success as an artist draws to a close, Henry discovers the terrible price he must pay—and learns he's not the first artist to make such a deal.

When Michael Kilinger reaches Kila Mountain to climb its mysterious peak, he and his companions vanish into the clouds—only he returns, traumatized and half-mad with tales of supernatural horror. Desperate to make someone understand what he witnessed, Kilinger recounts his harrowing encounter with the malevolent forces that have imprisoned countless climbers on the mountain for millennia, and the terrifying plan they're executing to break free.

An old man's dying curse follows his murderous servant through the halls of Crag Heights when greed and desperation push a killer to commit the unthinkable. As supernatural vengeance rises from the sea to reclaim what was promised, Dexter discovers that some debts cannot be escaped—even beyond death itself.

Two young Americans, Robert Hallowell and his guide Dave Marks, arrive at the ruins of ancient Babylon seeking material for a story—but when Hallowell vanishes in the night, Marks discovers the mounds hide a secret: a thriving underground city of tiny, mummy-like beings who have survived for thousands of years using a mysterious healing ray. Trapped inside a massive idol and forced to witness an unholy scheme of enslaved hypnotized workers, Hallowell and Marks must find a way to expose the truth before they become permanent prisoners themselves.