Strange Terrors #5

When a former British Army officer named Peter Johnson reunites with an old friend in Crete, he becomes captivated by a beautiful young woman named Marian—only to discover she's being kept prisoner by her guardian, Carlo, for a sinister purpose. As Peter uncovers the terrifying truth about a secret cult that still worships the legendary Minotaur, he races against time to save Marian from a ritual sacrifice scheduled for her twenty-first birthday. With the help of Professor Lykos, Peter must navigate the monster's underground lair and confront the cult before tomorrow night arrives.

When English yachtsman Sir Arnold Develin teams up with antiquarian Dr. Per Hagen to search for a lost Viking stronghold beneath a Norwegian fjord, they're blocked by the mysterious Widow Tyller, who claims ownership of the treasure herself. Driven to continue their excavation despite mounting dangers and strange supernatural warnings, the two men uncover far more than artifacts—they awaken something that refuses to let them leave with their prize. A tale of greed, ancient curses, and the price of disturbing the dead, set against the stark fjords of 1952 Norway.

Carlo, a servant long belittled by the famous theater magician Rudolph Adams, is tempted by a sinister force that emerges from a mirror—offering him wealth and power in exchange for a terrible deed. As the entity preys on Carlo's resentment and growing desperation, the boundary between the servant's reality and something far darker begins to blur. What Carlo doesn't realize is that the price of his ambitions may be far steeper than he bargained for.

When a collector named Roy Rolfe purchases a chest of cursed silver dollars from a New Orleans antique shop, his curiosity about their origin draws him to the crumbling Chateau Rouge plantation—only to discover he's stepped into a ghost-haunted world frozen in 1850s Louisiana. There, a spirit named Elaine Fanchon reveals the dark history of Gaston Lenoir, a gambler who murdered for his silver and built a bell from stolen coins to summon the damned, and now Roy must face Lenoir himself in a supernatural reckoning. "Curse of the Chateau Rouge" is a wickedly atmospheric tale of greed, gambling, and the weight of cursed fortune that refuses to let go.