Tales of Terror #2

In "Live-in Dead," a couple’s murderous scheme to escape their mundane life takes a grim turn when the husband returns from the grave—determined to restore order. As the zombie meticulously cleans the house and then follows them to Hawaii, his obsession with tidiness slowly overrides his original intent. The story unfolds with dark humor and creeping suspense, blending domestic chaos with undead persistence.

In "Ill Met by Moonlight...", a quiet evening at a scenic overlook takes a chilling turn when a man, unseen, aims a rifle at a couple. After missing his shot and fleeing as a police car approaches, he returns home to a shocking reunion—his partner is the woman he tried to kill.

In "School Prayer," a teacher’s unwavering devotion to leading her class in prayer ignites a chilling conflict when she defies both the mayor and a local minister. When a boy resists, his quiet defiance spirals into isolation, as his family’s hidden beliefs deepen the tension—until a forbidden ritual during prayer unleashes something far beyond the classroom.

In 1895 New Orleans, a woman on death row insists her tarot cards predicted she’d be beheaded—not hanged—leading to a chilling reckoning as the hangman prepares to carry out the sentence. Her past unfolds in fragments: a mail-order marriage to a cruel farmer, a descent into murder and cannibalism masked by fortune-telling, and a final, desperate attempt on another widow that sealed her fate. As the noose tightens, the weight of her crimes—and her prophecy—may finally come true.