The Best of Dark Horse Presents #1

In "Cortege," a somber letter from attorney Sharon Youdelman sets an uneasy tone as Ms. DiPalma and Mr. Brown are asked to carry out a final, desperate act for Max—an aging vampire whose life is fading from both illness and time. The request, quiet and heavy with unspoken grief, draws them into a ritual that blurs the line between mercy and mourning.

In a stark, silent corner of a forgotten world, Black Cross stumbles upon a lifeless man and takes what remains—until a single photograph of a woman named Annie stirs something long buried. Torn between duty and memory, he turns back, not for treasure, but to give the dead a proper farewell.

In "null," a covert operative known as Agent Doyle oversees a mind-jump mission into the consciousness of a deceased German scientist, tasking a young man named Myron with the dangerous procedure. What unfolds inside the old man’s mind remains locked away—when Myron emerges, he says nothing, leaving only silence where answers should be.