The Beyond #25

In a quiet cemetery where the earth still remembers the weight of the buried, the dead stir beneath the soil—revived not by magic, but by a single, bitter grievance. They rise not to haunt, but to build: each one carving their own coffin, perfectly sealed, with a quiet fury born of being buried in flimsy wood. A young woman watches from a distance, her breath caught in the cold air, as the silent work begins.

In the early 1900s, the name Bodone was legend—master of illusion and death-defying stunts. Now, decades after his tragic end, his ghost returns, haunting the very stage where his assistant betrayed him, seeking retribution for a betrayal that cost him his life.

In "Vengeance of the Possessed," Professor English’s forbidden experiments with the occult come undone when his caged vampire, werewolf, and zombie finally break free—each driven by a hunger for retribution. With the cellar doors open and the professor’s control shattered, the creatures unleash their fury in a night of escalating terror.

In the middle of the 1800s, a ship’s doctor abandons his crew when the black plague strikes—only to face the same fate years later, dying of the very disease he fled. A haunting tale of guilt and inevitability, drawn from the forgotten pages of the sea.

Michael Long steers his car into a rainy night with his wife Pamela, only to crash when a tree blocks their path—and when he awakens in the wreckage, she's gone. A mysterious figure offers him a terrible bargain: venture into the underworld with a enchanted sword, rescue Pamela from death itself, and return to life, but forfeit his soul in the process. Michael descends through a nightmarish realm of mythological horrors—Charon's ferry, the three-headed guardian, and the judges of the damned—racing against impossible odds to find his wife and escape before the price of his pact comes due.

In the frozen wilds of the Yukon, Mike Lucas stumbles upon a gold mine, but his greed leads him to betray and kill his companions—his fellow prospectors and the native guides who trusted him. When the spirit of the totem god Unalka takes notice, a haunting vengeance begins to unfold, turning his fortune into ruin. The story unfolds with a quiet dread, as the land itself seems to remember every betrayal.