The Beyond #4

In "Trial by Ghost Light," the corrupt district attorney Dexter—responsible for sending innocent man Weston to his death—faces a haunting reckoning after his own demise. Now judged by a jury of the dead, Dexter must confront his guilt and clear Weston’s name in a spectral courtroom where justice is both cruel and exacting.

In "The Spell of the Hypnotic Chord," a condemned knife-thrower’s final vow of vengeance echoes through the grave, only to find a twisted new vessel when a pianist, robbed of his hands in a train wreck, receives a transplant that carries a deadly will of their own. The story unfolds with chilling precision, as the hands—once Zander’s—begin to act on their buried fury, driving the new owner toward a fate he never chose.

In "True Tales of the Supernatural #8," Mr. Bentley’s final wish to be buried near his cliffside home takes a chilling turn when his body washes ashore 2,000 miles away—despite being buried at sea. The story lingers on the eerie question: can the dead reach back, even across oceans?

In the misty heights of the Peruvian Andes, a gangster rules over a secret empire built on ancient terror—commanding Inca zombies with eerie authority. When Pat Knowlton arrives with her fiancé Gordon, their visit stumbles into a web of dread and forbidden power, testing their courage in a place where the dead walk and the living may not survive.

On Valentine’s Eve, Jo and her lover find themselves lost in the Florida swamps, drawn to an old colonial mansion where a masquerade flickers beneath the trees. What begins as a strange gathering unfolds into a haunting reenactment of a long-buried family tragedy, played out by unseen spirits. As flames consume the house, the couple stands outside, stunned and silent, the weight of the night settling over them.