The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror #2
"Sink-Hole!" from The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror #2 (2022) delivers a chilling tale of deception and retribution, written by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines and illustrated with haunting precision by Graham Ingels. As Irma, a widow with a dangerous secret, marries a new husband and begins to unravel in her grand estate, the past rises from the shadows—literally. The story’s oppressive atmosphere and shocking final twist are brought to life through Ingels’ masterful art and Marie Severin’s bold coloring, with Johnny Craig’s cover capturing the story’s gothic dread.
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Irma stared down at the grave of her late husband and smiled....just as a gentleman came near to pay respects to his late wife. As the two conversed, Irma gleaned that this old boy must have money, so she struck up an on-going affair with this Mr. Hornsby, and plotted to have him murdered for his insurance.....just the way she murdered her first husband, Herman, for his! Soon, Robert popped the question and Irma accepted, and after their marriage, they went to his palatial country estate. But suddenly, as she looked up the carpeted winding staircase, the scene came back to her of the lighthouse steps she went up with Herman....and where she pushed him over the railing to his death! Soon the bickering started....Robert wanted to still visit his former wife's grave and Irma forbid it, eventually leading to his very ill health. Then one night, Robert bolted from his bed for the cemetery to visit his beloved Ethyl one more time, where he died from a fatal heart attack on her grave. Back at the estate, Iram was contemplating tearing out the spiral staircase when she looked up to see the the rotting corpses of Herman and Ethyl coming at her. She raced up the spiral steps to escape into the balcony bedroom when she remembered that she had had them sealed shut! In the morning, all that was found were the remains of two rotting corpses, and the body of Irma.....smashed into tiny little pieces!
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