The Hand of Fate #25a

In 1865 Croatia, scientist Kasimir Raades pours his heart into an elixir meant to grant eternal youth, driven by compassion for his aging friends. When his efforts lead to tragedy and he’s branded a madman, his final breakthrough comes too late—no one believes his redemption, and the cure he sought offers him no solace.

In the heart of the Peruvian jungle, Professor Henry Crane and his guide descend into a hidden chamber of a long-lost Inca temple, unaware of the ancient curse that awaits them. As they uncover the temple of the hawk god, a golden bird—awakened by their intrusion—strikes with deadly precision.

In the eerie glow of the big top, the enigmatic Countess Barovna arrives, her presence as unnerving as the silence that follows her. As the circus performers fall one by one, her true nature begins to unravel—until the final act, where the line between spectacle and slaughter blurs.

In a tale of twisted fate and eerie retribution, twin brothers Guido and Marco are bound by a cruel birth curse—one born whole, the other deformed. When Marco uses dark magic to reshape his body, he must pay a terrible price, setting off a chain of vengeance that will not rest. As Guido’s ghost returns, the line between the living and the dead blurs in this chilling 1954 horror-suspense story.

In "Death Wears No Face," combat correspondent Alec North—haunted by the horrors of war and the faceless figures that stalk his mind—returns to Korea not to escape death, but to confront the fate he’s spent years evading. Once marked to die, he now walks a line between memory and madness, where every shadow might be a sign, and every silence a whisper from beyond.

In "Trial by Ghost Light," the corrupt district attorney Dexter, who orchestrated the wrongful execution of innocent playboy Weston, meets a grim end when a statue of justice falls on him. Now forced to face a jury of the dead, Dexter must confront his sins in a spectral courtroom. To clear Weston’s name, he’s given a haunting chance to make things right — but the weight of his past may be more than even a ghost can bear.