The Thing #10

In "Flower of Evil," a twisted botanist obsessed with cultivating monstrous blooms will stop at nothing to perfect his deadly formula—though the true horror may not be in his experiments, but in the unseen creatures stirring beneath the surface.

In "Into the Fire," Charley Burns, a crematorium assistant, finds himself caught in a deadly trap when he attempts to dispose of his murdered boss’s body—only to become the final flame in a grim, inescapable inferno. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a routine task into a descent into fire and fate.

A thief's stolen briefcase contains far more than loose cash—mysterious seed packets meant for a laboratory. When a thunderstorm washes the discarded seeds into the city gutters, something otherworldly begins to grow and hatch. By morning, the streets face a nightmarish plague of creatures that the city's residents never saw coming.

Inspector Corgan takes on a chilling case: tracking down a werewolf responsible for a series of brutal murders. But as the full moon rises, he finds himself haunted by dizzy spells, blackouts, and agonizing headaches—leaving him to wonder if the beast he’s hunting might be closer to home than he thought.

In "Mark of Violence," the weight of tradition falls on the mayor as he's tasked with performing sacred rituals to ensure a captured vampire remains dead. But beneath his solemn duty lies a secret ambition—selling the creature’s head to a city museum for profit.

At a glamorous Mardi Gras celebration, a mysteriously costumed king selects a bold young woman as his queen—but when midnight strikes and tradition demands the removal of masks, she discovers her charming partner is far more than he appeared to be. As he spirits her away into the night, the crowd witnesses an impossible vanishing that leaves behind only cloven hoofprints and unanswered questions about the girl who sealed her fate with a single kiss.