The Thing #14

In a chilling tale from *The Thing* #14 (1954), the ancient demon Rumpelstiltskin lures a young miller’s daughter with a dangerous bargain, driven by his hunger for the soft skin of the living. As the deal unfolds, the line between desperation and dread blurs, leaving her fate hanging in the balance.

In "The Evil Eye!", Warren Cairo’s sinister plan to kill his wife Gerda takes a dark turn when her hidden powers prove too much to overcome. As his scheme unravels, Gerda’s witchcraft turns the tables in a chilling tale of vengeance and supernatural retribution.

In "Doom in the Air," a young man wronged and lynched by the Jones brothers returns years later—revived by the blast of an atom bomb test, now a vengeful specter leaving a trail of deadly radiation in his wake. The story unfolds in the stark, dusty frontier, where the past refuses to stay buried.

When young archeologist Carl Ramen uncovers an ancient Egyptian tablet bearing a terrible curse meant for his family bloodline, he learns the curse activates on his thirty-fifth birthday—and that midnight is only hours away. Desperate to protect those around him and prevent the curse from claiming him as it claimed his father and grandfather before him, Carl races against time while his estranged colleague John Marko pursues him with demands of his own. What Carl doesn't know may save his life—or doom him all the same.