Web of Evil #2

In "Hangman's Horror," Jeb Daws, a man fighting to restore honesty in his small town, is framed for murder by the corrupt mayor and his allies, sentenced to hang, and condemned to die. As the noose tightens, he swears vengeance from beyond the grave—only to vanish from his hanging scaffold, leaving behind a town gripped by whispers of his ghostly return. With Dean Slade, Beach, Gendley, Hawkins, and Daniel Slade caught in the aftermath, the line between justice and terror begins to blur.

In the fog-drenched harbor of a forgotten port, rival tugboat captains Hook Larson and Blackjack Grant face off in a deadly game of dominance. When Grant sinks Larson’s ship in a brutal act of sabotage, he thinks the matter is settled—until the anniversary of the wreck brings a phantom vessel from the deep, its ghostly crew guided by a hooked spectre seeking retribution.

In "Make-Up for Death," a disgruntled theater makeup artist becomes consumed by rage after being mocked by his peers, leading him down a dark path of vengeance. When his final act of violence ignites a fire that claims his own life, the line between performer and tragedy blurs in a chilling tale of obsession and retribution.

When Charles Venable is summoned to translate an ancient text for Carl Granger, he soon realizes the book’s secrets may be more than just scholarly—especially as Carl’s brother Andrew, long thought dead, begins to stir in ways no one can explain.