Witches Tales #21

In the isolated quiet of a storm-lashed night, Bill and his wife huddle by a broken radio and a stubborn television, their world reduced to static and one flickering channel. When a chilling news report claims alien saucers have landed at Coney Island and declared Earth’s annihilation, the tension spirals into a horrifying decision—until the truth emerges: the broadcast was just a drama, a fictional scare. But the line between fiction and fear has never felt so thin.

In "The Chase," Ellen Temple and her boyfriend John stumble upon an eerie Asian tea shop where an old woman cryptically warns Ellen to beware the "Dark Man" and the "Teeth of the Dragon," urging her to remember, "you have no wings!" Moments later, a man in black approaches her with a strange message, but Ellen flees in terror—only to fall from a roof, crash into a dragon statue, and die. The man in black, shaken, reveals he was only trying to tell her she’d inherited a fortune from a distant relative.

In the isolated quiet of a mountain lodge, Jim Trent and his wife Madeline seek a peaceful escape—until Jim’s past erupts in the form of his disgraced former partner, Carl Andro, who returns with a threat that turns their retreat into a nightmare. With tensions rising and secrets buried beneath the snow, Jim’s desperate act of self-preservation leads to a shocking discovery: the very people he’s trying to protect are already inside, celebrating his birthday.