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The Beyond #18 (1953)

Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 1953 · 36 pages

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Contains 6 stories
Curse of the Fire-Bird
7 pp · horror-suspense
LydiaProfessor Burnett FireyJuan Dufue

In "Curse of the Fire-Bird," ambition turns deadly when Lydia, driven by greed, strikes down her husband with a mace—only to awaken a vengeful transformation as he rises from the ashes as a phoenix. Pursued through flames and shadow by the creature he has become, Lydia faces a fate as relentless as the fire that consumes her.

True Tales of the Supernatural #35
1 pp · fantasy

In a quiet French village, the legend of a hunchback lives on—his ghost said to ring the church bells at midnight, a haunting echo of the night he was killed during a robbery. Though his body fell in silence, his spirit refuses to rest, summoning the town with a sound only the faithful still remember.

Wanted: Ghost Writer
7 pp · horror-suspense

In "Wanted: Ghost Writer," newspaper reporter Jerry Vincent takes a late-night job for a mysterious figure known only as Mr. Todt, a man shrouded in shadow who presides over a room lined with unsettling instruments. Tasked with crafting the beginnings of true crime stories, Jerry soon realizes his words summon real horrors—each tale he writes spirals into a deadly fate. As the line between fiction and reality dissolves, Jerry must face the terrifying truth behind the man who writes the endings.

The Hand of the Ancient Evil!
7 pp · horror-suspense

In "The Hand of the Ancient Evil!" from The Beyond #18 (1953), a curious man stumbles upon a mysterious Chinese box holding a withered hand that grants wishes—until a single careless wish unleashes a gruesome fate. As the hand’s power turns deadly, the price of desire becomes horrifyingly clear.

True Tales of the Supernatural #36
1 pp · horror-suspense

In the shadowed archives of 19th-century London, a chilling record tells of a British explorer whose reckless plunder of an ancient tomb brought a deadly curse upon himself—now, his fate unfolds in a single, haunting page of supernatural dread.

The Scourge of the Undead
7 pp · horror-suspense

In "The Scourge of the Undead," a condemned man named Jules Scholler rises from the electric chair as a zombie, sustained by a death-like spirit in a fancy hat who feeds on fear. Guided by this malevolent presence, Scholler embarks on a violent spree, his decaying body a grim vessel for vengeance. As his flesh begins to rot, the spirit orders him to end himself—by dumping his corpse in the city’s garbage dump.

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