Crime Suspenstories #2

In "Dead-Ringer," a desperate thief becomes obsessed with a wealthy man he’s never met—only to discover the man is a patient at a local sanitarium, suffering from amnesia. With a twisted plan to swap lives, the thief schemes to take the millionaire’s place, but the sanitarium holds secrets far darker than he imagined. The twist isn’t in the identity he seeks, but in the cost of the life he’s willing to steal.

In "The Corpse in the Crematorium," a man prone to cataleptic episodes is mistakenly taken to a crematorium while his fiancée frantically searches for him. As the clock ticks down to his scheduled incineration, a single, chilling detail—a bead of sweat forming on his brow—might be the only thing that stands between life and flame.

In "Contract For Death," a desperate man signs a chilling agreement with a reclusive doctor to stay alive for one month in exchange for $5,000—only to find his newfound freedom tested when he falls for a woman. As the deadline looms and his loyalty to the contract wavers, the consequences of breaking it begin to unfold, threatening both his life and the doctor’s cold calculations.