Ghoul Tales #2

Jo’s world is one of quiet devotion—her only solace found in the soft purrs and watchful eyes of her beloved cats. But when a stranger’s intrusion disrupts her sanctuary, the line between loyalty and madness begins to blur.

In the quiet hush of a forgotten alley, a lone clock maker tends to timepieces that seem to tick with a life of their own. What begins as a curious visit to a shop of ticking gears soon unravels into something far darker—where every second feels like a whisper from a place that shouldn’t exist.

In the shadowed corners of a city where fear runs deep, a nameless killer strikes without warning—his presence alone enough to send even the toughest criminals into hiding. No one knows who he is or why he hunts, but all who cross his path learn too late that escape is impossible.

In "Turnabout," the balance of power shifts in a chilling reversal of fortune as those long oppressed find their moment to reclaim justice. Written with a pulse of dread and set in a world where cruelty has its price, this 1971 horror-suspense tale from Ghoul Tales #2 delivers a stark, unsettling look at retribution.

In "Cold Cash!" from Ghoul Tales #2 (1971), a fugitive with a fortune in stolen cash races through a raging blizzard, his only hope a strange cave looming ahead—just beyond the storm and the silence.

In "The Curse of the Pirate's Gold," a man's meticulous scheme to claim a long-lost treasure hits an unexpected snag—only the ghost of an old curse, whispered through centuries, might be the one thing he didn’t account for. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1971 tale from Ghoul Tales #2 unfolds with quiet dread, where greed meets the past in ways that defy logic.