Haunt of Fear #21

In "An Off-Color Heir," Laura’s life in a Louisiana plantation home grows increasingly uneasy as she uncovers strange details: a haunting portrait of her husband’s distant relative, a locked room that resists her, and a bottle of black ink meant for a new beard. When she finally opens the forbidden door, she finds more than she ever expected—seven dead women and her husband, his face now blue, a razor in hand.

In "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone!" from Haunt of Fear #21, a desperate doctor bets everything on a grotesque experiment: grafting a cat’s nine lives gland into a street-walking derelict to fuel a macabre stunt act. When the man betrays him for more cash, the doctor’s cold smile reveals a cruel twist—his patient’s count of remaining lives is off by one, and the cat’s ninth life was already spent.

In "Corker!", a woman haunted by dark memories and a skeptical psychologist who cares for her seek answers from a mysterious swami—only to uncover a horrifying truth about a decapitation Lamia that has been feeding on her. As fear takes hold, she flees into the subway, where fate delivers a final, brutal twist. The story’s chilling twist lands with unsettling precision, leaving the psychologist’s laughter echoing long after the last page.

In 19th-century Paris, a grieving man must choose between burying his wife or surrendering her to medical students under a new health ordinance. After delivering her body to the medical college, he uses the payment to feed his children and finally give her a proper burial—only to learn the next day that the corpse was not his wife, but the Commissioner of Health himself.