Haunt of Fear #27

In "About Face," a father’s world unravels when he believes he’s raising two daughters—one radiant, one grotesque—only to discover the horrifying truth behind their existence. Written with chilling precision and illustrated with stark, haunting detail, the story unfolds as a devastating revelation about a hidden birth and a secret too terrible to bear.

In the grim shadow of a Puritan colony, a man’s desperate scheme to win a new lover backfires in the most chilling way—when the weight of his crime drags him down in the very pond where he buried his wife. Written with chilling precision and illustrated with stark, gothic detail, this haunting tale from *Haunt of Fear #27* turns a colonial punishment into a grim reckoning.

In "The Silent Treatment," a king haunted by guilt after failing to hear his daughter's cries for help enacts a terrifying decree: silence must reign over his kingdom. As his obsession with quiet spirals into madness, the peasants finally rise, binding a metronome to his body that amplifies even the smallest sound—until a single insect's buzz becomes unbearable.

In "Swamped," a lone shack in the swamp stands as a silent witness to a gruesome secret—its rotting supports hide the remains of a cannibal’s victims. When the structure finally gives way, the man who built it is swallowed by the very bog he used to bury his crimes.