Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11

Steve Merwin, thought dead after a crash, returns to haunt Trig and Jerry Greer, who believed they’d escaped his fate. As Trig panics behind the wheel of a stolen car, Steve’s ghost taunts him, revealing he’s still very much alive — and not done with them yet.

A storm-stranded bus brings seven uneasy travelers to a decaying roadside house, where they’re greeted by a gracious host who knows far too much about their pasts. As the night unfolds, each passenger is confronted with chilling revelations tied to their secrets, and the house’s true nature begins to reveal itself—leaving them trapped in a nightmare where words may be the deadliest weapon.

In the Blue Ridge Mountains, dying patriarch Jeremiah Nalton reveals to his son Rick that his uncle Stewart North swindled him—leaving behind a plan for revenge. Posing as Stewart, Rick begins manipulating his uncle’s life, orchestrating accidents and using forged documents to frame him, all while evading detection. As Rick takes control of Stewart’s affairs, he sets his sights on a final, deadly scheme in Porto Bello, where he plans to eliminate Stewart once and for all.

Seth Chalmers, a coal dealer, panics after killing his partner Roy Mercer and tries to hide the body by loading it into a coal truck, planning to have it burned in a factory. When railroad detective Joe Brady stops him, claiming to have found a body in a coal car, Chalmers is horrified—his own plan has backfired, as the body discovered isn't his victim, but someone else’s.

Slinky Barlow, ever the schemer, sees his chance to steal from the reclusive former bookie Weeper Sloane after Auntie Logan is rushed to the hospital. With the housekeeper gone, he breaks into Sloane’s apartment, intending to steal the cash he knows is hidden — but when Sloane returns unexpectedly, a violent struggle ensues. As the police close in, Slinky tries to frame the death as an accident, but his alibi begins to unravel.

Jimmy Wharton wakes up with a fractured head and a persistent ringing, disoriented and unsure if he’s escaped a high-speed chase or been caught in a dangerous dream. As he tries to piece together how he ended up entangled with Rudy Carthage’s gang, he’s haunted by memories of a night he can’t recall—and a series of events that blur the line between reality and delusion.