Mysterious Adventures #17

In the quiet woods near the old Norris cabin, people vanish without a trace, leaving only whispers and unease. The kindly elderly couple, Ma and Pa Norris, are beloved by the townsfolk—but when the sheriff starts digging, he finds their kindness hides something far more unsettling.

A jungle expedition turns deadly when Richy Burns finds himself paralyzed by fear during a terrifying night attack. After a desperate and violent chain of events, Burns flees into the wilderness, but his frantic escape through the dense jungle becomes a nightmare of its own—one that forces him to confront something far stranger than the dangers he's running from.

A hermit confesses his thirty-year burden to a visiting doctor—a dark secret born when he and his twin brother Amos fell in love with the same woman, Ellen, and Amos's jealous rage spiraled into something irreversible. Henry must finally tell someone what happened that terrible night before the wedding, and why he's been hiding in isolation ever since. A haunting tale of passion, betrayal, and the weight of a conscience that won't let go, even as death approaches.