Out of the Night #1

In "The Return of the Werewolf," Dave’s playful gesture—giving his fiancée Ginny a wolf skin as a joke—takes a terrifying turn when a real werewolf arrives at her home, drawn to the pelt he’d brought. The story unfolds with chilling precision, blending suspense and dread as the line between mockery and menace blurs.

When a businessman is murdered and the only suspect has an airtight alibi, Inspector Walton turns to Li Sung, an occult horologist, to uncover the truth through a mysterious mystical ritual. Using an ancient Oriental incantation, Li Sung animates the clock that witnessed the crime, forcing it to reenact the moment of betrayal and murder. Now Inspector Walton must use that supernatural knowledge to confront the killer with a haunting truth he can't deny.

When Libby Carey retrieves her late parents' belongings from storage, she discovers an ornate mirror that once belonged to her great-aunt Sophie—a pearl-obsessed woman from the past whose obsession refuses to stay buried. A supernatural force begins using Libby as a puppet, compelling her to steal pearls across the city while she sleeps, and when Ned grows suspicious of his fiancée's midnight disappearances, he discovers a terror far more sinister than theft lurking behind the heists.