Out of the Night #13

A desperate treasure hunter and his companion venture into the legendary fortress of Al-Kruallah, determined to claim the world's two largest diamonds—despite warnings from their guide Abdul about an ancient curse and the screaming skulls that guard the vault. As Burke and Grey descend into the burial chamber, they discover the diamonds are embedded in the skull of Al-Kruallah himself, but their greed for the prize awakens something far more terrifying than mere legend. The desert fortress claims another victim, and the mournful wailing of the screaming skulls grows louder still.

John and Frances Craig arrive at a run-down New England cottage for a summer retreat, only to discover a hidden well on the property—one the real estate agent conspicuously failed to mention. After drinking from it, Frances falls into fevered dreams of a seventeenth-century witch trial, visions that bleed disturbingly into waking reality in ways neither of them can explain. What emerges from the well's depths will demand a terrible price, and John must decide how far he'll go to save his wife from the horror that dwells below.

When Sir Philip Duncan cheats Jonathan Harley out of Harley Manor and has him killed in 1609, a vengeful curse takes root—one that will haunt every Duncan who dares set foot in the ancient estate for centuries to come. Ten years ago, Sir George Duncan ignored the warnings and claimed the manor, only to watch his family members fall one by one to an invisible, supernatural killer. Now, as another Duncan arrives for what he believes will be a weekend of civilized comfort in the twentieth century, the specter of Sir Jonathan Harley has other plans.

Michael Stone, recovering in a hospital from a nervous breakdown, recounts a chilling tale of his friendship with a young Hungarian roommate named Paul in Paris—a friendship that took a horrifying turn when Stone discovered Paul was a werewolf responsible for brutal murders. When Stone and Paul later board a freighter with Stone's wife Magda, the killings continue, forcing Stone to confront an unsettling truth about his family through a deadly process of elimination. This 1954 horror tale weaves supernatural terror with a twist that turns everything Stone believes into a nightmare he can't escape.

When a museum expeditionist named Allie Johnson stumbles out of the Brazilian jungle months after vanishing, he's haunted by a terrifying secret—a beautiful woman named Tiana who commands an army of the undead and won't let him leave her side. Dr. Matthews and the renowned heart specialist Dr. Cleves find themselves treating a patient with impossible symptoms, forced to piece together Johnson's increasingly desperate account of what he encountered in that jungle clearing. As the line between life and death blurs in ways no medical science can explain, they discover that some horrors follow you home whether you escape or not.