Out of the Shadows #12

In "Hand of Death," Mexican matador Juan Savola teams up with a witch for power and prestige—until greed threatens their uneasy alliance. When a dispute over money costs him his hand, magic restores it… but not without consequence.

In "The Man Who Was Always on Time," Darland Fanshaw—owner of the world's largest clock collection—finds himself trapped in a deadly game of time and retribution when his greed leads to murder. As the ghosts of his victims close in, his obsession with precision becomes his undoing, and the hands of fate begin to turn against him.

In "Images of Sand," French gambler Henri Monard, down on his luck in Northern Africa, hears whispers of a Tuareg treasure buried in the Sahara. Driven by desperation and greed, he commits murder to claim it, then returns to Paris to live in opulence—only to find the desert’s ancient curse has followed him.

Warren Darby, a small man consumed by years of rejection and humiliation, snaps after a chance encounter leaves him feeling emasculated—and discovers that violence offers him the power and respect he's always craved. Emboldened by his first kill and encouraged by a woman who sees opportunity in his newfound ruthlessness, Warren methodically hunts down those who've wronged him, leaving a trail of murders that has the entire town on edge. As his crimes grow bolder and his sense of invincibility swells, Warren's carefully plotted revenge begins to unravel in unexpected ways.