Terror Tales Album #8

In the frozen aftermath of a plane crash, Dolph Culhane faces a brutal choice: survive by eating the race horse he’d just purchased, or starve. When he’s finally rescued, the relief turns to dread as he learns the horse was diseased—and the first signs of the illness are already taking hold.

In a dusty corner of Bengal, Dean Hall and Orry Kane share a tense journey, their friendship tested by a stubborn refusal to sell a theater—until a mysterious swami named Jones warns of an impending stampede, saving the village with eerie precision. A month later, the same swami returns to Hall’s theater, making chillingly accurate predictions that unsettle the audience, until he declares he’ll never set foot inside—because the building will be struck by a meteor. When the prophecy comes true, the truth behind the swami’s power begins to unravel.

Stanley Markham, a struggling artist, builds his reputation on stolen sculptures from the reclusive Mrs. Peterson—until his deception leads him to murder. Now haunted by her vengeful ghost, he finds himself trapped in a nightmare he can't escape, even as Mr. Webber, his only ally, begins to suspect the truth.

In the eerie confines of a forgotten study, chess master Alan Blake finds himself locked in a sinister game on a cursed board, where each captured piece exacts a terrible toll in the real world. When his fiancée Elsa Trent collapses after his queen is taken, Blake must race to save her by promoting a pawn—before the next move claims something even more precious.

When a group of developers eye the House of Mystery for a new amusement park, the eerie property’s resident oddballs—Cain, Max Allen, John Shaw, Horatio, Bob, and the enigmatic Cedric B. DeMiles—have other plans. As outsiders arrive with cameras and blueprints, the old Kentucky home begins to stir with secrets best left buried.