The Hand of Fate #20

In a tale of macabre fate, a woman whose beauty hides a deadly secret finds herself hunted by the very forces she once defied. When Fate decrees her end, Death arrives not as a specter, but as a man who offers her one final, unexpected refuge.

In a forgotten winter quarter of a famed circus, a bitter rift between aerialists ignites a haunting tale of betrayal and the unseen. When one performer lets the other fall, the aftermath unfolds beneath the big top—where the past refuses to stay buried.

In the scorched ruins of Pompeii, a young couple’s European tour takes a terrifying turn as they awaken to ancient memories they can’t explain—Nat Murrano and his wife Grace are bound by a forgotten vow, forced to relive the deadly roles of a Gaul gladiator and a Roman noblewoman from two millennia past. As the past rises with chilling precision, Fate watches from the shadows, whispering of debts long overdue.

In a forgotten corner of London, a mysterious stranger trades an ancient amulet for a few coins—little knowing the curse it carries. Thirty-seven years later, the pawnbroker who accepted it finds his life unraveling, as misfortune and fire close in on him with relentless precision.

In 1953, the cursed remnants of Isabella and Roger Mortimer—once a queen and her lover, now bound as a ghoul and a female werewolf—can no longer endure their eternal torment, their ancient hatred finally erupting in a violent reckoning. A chilling tale of doomed lovers and bloody retribution, where history’s darkest sins refuse to stay buried.

In "Dynasty of Disaster," the once-great Algerian family's reign is shadowed by a curse born from a dying slave’s final breath—each new ruler inherits not power, but a fate sealed in terror. As bloodline after bloodline crumbles under the weight of their legacy, the past refuses to stay buried.