This Magazine Is Haunted #10

In "The City of the Dead!" from This Magazine Is Haunted #10 (1953), a determined photographer ventures into a cursed desert to capture images of a legendary, forbidden city—only to cross a line he can’t return from. Driven by obsession, he takes a fatal dose of poison to gain entry, but instead of dying, he finds himself trapped in a realm where the dead walk, and the city itself seems to breathe.

In "Phantom of Disaster!", engineer Roger Ellis finds himself haunted by a terrifying black phantom that foretells impending doom. With the aid of the enigmatic sorcerer Emil Jorak, he attempts to trap the spectral menace, but the creature’s power may be beyond even sorcery to contain.

In a chilling tale from *This Magazine Is Haunted* #10, artist Leo Main finds himself trapped in a nightmare when his landlady, Mrs. Tyran, turns threatening. After painting a scene of her murder by a looming, enigmatic fat man, Leo is stunned when the figure begins to step out of the canvas—alive, aware, and moving with a will of its own.