Web of Mystery #25

In a chilling twist of time and desire, the sorcerer Dallon emerges from the 21st century to 1954, drawn by a desperate need to claim the rare woman he believes he can only find in the past. When his plan to kidnap Gloria puts him at odds with her determined boyfriend Hal, the two are locked in a tense, fateful confrontation that defies the boundaries of their era.

In a tale passed down through the ages, a forbidden love between an Egyptian princess and a slave defies time itself. Trapped in a tomb for millennia, the slave awakens in a modern world, drawn by a mystery that spans centuries—only to find the woman he loved preserved in the British Museum, frozen in the silence of ancient stone.

In "Lair of the Silken Doom," the ambitious silk merchant Stanley Raffel is drawn into a dangerous partnership with the enigmatic and alluring Lycia, whose exquisite silks seem too perfect to be real. As his fascination deepens, he begins to suspect that the source of her fabric is far more sinister than mere craftsmanship—though the true horror of her lair remains hidden, waiting to be uncovered.

In the chilling tale "Young Henry Ranse," a desperate man’s greed leads him down a dark path when he imprisons his wealthy uncle, only to face a terrifying reckoning in the asylum—where the uncle’s bound hands seem to move on their own, strangling him from within the strait-jacket. A gripping, no-holds-barred horror story from the pages of Web of Mystery #25, 1954.

In London, 1751, the sniveling lawyer John Drummond makes a fateful bargain with Baalzaar, Satan's first lieutenant, trading his soul for power as the most feared judge at Old Bailey—his only duty: sending as many souls as possible to the gallows. As his influence grows, so does the darkness within him, and the price of his ambition begins to eclipse even his own conscience.

In "The Keeper of the Flames," a man trades his soul not to the devil, but to Death itself—gaining years of fortune and influence, only to face the inevitable reckoning when his time comes. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as the cost of such a bargain begins to echo through the shadows.