Web of Mystery #6

In modern-day Luxemburg, two farmers unearth an ancient sword, unwittingly awakening Baron Des Garennes—a centuries-old vampire and former general whose only weakness lies in his own blade. Now, with the sword reclaimed, the baron demands a duel to the death, and the fate of the living hangs on who can master the blade before it claims them both.

In a remote corner of Scotland, the bitter feud between the McPhersons and the Cambells takes a chilling turn when a long-ago murder is echoed by a ghostly reenactment—two men, separated by years, meet the same fate as a boulder rolls from the ridge above.

In a shadowed corner of 1951’s Bosnia, stone mason Joost carves grotesque gargoyles for the capitol’s guild hall—each a vessel for restless, malevolent spirits. When the city demands their destruction, Joost’s final act becomes a grim reckoning, as the very creatures he shaped turn on their creators in a storm of stone and vengeance.

In "True Tales of the Supernatural #12," a man tormented by his own guilt finds his mind unraveling after a murder he blames on an innocent man. The story explores how the weight of a secret can twist a man’s sanity, as fear of the supernatural becomes a mirror for his inner demons.

In "The Mad Beast of Monaco," a desperate Count Almo, ruined by gambling in the glittering halls of Monte Carlo, stumbles upon a sinister secret tied to the numbers themselves. As his luck turns, he begins to transform into a monstrous beast every other hour—losing control with each passing moment. When his dark curse leads him to pursue his former fiancée, the tables turn, and he becomes the hunted.

In the heart of a dense jungle, a young woman and a hunter venture into the unknown to find her father—now one of the tree-people, twisted by a mysterious voodoo goo. When they’re captured by the living, monstrous trees, the father makes a desperate choice to break the curse, setting himself ablaze to free his cursed kin.