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Death Waits For Moonrise…
Inside of a university laboratory located somewhere in the Balkan states, two scientists work feverishly to break down a newly discovered virus. The specimen was taken from a recently captured wolf hybrid near the mountain village of Tvisklisk. The locals claimed the beast was once a man named Korbutskik. Others spoke the word Lycanthropy. In the year 1907 scientists like Gregor and Anya worked diligently to explain superstitions with science.
One evening Gregor and Anya make a breakthrough on the virus proteins. A vaccine is prepared, but before the test subject is injected a hulking figure crashes through to overhead skylight leading to the roof of the university building. It is a second werewolf! The invader rushes to free its mate but Gregor gets caught in the middle. In a flash of red he receives multiple bites before the wolves leap from a second story window onto the courtyard below.
Is Gregor doomed to live out his existence as a blood thirsty lycanthrope? Will Anya be able to track her infected lover through city streets and administer the vaccine in time? How many other villagers from Tvisklisk have been exposed to the werewolf virus?
Twilight Tears
In 19th century France, a young widow will discover which is more powerful, true love, or a pact between cousins. Mary Beauchard spends her days pining over her dead husband. He was her entire world, and vice versa. Now a new man has arrived in her life. Phillip Beauchard’s second cousin Raoul.
Will Mary live out her life wishing death upon herself in order to reunite with her Phillip? Can Raoul convince his cousin’s widow to move on? Is there any power in a pact made by two children or is fate the final decision maker?
George’s Little Pigeon (text story)
What will a grifter vagabond risk to become wealthy? In the case of George Kintner, marriage to a trophy-wife turned widow. Everything about Teresa Ostrow screamed exuberance. Her deceased husband’s bank accounts screamed even louder.
Will George discover Teresa’s youth and beauty secrets? How did she survive a blow to the head with a blunt object? Why is Teresa’s teeth so long?
The Night On Fog Island
Off the coast of Kennebunkport lies a rocky island. On the northwest side of its beach, up on the high ground, a Captain named Joshua Talcott built a house for his new bride one hundred years ago. The couple lived happily for a while, then the fog came.
Local legend tells us that the wife would light a whale oil lamp for her husband to navigate by when he returned from fishing in the evening. One evening the wife fell asleep on the beach, leaving no light for her husband to navigate by. The captain was never heard from again. Until 1975, that is…
Can Isabella Talcott’s granddaughter find peace inside the house on Fog Island? What waits inside the nightly fog? Is love thicker than water? Collect the series to find out!
Reviewer Notes
This one started out strong with an interesting take on werewolf mythology. Two scientists discover the werewolf virus leading to a genetically engineered vaccine. Can you say Covid? What, too soon?
Story number two lost me in the weeds. Was this a true horror storyline? It didn’t seem that way to me. We get a creepy second cousin macking on a recent widow. You know what they say, “once you go cousin, there will be some dysfunction”. I simply didn’t get the ending.
Next we get a vampire story set in the modern world of high stakes scam artists. What’s with the boardroom mummy fest? It would have been nice if the writer explained that better. I am going to go 4 out of 5 stars on this one. This comic would have been a candidate for a 5 star review, but… the second story ending sucked blue whale.
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