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Appearing in "Moon of Madness, Moon of Fear"

Featured Characters:

  • Werewolf

Supporting Characters:

  • Lisa
  • Kathy
  • Larry
  • Kenny

Other Characters:

  • Old Woman
  • Gretchen
  • Ernst

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Synopsis for "Moon of Madness, Moon of Fear"

A group of young people is on a camping trip near the town of Frachtdorf when they are approached by an old woman. The woman warns the group about creatures that are both man and wolf. The group dismisses the warning but later that evening they discover a man that is being attacked by wolves. A young man named Kenny valiantly fights off the wolves with a thick branch and brings the wounded man back to their camp. Later that night the campers are surrounded by wolves and they desperately wait through the night for daylight. The rays of the sun emerge but the stranger then turns into a werewolf and announces that he is only a man once a month while the moon is full but the rest of the time he is a werewolf. Screams are then heard through the countryside as the wolf attacks.

Appearing in ""They Wait in Their... Dungeon""

Reprint of the 5th story from
Menace #1

Featured Characters:

  • Warden Drury

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Prisoners
  • Priest

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Items:

  • Cigarette
  • Whip

Synopsis for ""They Wait in Their... Dungeon""

Reprint of the 5th story from
Menace #1
A sadistic warden takes pleasure in treating his inmates with exceptional cruelty. He whips prisoners for violating his no cigarette policy. He denies a condemned prisoner a last request to write a letter to his mother and he takes particular delight in watching that same prisoner die in the gas chamber. At one point, warden Drury is surrounded by prisoners. He calls for his guards but no one shows up. The warden runs to escape from the mob of killers until he runs into a steel door. At first he thinks that he has found refuge from his attackers but he then realizes that the door leads into the gas chamber that is still filled with poisonous fumes from the earlier prisoner execution. As the convicts close in, warden Drury is faced with the horrendous choice of entering the chamber which would result in his excruciating death or facing the convicts who would love to tear him apart limb by limb.

Appearing in "Delusion for a Dragon Slayer!"

Featured Characters:

  • Warren Glazer Griffin

Antagonists:

  • Devil (Dream)
  • Dragon (Dream)

Other Characters:

  • Wizard (Dream)
  • Unnamed Sailors (Dream)
  • Woman (Dream)

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Synopsis for "Delusion for a Dragon Slayer!"

A man is killed by a wrecking ball and becomes aware that heaven is the realization of one's dreams, but one must have the proper character to achieve the goals. After the ball lands on him, he opens his eyes to find that he has become a heroic barbarian ship captain in a fantasy world so far from the mundane reality that he lived upon Earth. He attempts to lead his men that depend upon him through the waves, but fails to take into account the reef due to his vanity, and the men are lost at sea. As he washes ashore, he comes upon a beautiful woman who is guarded by a fearsome beast. Instead of challenging the beast in a fair fight, he cowardly stabs it in the back with his sword. The woman is terrified of him and backs away, but he cares nothing of her concern and takes her by force. A huge shadow descends upon him, and just before he is devoured by a dragon, he realizes he was never a good person but merely worshiped at an alter of quiet evil.

Solicit Synopsis

Harlan Ellison's "Delusion for a Dragon-Slayer!" And two more of the most macabre masterworks of all! 'Nuff said?

Notes

  • Delusion for a Dragon Slayer! is adapted from an original story by Harlan Ellison.

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