π MAD Alex Presents: The Illusion of Flame, by Paul Ernst
A withered stranger from far-off Tibet showed the Great Caprini a bit ofterrible magic that made the blood run cold in his veins. A curious tale, and one not without a touch of horror.
π MAD Alex Presents: The Disinterment of Venus, by Clark Ashton Smith
A bizarre tale of the strange yearnings and carnal desires that beset a brotherhood of monks when the statue of a pagan goddess was dug up in the abbey garden.
π MAD Alex Presents: The Mystery of Black Jean, by Julian Kilman
Man trains bear. Woman trains man. Manβs attempts to reclaim man. Man and ex mysteriously disappear. And thatβs not even the worst part of this story.
π MAD Alex Presents: The Festival, by H. P. Lovecraft
A sullen town. A nightmare ritual. These are things nightmares are made of. Come join us for the presentation of an eldritch terror by the illustrious H. P. Lovecraft.
π MAD Alex Presents: The Place of Madness, by Merlin Moore Taylor
Now we have doctors and confidence, a veritable soup of themes we explored throughout the last few installments. Come find out what happens when a doctor walks a mile in a prisoner's shoes.
π MAD Alex Presents: MS Found in a Bottle, by Edgar Allen Poe
A tempest unsettles a ship, forcing its lone survivor to abandon it in favor of the vessel being thrown against it. What the survivor finds aboard is further unsettling.
The story of a grisly horror encountered in a weird monastery in the forest. A tale of terror by Robert Bloch. First published in 1935 in Weird Tales, Vol 25, No 1.