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Selección Terror: La dama de los 500 años
Museum Catalog Note Clark Carrados's *La dama de los 500 años* (The Lady of 500 Years), published as entry 204 in the Selección Terror collection, is a supernatural mystery novel. Evan Payle, a lawyer and investigator, reunites with his former lover Wendy Meil after she accepts a mysterious contract job in Hannah Point, Maine. When she returns weeks later, she appears as an octogenarian woman claiming her youth has been stolen by "the lady of five hundred years." She dies shortly after revealing an identifying birthmark, leaving authorities baffled—her fingerprints don't match Wendy's records. Payle investigates independently and is subsequently visited by the enigmatic Lena Swan, a strikingly beautiful woman who enters his apartment uninvited. After intimate contact with her, Payle experiences disturbing nightmarish visions commanding him to forget Wendy. The narrative combines elements of gothic horror and psychological suspense, exploring themes of supernatural youth theft and manipulative seduction.