Selección Terror: La muerte se mira al espejo

Catalog Note *La muerte se mira al espejo* by Ada Coretti is a terror novel serialized in *Selección Terror* (issue 471, 1982). The narrative opens with three wealthy young men—Robby Remick, Alan Leone, and Burt Derek—from the town of Symmingdel, who abduct the elderly Dr. Woodyn from a rocky coastline. Intoxicated and obsessed with his daughter Adrianne, they murder him by binding iron shackles to his ankles and throwing him into the sea with compressed air tanks, forcing him to experience a prolonged drowning. The backstory reveals Dr. Woodyn's mental deterioration following his wife's death and his subsequent obsession with befriending a giant octopus named "Zatte," which he believes will reveal underwater treasures. His daughter Adrianne, isolated and devoted to her increasingly deranged father, had been forbidden contact with suitors. The narrative establishes the coastal setting and introduces the mysterious octopus as a looming presence while detailing the circumstances leading to the doctor's violent demise.