Mysterious Adventures #9

This anthology issue contains multiple stories of suspense and horror. One story follows a playwright named Chloris Karel who submits an unusual manuscript about mystery and vampirism to a group of theatrical producers; the four professionals become strangely entranced by the play and eventually decide to produce it, hoping to become its authors and secure their futures. Another story, "Terror of the Lion's Revenge," involves a native lion head with supernatural properties acquired from Africa that exacts vengeance on those who possess it, with a Bowen Manufacturing executive and others falling victim to its curse. A third story centers on a man named Tom who encounters a voodoo practitioner named Orlando in a Persian shop and becomes trapped in a supernatural curse involving pins stuck in enemy figures, leading to a series of mysterious accidents and deaths.