ORIGINAL TALES OF TERROR, TRAGEDY AND TWISTED DELIGHT!
VIAL TALES
FIRST
FIENDISH
ISSUE!Vial Tales Issue Number One cover featuring Aagor, The Doctor and Angela

A QUARTERLY ONLINE COMIC ANTHOLOGY

THREE TWISTED TALES.
ONE VERY BAD VIAL.

Meet the Doctor, Angela and Aagor—your hosts for original short films where horror, science fiction and dark humor share the same stained laboratory bench.

EXPLORE THE TALES
NO. 1JULY 1974*15¢*time travel may be involved
NEW ORIGINAL SHORTS • CREATOR SUBMISSIONS • BEHIND THE SCREAMS • NEW ORIGINAL SHORTS • CREATOR SUBMISSIONS • BEHIND THE SCREAMS

FROM THE LABORATORY

WELCOME, DEAR READER.

Every issue of Vial Tales uncorks three original 3–5 minute films—one terror, one tragedy and one twisted delight. Issue #1 introduces our hosts and the unfortunate stories they have collected.

“READ IT…
IF YOU DARE!”— The Doctor
INSIDE THIS ISSUE

THREE TWISTED TALES

Issue #1 • 3 original animated shorts

01

TERROR!

Harvest Moon

Cattle vanish beneath a full harvest moon. Farm girl Laney follows the trail—and learns the hunters picked the wrong prey.
02

TRAGEDY!

Paint, Smoke and Cherry Blossoms

A young graffiti artist paints an escape from the city and discovers an entire lifetime waiting inside the wall.
03

TWISTED DELIGHT!

Four Motorcycle Riders

Four ancient riders stop at a Route 66 diner to decide whether humanity deserves another hundred years.
YOUR UNRELIABLE GUIDES

MEET THE HOSTS

The Assistant

Aagor

Plague made me itchy.

Collector of Tales

The Doctor

Experiments change everything.

The Sharpest Stitch

Angela

A better story needs a sharper point.
THE VIAL SOCIETY

THE STORY CONTINUES
AFTER THE CREDITS.

A gathering place for readers, filmmakers and beautifully disturbed minds is being assembled beneath the laboratory.

  • Issue-by-issue discussions
  • Behind-the-scenes production notes
  • Creator profiles and submission updates
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THE MAIL SLOT ISN'T OPEN YET.

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NEXT
ISSUE!Vial Tales Issue Number Two cover featuring Aagor, The Doctor and Angela as pirates

COMING IN THE NEXT VIAL

ISSUE #2 • IN PRODUCTION

THE LAB HAS
GONE TO SEA.

The Doctor, Angela and Aagor have washed up in the Golden Age of Piracy—and three new tales are waiting below deck.

  1. 01Dead Man's Share
  2. 02Mermaid Bride
  3. 03Vampirates of the Ivory Smile