This was interesting. Characters from various different walks of life – and even different worlds – visit a mysterious bar, where the price of a drink is a story from your past. The bar is part of a house, the original House of Mystery, somehow plucked up and removed from its original location. The twist – or one of the twists – is that some of the people at the bar can’t leave. They don’t know why, and it’s never explained; they can go wherever they want within the confines of the house, but they can’t escape. Then, enter a mysterious newcomer, who seems to be intimately familiar with the house…

It’s written by the people who bring you Fables & Jack of Fables, which are some of my favourite comics currently being published, so yeah, I was intrigued. The art was very cool; Luca Rossi’s art kind of reminded me of Justiniano, which is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Plus, there are some amazing guest artists (Steve Rolston, Jill Thompson, and more), who illustrate the stories that the bar patrons tell. I found some of it a little hard to follow, not knowing exactly who Fig was talking to, or who the mysterious “Collective” was, but otherwise the story was very interesting, and I eventually grew to enjoy the mystery. Looking forward to more tales of mystery and horror in the upcoming editions!