Creepy Worlds #139

In a haunting tale set along the Rhine, a greedy 18th-century burgomeister builds a tower to collect tolls and host a grand party to elevate his status—only to find his guests are not who he expected. As the night unfolds, the villagers’ long-suppressed anger manifests in a terrifying, unexpected way, turning his celebration into a nightmare. The story ends with the burgomeister fleeing in panic, pursued by forces he never imagined.

In "The Nameless One!" from Creepy Worlds #139, Nolan—a man with no past and no name—breaks free from prison only to find that every destination he reaches is laced with peril. With a scientist’s teleportation device in hand, he flees from one deadly situation to the next, until he realizes the truth: the device was never meant to save him, but to test him. The story’s chilling twist reveals the inventor was not a man, but Fate itself.

In a quiet, air-conditioned computer room, Eric Grey confronts haunting memories of his late fiancée, Pat, as he interacts with a machine that begins to respond in unsettling ways. The machine’s responses, eerily personal and impossible, blur the line between memory and something far stranger. As the results from the unknown begin to surface, Eric is left questioning what, or who, might be answering back.

Dr. Graves arrives at the home of Mr. Lind, who fears an invisible barrier now seals off the late Mrs. Fern White’s garden—still in full bloom despite winter’s chill. Though the garden has been sealed since her death, Dr. Graves believes the only way to end the phenomenon is to help Mrs. White’s spirit fulfill her final wish: to reach and open the garden door.

Commander Galt and his weary crew, fleeing a terrifying encounter on the distant planet M53, are forced to abandon their mission and seek refuge on a small, Earth-like asteroid. As they prepare to land, they discover another spaceship—left behind from Earth’s war-torn past—leading to a tense standoff that quickly gives way to cautious cooperation.

In "The Parrot!" from Creepy Worlds #139, Samson pretends to be Marvelo, a flamboyant talking parrot in a struggling act led by Jim Hall, while resentful Tiny schemes to take control. When the hotel’s cleaning lady, who’s never liked the bird, hurls Marvelo’s cage from a window, Samson barely escapes with his life—leaving the act in chaos and the real danger far from over.