Creepy Worlds #50

A young man named Hal returns to Plandome, the seaside town where he vanished as a child after witnessing his parents disappear into a wall, driven by a lifelong quest to understand what happened to them. Now grown, he confronts the mysterious Green People who claim to have taken his parents and now offer him a chance to join them in their timeless world. Torn between reuniting with his lost family and staying on Earth, Hal faces an impossible choice.

Hubert Bump, a man seeking peace in historic New England, finds himself drawn to a mysterious, old-fashioned girl named Patience Hopkins at a barn dance—only to discover she’s far stranger than she seems. As he tries to understand her peculiar habits and the town’s whispers about her being a witch, he uncovers a magical secret tied to a runaway broomstick and a punishment that keeps her tethered to the mortal world.

Jason Steele, a man shaped by a harsh upbringing and ruthless ambition, finds unexpected joy in love with Lana—but when she falls gravely ill, he faces a desperate choice. With a flawed rocket that only functions properly in the atmosphere of a distant planet, he pleads with a wealthy aviator to take her on a journey to the stars, hoping to save her life.

Dr. George Bethel, urgently needed for a life-saving surgery, relies on Joe Cardwell, the sea taxi pilot, to navigate through a thick, isolating fog to reach the mainland. As the journey unfolds, Bethel grows uneasy when Joe remains eerily silent and distant, his vacant stare suggesting something unnatural—yet the doctor must press on, unaware of the strange bond that ties them across the mist.

Bob Travis, a young man, finds himself unnerved after boasting about spending the night alone at a haunted lake, now facing an eerie presence that matches his fear with a chilling, echoing laugh.

In a remote Alaskan village ravaged by a blizzard and a deadly illness, a mysterious plane lands with perfect precision, saving children by delivering urgently needed serum. Though the pilot is found unconscious and later confirmed dead, the villagers believe the plane’s flawless descent was guided by something beyond human skill. The story leaves them in awe of a miracle they can’t explain.

Dr. Fenster, a struggling inventor, develops a serum that can shrink living things—and reverse the process—only to have his ambitious promoter, Artie Howland, steal his invention and patent it as his own. When Howland tries to silence Fenster, the scientist uses the serum to vanish, forcing Howland to confront the terrifying possibility that his former protégé could be shrinking into a tiny form—right in front of him.

Gusty Larson, a college student, claims to have seen a glowing disc in the sky—only to be laughed off by his friends when he returns to campus. Left alone, he’s suddenly drawn into the craft by an unseen force, where he’s met by alien scientists who’ve been listening to his thoughts.

In "The Picture That Was Cursed!", a young actor steps into a role left unfinished by a dead co-star, only to discover the film set is haunted by the vengeful spirit of a woman whose murder is buried in its reels. As the camera rolls, the line between performance and nightmare blurs, and the past refuses to stay behind the lens.

A young man dismisses superstitions—until a chance encounter with an ancient legend about three lights on a match sparks a chain of events that blazes out of control. As a fiery tale from Egypt’s past and a maritime disaster aboard the Melara unfold, the idea that lighting three fires with one match could bring ruin begins to feel uncomfortably real. The story blends myth and misfortune in a cautionary tale where belief, no matter how odd, might just ignite something far beyond imagination.

Frank Masters, a renowned photographer of submarine life, captures startling images of a massive clam shell in the Coral Seas off Tarawa—only to witness it open and reveal an entire undersea city. As the inhabitants flee in panic, Masters races to prove the truth with his film, but when he presents it to marine experts, they dismiss it as a clever hoax. The story leaves readers wondering: can the evidence be trusted, or is it all just a trick of the mind?