Haunt of Fear #1

In "A Little Stranger!", a tender romance blooms between a werewolf and a vampire, defying the fears of their wary village. When the townsfolk finally hunt them down, the lovers rise again—not to vengeance, but to a wedding beneath the moon, surrounded by ghouls and zombies. Nine months later, their daughter is born: EC's own Old Witch.

In "Take Your Pick!" from Haunt of Fear #1 (1991), Emma's mounting despair over her husband Stuart's unyielding coldness reaches a breaking point when his refusal to help even his own mother-in-law leads to her death. The weight of his indifference drives Emma to a desperate, chilling decision—one that forces her to confront the true cost of a heart frozen by principle.

In "Ship-Shape!" from Haunt of Fear #1 (1991), a group of stranded survivors clinging to a life-raft spot a massive steamship on the horizon—hope in the middle of the endless sea. As they board the abandoned vessel, they’re met with a creeping green fungus that spreads with unnatural speed, turning the ship into a living tomb. With the raft their only escape, they soon realize the horror isn’t just on the ship—it’s already aboard.

In "This Little Piggy...", Horace, a white Bengal lancer visiting his uncle’s Indian compound, ignores local warnings and hunts a sacred boar, setting off a chilling chain of consequences. When he serves the beast at dinner, the tables turn in a way that leaves his uncle—and the reader—uneasy.

In "The End!", a dying Earth faces extinction not from impact, but from a comet’s lingering radiation that wipes out all human life. With no cure in sight, scientists gamble on a time machine—its single, invisible portal mysteriously pulling only men through. When one of them steps back in time to fix the disaster, he discovers the catch: the machine opened inside a men’s washroom. The story’s sharp twist lands with quiet, absurd precision—no grand finale, just a moment of stunned realization in a forgotten stall.

In "Home to Stay!", Dan, a dedicated astronaut and his son Jimmy’s hero, faces a harrowing ordeal when his mission ends in disaster. As his ship is destroyed and he tumbles through space toward Earth, burning bright on re-entry, Jimmy watches the streaking light and makes a desperate wish for his father’s return.

In the quiet hush of an Easter morning, Teddy stumbles upon a strange, brightly painted egg in his parents’ backyard—no one remembers hiding it. That night, the egg speaks, begging Teddy to take it to a cave for safety. What follows is a slow, creeping dread as the creature that hatches grows hungry, then wild, feeding on anything it can catch. When the army finally brings it down, the horror isn’t over—because the story isn’t done.