Haunt of Fear #5

In "Creep Course," Jo finds herself in a tense classroom showdown when her attempt to ace an ancient civilizations class with charm backfires—her professor’s fascination with mummification takes a dangerously personal turn. Written by an unnamed author and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story blends academic pressure with creeping dread in a twisty, suspenseful eight pages.

In the isolated aftermath of a plane crash, survivors on a remote atoll struggle to stay alive—until their belongings begin vanishing, one by one, always silver. With paranoia rising and two dead bodies piling up, the group turns on each other, convinced a werewolf walks among them. But the truth lies not in fangs or fur, but in the quiet, unassuming contents of a medical kit.

In "Country Clubbing!" from Haunt of Fear #5, a desperate convict fleeing the swamp stumbles upon a terrifying encounter that turns his survival instinct into a nightmare. After stealing a meal from a victim, he’s pursued by a hulking figure who seems to know his every move—clutching the very club he used to commit his crime. The story unfolds in a relentless, claustrophobic chase through the swamp’s shadows, where every step brings a new dread, and the line between hunter and hunted blurs in a way that leaves the mind unsettled.

In "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes...", a lonely mountain man’s life unravels when betrayal turns his wife and her lover against him—pushing him into a still to drown, his body dissolving in lye. What rises from the cauldron is no longer a man, but a vengeful, shifting mass of rage, its form a twisted echo of the man he once was.

In "Only Sin Deep," a woman desperate for cash trades her youth for a thousand dollars to a mysterious shopkeeper, only to wake the next morning with a face aged beyond her years. When he demands ten times that amount to reclaim her beauty, she schemes to steal her husband’s fortune—until a murder forces her into a trap she can’t escape.

In "The Secret," a young boy adopted by seemingly kind parents soon discovers their true nature—though the real twist lies in his own hidden identity. Written with a chilling precision, this six-page tale from *Haunt of Fear #5* (1985) unfolds as a quiet suburban home becomes a trap, where the predator and the prey are far from who they seem.

In "Head-Room!", a lonely landlady finds herself drawn to the mysterious tenant who rents her attic room—only to uncover a horrifying secret hidden in his closet. As her fascination turns to dread, she realizes too late that some doors, once opened, can't be closed.

In "The New Arrival," a haunted mansion whispers secrets from a past steeped in sorrow and madness. When a weary traveler stumbles upon the estate, he awakens to find himself bound in chains, the latest in a long line of captives kept in the shadow of a grieving woman’s warped devotion.

In "Indisposed!", a man’s desperate attempt to hide his wife’s body takes a horrifying turn when his plumber friend accidentally wires the garbage disposal to the water supply. When a guest reaches for a drink, the tap unleashes a gory surprise—just as the man’s quiet home begins to feel anything but safe.

In "Out Cold," a chilling tale from Haunt of Fear #5, a man’s fateful encounter with a dazzling new office girl spirals into a gruesome choice—one that the old witch reveals is not the true ending. What actually happened was far more abrupt: smitten by her beauty, he tumbles from a 20-story window, meeting a swift end while the girl’s final curse echoes in the silence below.

In "Marriage Vow," a woman returns from the grave to keep her wedding promise—though her idea of devotion is far from conventional. Haunted by betrayal and a husband who killed her for her fortune, she now demands a marriage that lasts beyond death, refusing to let him escape his vow.

In "The Shadow Knows," a man’s desperate bid to escape his past by murdering his wife and marrying wealth comes undone when her shadow begins to follow him—silent, relentless, and impossible to ignore. As the shadow twists his new life into a nightmare, it turns the tables on his schemes, leading to a final, chilling reckoning.

In "Spoiled," a chilling tale from Haunt of Fear #5, a surgeon’s wife and her lover find their secret romance turned into a grotesque experiment when the doctor—driven by obsession and surgical precision—rearranges their bodies in a horrifying twist of control. Written by a master of macabre suspense and illustrated with unsettling detail, this six-page story explores the dark consequences of betrayal, where the line between lover and victim blurs in the most literal way.

In "Comes the Dawn!", a man huddles in a remote Arctic cabin, barricaded against a vampire prowling just beyond the door. With the sun’s return his only hope, he begins to realize the long, endless night might never end.

In "About Face," a father’s world unravels when he believes he’s raising two daughters—one radiant, one grotesque—only to discover the horrifying truth behind their origins. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a family’s deepest bonds into a nightmare of hidden identity and impossible choice.

In "Game Washed Out!" from Haunt of Fear #5, a man in a Puritan colony commits a cold-blooded act to win a new lover, only to face a grim fate when the very pond where he buried his wife becomes his tomb. The story unfolds with chilling precision, as his punishment mirrors his crime in a haunting twist of justice.

In "Silent Treatment," a king haunted by guilt after failing to hear his daughter’s cries for help enforces an increasingly absurd silence upon his kingdom—until the peasants, pushed to the breaking point, enact a haunting punishment. Written by an unnamed author and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story unfolds as a chilling fable where sound becomes both curse and reckoning.

In "Swamped," a deranged cannibal hoards his victims beneath the rotting foundation of a swamp shack, unaware that the very structure he relies on is slowly sinking into the mire—until one day, it gives way. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling seven-page tale unfolds with quiet dread, as the swamp itself becomes a silent witness to the man’s unraveling.

In "The Prude," a man haunted by guilt over his mistress’s suicide launches a crusade against public affection, culminating in a law that demands separate cemeteries for men and women. When the women begin rising from their graves to rebury themselves beside their lovers, he witnesses the eerie truth firsthand—only to be pulled back into the earth by his former mistress.

In "Numbskull," the skull of a cruel African trapper recounts his grim fate—after luring prey into his own pit traps, he becomes the victim, left to be consumed by ants as wild creatures gather in silent witness. The story’s chilling perspective and stark visuals deliver a raw, unsettling tale of retribution.

In "Audition," Jo’s obsession with joining Phil Vitale’s all-girl orchestra drives her to a shocking, irreversible choice—only to discover her new life may be even stranger than she imagined. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale unfolds in just five pages, blending desperate ambition with a creeping sense of the uncanny.

In "A Work of Art!", a grieving mortician disillusioned by the soulless routines of his trade constructs a robotic successor to carry out his final rites with dignity—only to find his creation may have a mind of its own. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with quiet dread, exploring the line between craftsmanship and control.