Creepy Worlds #139

A corrupt burgomeister of 18th-century Germany bleeds his village dry through impossible taxes to build a tower in the Rhine River and fund his social ambitions, but when he invites neighboring dignitaries to a grand party, the oppressed villagers—and an unexpected swarm of uninvited guests—have other plans for the evening. Hosted by Mr. Dedd, this tale of greed and comeuppance plays out in the shadow of what will become the infamous Mouse Tower, where the echoes of one man's cruelty refuse to fade even centuries later.

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.

Eric Grey returns to the computer room where he once worked with his fiancée Pat, only to be haunted by memories of the accident that took her life—memories that have left him with prematurely white hair and a shattered heart. When a malfunction in the machine produces an impossible message from Pat herself, Eric must confront whether some answers are meant to stay buried in mystery. A haunting tale of love, loss, and the dangers of machines that know too much.

When a man's estate is plagued by an impossible phenomenon—a garden blooming impossibly in the depths of winter, sealed off by an invisible barrier—he calls upon Dr. Graves, a specialist in matters of the unknown. The ghost fighter learns that the garden belonged to a woman who died longing to tend it one final time, and the supernatural bloom is her unfinished tether to the world. Dr. Graves devises a solution rooted in understanding what the dead truly need.

Commander Galt leads a mutinous crew fleeing both a hostile command structure and the terrors of deep space, ultimately discovering refuge on a small planetoid. There, they encounter another group of castaways from Earth's distant past—men who had left the planet long before the world was unified—and face a choice between repeating old conflicts or building something new together.

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.