Creepy Worlds #187

In "The Laundry Machines!", a greedy landlord's cruelty toward a Haitian laundress spirals into something far more sinister when she retaliates with voodoo. As he falls ill, he's forced to send her away—only to discover the cure he's sent for is trapped inside a series of nested boxes, each one hiding another.

In "Fear Walks on Four Feet!" from Creepy Worlds #187, a man's jealousy leads him to sabotage a scientific experiment meant to capture a lion—only for the device to malfunction and unleash a prehistoric creature from a fossil. Trapped in a time rift he doesn't understand, he hides for a year, unaware that his absence has transformed his partner’s fortunes and redefined the world around him.

In "Morgan's Mad Machine!" from Creepy Worlds #187, two con artists fall for a scammer peddling a gold-making device—only to be whisked into their own past, landing at the very start of their prison sentences. The story unfolds with a twist of fate, where deception loops back on itself in a way that’s as clever as it is unsettling.

In "Shadows in the Night!" from *Creepy Worlds* #187 (1979), Elias clings to the belief that a hidden world exists just beyond sight—parallel to Earth, yet unseen. Though he’s long given up trying to prove it, the quiet desperation of his isolation lingers, a whisper of what might be just out of reach.

In "I Saw the Serpent that Saved the World!", a haunting dream pulls a man back to a childhood memory: the moment he found a garter snake in his yard, a creature that would later become entwined with a terrifying alien spore. The story unfolds with eerie precision, blending memory and myth in a quiet moment that feels far too real.

In "The Room With Two Billion Cards!" from *Creepy Worlds* #187, an unemployed actor stumbles upon a mysterious chamber filled with two billion cards, each assigning a person their destined role in life. When he demands a new role and is denied, the room’s cold, mechanical voice responds by reassigning him—no longer an actor, but a mental patient.

In the sci-fi tale "Only Twelve of Us May Live!" from *Creepy Worlds* #187, a rogue planet threatens Canopus Minor, forcing a desperate evacuation with only twelve spots aboard the escape craft. When Sfeen discovers a way to shrink the entire population, the fate of everyone hangs on whether the miracle of miniaturization can save them all.