Creepy Worlds #203

In 1700s Germany, a corrupt burgomeister enriches himself through ruthless taxation while his impoverished villagers suffer—even comparing them to vermin as he builds his infamous "Mouse Tower" on the Rhine to collect tolls from passing ships. When the burgomeister invites neighboring dignitaries to a lavish party, the village's downtrodden have other plans, leading to a night of reckoning that Mr. Dedd recounts with dark relish. What begins as a gala celebration spirals into chaos, and the burgomeister's greed catches up with him in ways even he didn't anticipate.

In "The Nameless One!" from Creepy Worlds #203, Nolan, a man with no past and no name, escapes prison only to find that every destination he teleports to is a trap of escalating dread. As he races through perilous, inexplicable dangers, he begins to suspect the device that freed him was never his salvation—but his punishment.

When Eric Grey returns to the computer room where he worked alongside his fiancée Pat, memories of a tragic car accident flood back—along with something impossible emerging from the machines themselves. Mr. Dedd presents a tale where grief collides with technology in ways the rational mind struggles to accept, leaving Eric to confront what the computers are truly revealing.

When a mutinous spacefaring crew flees their command structure and crash-lands on an idyllic planetoid, they discover they're not alone—and that the other castaways arrived centuries before with secrets of their own. Commander Galt must navigate the fragile peace between two stranded worlds of men if either group hopes to survive in this small corner of the cosmos. "A Small World" explores what happens when old Earth conflicts follow humanity to the stars, and whether enemies can truly become allies when survival depends on it.

In "The Parrot!", Samson pretends to be the glamorous talking parrot Marvelo in a sleight-of-hand act with Jim Hall, but when Tiny resents Hall's share of the earnings and sets him up, the real trouble begins—especially after the hotel's cleaning lady, who's always disliked Marvelo, hurls his cage from a window, nearly ending Samson's performance for good.