Creepy Worlds #21

In "The Laundry Machines!", a greedy landlord pushes a Haitian laundress to her limits, only to fall ill after meddling with forces he doesn’t understand. As he tries to recover, he discovers a chain of mysterious boxes—each holding another, deeper within—leading to a chilling truth he never expected.

In "Fear Walks On Four Feet!", a man's jealousy drives him to sabotage his romantic rival, but when he overpowers a mysterious ray meant to capture a lion, the device explodes—sending him spiraling into a hidden year of isolation. Meanwhile, the malfunctioning ray has transformed a fossil into a living dinosaur, and his rival has risen to wealth in his absence.

In "Morgan's Mad Machine!", two con artists fall victim to a sharper when they’re lured by a mysterious gold-making device—only to be swept into a strange twist of time that strands them in the very moment they first landed in prison. The story unfolds with a mix of sci-fi intrigue and ironic justice, as the machine’s malfunction sends them back to the start of their downfall.

In "Beware of Tomorrow!", a mysterious stranger arrives in town, eerily accurate in foretelling disasters before they happen. When Mike questions how he knows the future, the man simply says he’s from it—leaving the town on edge and wondering what comes next.

In "Shadows in the Night!", Elias clings to the belief that another world exists just beyond sight—parallel to his own, hidden from view. Though he’s never proven it, he still searches for a way to glimpse the unseen realm, even as doubt begins to take hold.

In "I Saw the Serpent That Saved the World!", a man’s childhood memory of finding a garter snake in his yard collides with a haunting dream of an alien spore transforming into a monstrous creature—only to be devoured by the very same snake he once knew. The line between past and present blurs as the dream’s surreal imagery begins to echo with unsettling familiarity.

In "The Room with Two Billion Cards!", an unemployed actor stumbles upon a mysterious chamber filled with endless cards, each one dictating a person’s place in life. When he begs to change his role, the room’s voice denies him—then reassigns him as a mental patient, leaving him trapped in a fate he never chose.

In the dire race to survive, a rogue planet hurtles toward Canopus Minor, leaving only twelve souls able to escape. When Sfeen discovers a way to shrink the entire population, the fate of all hangs on whether the miracle of miniaturization can save them all.

In "I Was A Prisoner of the... Ape Creatures!", a stranded astronaut named Blake awakens on an alien world ruled by telepathic, humanoid beings who resemble primitive cavemen. Though terrified of being dissected, he's instead subjected to mysterious scanning rays before being abruptly returned to Earth—unharmed, but utterly unremarkable.