Creepy Worlds #216

John Colby awakens from a mysterious brain seizure with fragmented memories of fantastic hallucinations, but as he and his wife Edith piece together what he experienced, they discover something impossible—physical evidence that his visions were terrifyingly real. When a statue mysteriously reappears and Colby's previously crushed leg is suddenly whole again, he realizes his extraordinary journey into the past may have fundamentally changed his present.

In "Pie in the Sky!", a weary private investigator stumbles upon a hidden world shaped like a giant pie floating in the sky—where lost souls find their deepest dreams realized. As he uncovers the truth behind the alien caretakers and their mysterious sanctuary, he must decide whether to stay or return to a reality that feels increasingly hollow.

Kurt Andrews, an archaeological explorer, is sent to Syria to investigate a centuries-old legend about the Lion with a Man's Head—a creature feared as a curse that may have spawned an ancient evil religion. Through an old storyteller, Kurt learns of Princess Astarella, who chose Prince Rolbana over the mysterious suitor Volero, who warned of dark power to come; when the scorned Volero offers a final "gift" that lures the prince into the forest, the prince vanishes, and the legend claims Volero ruled Syria for a thousand years through his strange god. Determined to find proof, Kurt digs through the ruins and forest where the prince disappeared—only to uncover relics that confirm the story may be far more real than anyone believed.

At Everson Batteries, Inc., plant foreman Jim Morse's cruel practical jokes on the elderly Homer Everson escalate until Morse boasts he'll return from death itself to haunt the company—a vow that takes horrifying shape when both men die in a train accident during the factory's inaugural freight delivery. With a vengeful spirit terrorizing the plant and executives desperate for answers, they turn to Floyd Ferguson, a scientific ghost breaker with an unconventional method to stop the haunting before it destroys them all.

When professional hunter Pete Donegar takes Walter Matthews into unexplored jungle interior, they expect to find nothing but small game—until a massive, seemingly impossible creature crashes through their camp in the dead of night. As Pete and Walter pursue the mystery across treacherous terrain, they uncover a puzzle that defies explanation: a photograph neither of them took, a trail that vanishes in water, and a creature that behaves with startling intelligence. What they discover when they finally corner their quarry will shatter everything they thought they knew about the hunt.

In the dusty ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple, Egyptologists Pete Murray and Rod Emmons stumble upon a mysterious wand that promises power—but when they’re trapped by its magic, they must undo its effects to escape. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, "The Wizard's Wand!" is a brief, spellbinding tale of temptation, consequence, and the price of forgotten wonders.