Creepy Worlds #57

When Jimmy discovers a mysterious bottle hidden in an Arabian cave and releases its inhabitant, he finds himself the master of a genie—except this particular magical being would much rather sleep than grant wishes. As Jimmy learns to navigate the rules of his one wish per day, he begins to realize that his laziest genie has plans of his own to escape back to his slumber, no matter what schemes Jimmy cooks up.

In "The Weavers of Doom!", a ruthless businessman stumbles upon the ancient Norns—three mysterious women whose looms shape the threads of fate. As each Norn reveals visions from the past, present, and future, he becomes obsessed with the one who spins destiny’s course, desperate to steal her secrets for wealth. But when he takes her unfinished tapestry, he doesn’t realize the final thread she wove was not of fortune—but of his own ruin.

Jo, a soldier’s son, stumbles upon an old record that loops endlessly on the words "watch out"—a phrase that begins to echo in his father’s mind just in time to steer him clear of unseen dangers on his journey home.

Henry Axelrod is a hopeless daydreamer stuck on the sidelines of Southside High's struggling football team, brought in mostly as comic relief—until he stumbles upon a mysterious lamp in a haunted house and discovers he has a genie at his command. Now Henry must navigate the surreal power of wish-granting while the team desperately needs a miracle to save the school, and things are about to get very out of this world.

In "The Hunter's Prey!" from Creepy Worlds #57, Max Prine—once proud of capturing wild animals for zoos and circuses—finds his life upended when he witnesses his wife Lana being abducted by aliens. Trapped and imprisoned, he learns the aliens are harvesting Earth’s creatures, and with Lana by his side, he must outwit them in a desperate flight up a treacherous hill. When Max triggers a landslide to turn the tide, the aliens barely escape in their rocket—leaving him to free the animals and reconsider his future.

In "The Fountain," Maxim Grench’s quest for eternal youth leads to a shocking transformation—he’s reborn as an infant and thrust into the life of a poor, working-class family he once looked down upon. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story follows his unexpected journey from wealth and arrogance to a world of hardship and humility.

Kevin Roark, a reporter at an International Rocket Society meeting in Geneva, overhears a late-night conversation about extraterrestrial contact and races to investigate—only to encounter the beings themselves as they prepare to depart. What he witnesses will test whether anyone back home will believe his extraordinary account.

Pete Allen and Harvey Hunter, two government photographers on a mission to document the unmapped stretches of the Colorado River, find themselves swept into far more than they bargained for when their raft carries them into a hidden land where time seems to have stopped. Attacked by a war party and brought before Chief Crazy Bear, the two men discover they're not the only prisoners—a Confederate officer claims it's still 1864, and the tribe has no knowledge of the outside world. With execution looming at dawn, the photographers must use their wits to survive the night and escape this impossible place.

This thought-provoking piece asks a simple but unsettling question: if humans were treated by another species the way we treat the animals we share our world with—caged, leashed, confined—how would we respond? Through vivid snapshots of our everyday treatment of birds, pets, fish, and companions, the story invites readers to reconsider their relationship with animal life and challenge assumptions about who really belongs at the top of the hierarchy.