Fear #12

In "No Choice of Colors!", a Black man flees from the police only to be shot and left sinking in a swamp—saved not by a hero, but by the Thing, a creature who listens in silence. As the man recounts a painful past marked by racial prejudice and forbidden love for a white woman, the monster is forced to confront a moral divide: the corrupt officer who hunted him or the man who betrayed his trust. The weight of that choice hangs heavy in the murky dark.

In "The Face of Horror," the world's most reviled man, Derck Winters, endures a life of isolation and shame, his grotesque appearance sealing him off from connection. After a chance encounter with a wealthy stranger who offers help, Derck’s desperation turns to rage—and then to horrifying revelation—when he discovers the man he’s just killed is the very surgeon who could have changed his face. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale explores the grotesque cost of obsession and the twisted irony of fate.