Journey into Fear #17

Earl Watson, a disgraced gossip columnist on the verge of being fired, finds himself increasingly isolated as sources refuse to talk—until a mysterious typewriter begins delivering explosive scoops that prove shockingly accurate. As his world unravels, Earl becomes obsessed with the machine’s predictions, only to realize too late that his actions may have sealed his fate.

In a remote mountain farm, the paranoid old man Abner Baines obsesses over crows threatening his corn, unaware his wife Lizzie and her lover, the hired man Rupe, are plotting to murder him for his hidden wealth. After Abner’s sudden disappearance, the pair stage a convincing act of innocence, hiding his body inside a scarecrow they place in the cornfield—unaware that the man they killed is far from finished.

In the isolated town of Gauntsville, a reclusive man named Torrance, haunted by a string of mysterious vampire attacks, sees an unexpected opportunity when a woman named Amy Stanton writes to propose marriage—offering the perfect cover for his secret life. As their wedding approaches, Torrance grows uneasy, noticing strange behaviors in Amy, especially her late-night absences and an eerie aversion to mirrors, which begin to unsettle him more than the town’s terrorizing vampire ever did.