Lurid Little Nightmare Makers #5

In "Peace for the Old Countries," Moon Girl races to quell a growing campaign that’s poisoning the bonds between the Irish, Polish, German, and Italian residents of the Old Communities, where long-standing tensions are being exploited. Written by an unnamed creator and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story unfolds across nine tense pages as she works to restore trust before the divide becomes unbridgeable.

In "The Rustlers of Ransom Gap," Clare arrives in the frontier town of Ransom Gap to preside over the Harvest Festival, only to find herself caught in a sudden cattle rustling scandal. As she uncovers the truth, she realizes the town's mayor is the mastermind behind the theft, turning a celebration into a high-stakes mystery.

In "The Sea of the Dead," Captain Bullard steps aboard a ghost ship that seems to have no crew—only the echoes of the past. As the vessel drifts through a silent sea, he realizes the other passengers are the very souls he abandoned years ago, their presence a haunting reckoning.

In "The Serpent Queen," mountain climbers stumble into the hidden domain of Shanri, an ancient being whose allure is as deadly as it is mesmerizing. Drawn in by her beauty, they find themselves entangled in a fate far beyond their understanding.

In 1600 Salem, Peter Braack’s vanity leads him to a terrible bargain with a witch, trading his soul for eternal youth—only to be hanged for a crime he didn’t commit. Now an immortal wanderer, he drifts through time as a living corpse, begging the witch for death, the one mercy he can never earn.