Uncanny Tales #36

Nick Nolan, a man on the run from a prison he didn’t commit, finds himself thrust into a series of escalating perils—each escape leading not to freedom, but to deeper peril. With the help of a mysterious inventor known only as Fate, he gains a teleportation device meant to save him, but the very act of moving through space seems to summon catastrophe. As the line between salvation and doom blurs, Nolan must confront the truth behind the device and the man who gave it to him.

In "The Parrot!", Tiny Samson, posing as the flashy talking parrot Marvelo in a stage act led by Jim Hall, grows resentful as Hall pockets most of the earnings. When the cleaning lady, Mrs. Jones, throws Marvelo’s cage from a window out of dislike, Samson narrowly escapes a deadly fall—setting off a chain of events that tests loyalty and trust in the spotlight.

In a tale of magic and cunning, King Harlow challenges two sorcerers—Edwin Ross and Golvany—to prove their worth by winning his daughter Princess Roseanne and a bag of gold. While Golvany dazzles with flashy illusions, Edwin remains quiet, until a single spell vanishes him, the princess, and the treasure in a burst of mystery. What follows is a quiet transformation, as the two find themselves in a new life, far from the king’s court.

In a future ravaged by endless war, Alan Garr flees through time, hoping to outrun destruction—only to materialize in 1941, caught in the sudden chaos of the draft.