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Quote1 I don't fear loneliness nor the tarantula! This hous is worth thousands... I'll never leave all my paintings and property, I'll die first! Quote2
Josiah Creech

Appearing in "The Woman Who Wasn't"

Featured Characters:

  • Professor Fred Lansing (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Joe Carnie (First appearance)
  • Vin Minetti (First appearance)
  • Lansing's Assistant

Antagonists:

  • Medusa (First appearance) (Medusa's Daughter)

Other Characters:

  • Medusa (Only in flashback)
  • Perseus (Only in flashback)
  • Spartan Army (Mentioned)
  • Athene

Races and Species:

  • Gorgons (Main story and flashback)
  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Pigs (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
  • Bats (Only in flashback)

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Woman Who Wasn't"

A man funds an expedition to visit a hidden wealthy land beneath Greece that is home to Medusa's daughter. When the man attempts to rob from Medusa and her people she deals with the thieves by transforming them into a new strain of snake-hair upon her head.

Appearing in "The Lion's Mouth"

Featured Characters:

  • Pierre Brazo (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Suba (First appearance) (Lion)

Antagonists:

  • Mrs. Brazo (Pierre's Wife)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Ringmaster
  • Ebony (Panther)
  • Satan (Tiger)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Lion's Mouth"

A lion-tamer hates his wife and so he trains the lion that he puts his head in to hate her too. His wife decides to get rid of him by sewing a picture of herself on the skullcap he wears when he puts his head in the lion's mouth.

Appearing in "The Thing in the Cave"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "The Thing in the Cave"

  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "He Kept Him in Stitches!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Anna Pushkin (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "He Kept Him in Stitches!"

A surgeon gets the chance to operate on a Communist overlord and leaves his scalpel inside of him near his heart so that when he recovers enough in two days to move, he will die.

Appearing in "Jaws of Death"

Featured Characters:

  • Jack Spence (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Bart Tedlow (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • Mr. Jones (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "Jaws of Death"

When a bank-robber's partner runs out on him and leaves him behind for the police, his ghost fools the sap with false promises of stolen money hidden in the alligator pit into getting devoured.

Appearing in "The Tarantula!"

Featured Characters:

  • Kurt (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Kurt's Fraternity of Scavengers
    • Three unnamed members

Antagonists:

  • Josiah Creech (First appearance)
  • Josiah's Children
    • Numerous unnamed members

Other Characters:

  • Carl
  • Fritz

Races & Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Tarantula!"

A village is victimized by vampire tarantulas.

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