Get ready to tremble with this month’s creepy Cricket!

In the creepy—and humorous—story “Fitting In,” a new boy in the neighborhood takes up a dare to crawl through a stinky sewer pipe, only to discover that he’s not the only creature trying to impress the in-crowd.

Speaking of underground creepy-crawlies, have you heard about “The Great White Worm”? Fact or myth? Only you—and qualified scientific researchers—can decide the truth behind this science mystery.

Blackbeard the pirate once attacked and plundered ships along southern coasts. His terrifying legend lives again in “Blackbeard’s Ghost,” when a young cabin boy mistakenly stows away on a pirate ship. Arrrg!

A Vampire Lincoln? A Pirate Jellyfish? You’ll laugh at the hilarious cartoon “Halloween Hybrids,” featuring mixed-up Halloween costumes.

You’ll also enjoy a heart-warming story about a ghost dog, the final episode of “The Returnee,” a selection of Crowd-Sorcery sidekicks from the Chatterbox, and a new adventure of the bugs in which the fearless troupe camps out in Creepy Crawl Woods where they encounter . . . the ax-bug! Chop! Chop!