—Martian ParasiteI can never die, Harry... because I live on the blood of the living! I am a parasite from Mars... I attach myself to the human body... and live with it until it dies! Then I find another... and since Monk is dead... I chose you, Harry!
Appearing in "Enter... The Lizard"
Featured Characters:
- Brad Colton
Supporting Characters:
- Kim Whitney
Antagonists:
- Dr. Charles Barris
Other Characters:
- Safari Guide (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Enter... The Lizard"
A man discovers a type of werelizard that reproduces its kind by injecting humans with a poison in its bite that transforms their bodies.
Appearing in "The Nesterfield Horror"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "The Nesterfield Horror"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Parasite"
Featured Characters:
- Harry Harris
Supporting Characters:
- Monk Gibson (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Martian Parasite
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Corrections Officer
- Devil (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Prisoner
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Parasite"
A Martian parasite infects and inmate and talks his cellmate into murdering him, once the deed is done the parasite moves onto the cellmate to his dismay.
Appearing in "You Can Only Die Once"
Featured Characters:
- George Anders
Supporting Characters:
- Jim
- George's unnamed friends
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Demon
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "You Can Only Die Once"
A man tries to kill himself over and over again but only succeeds in producing pain and mutilation, not the longed for oblivion. A friend of his informs him that he is already dead, for he committed suicide a year ago, and has been sent to Hell where all suicides reside.
Appearing in "The Miracle"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Criminal (Swaps bodies with Stranger)
Supporting Characters:
- Mac (Bartender)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Stranger (Swaps bodies with Criminal)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Bar Patrons
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Bar (Unnamed)
Synopsis for "The Miracle"
A criminal in a bar at night sees a stranger doing wondrous things and so he pulls a gun and demands to know how they are done. The stranger says that if he wants these powers all he needs to do is agree to exchange places with him. He does so and commits various crimes with his new powers, but once the morning begins to arrive, he feels drawn to a cemetery and realizes that he has exchanged places with a ghost.
Appearing in "The Ones Who Laugh!"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Edson (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- "Dean Thorndike"
Antagonists:
- "James Jackson"
Other Characters:
- "Matilda" (Maid)
- Unnamed "Bus Driver"
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Unidentified Hotel
- Turner University
- Unidentified Planet (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Ones Who Laugh!"
Everyone is laughing a Professor Edson throughout his daily routine. He later finds out that it's because an alien alternate dimensional race has invaded Earth devoured all of its inhabitants and left only him alive as the last man on earth. They infected him with a duplicating drug that allows for Edson to multiply over the years but he decides to get the last laugh by killing himself, thus ensuring the aliens can't harvest more of him in the future.
Notes
- "Enter... The Lizard" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #9.
- "You Can Only Die Once" is reprinted in Beware #5.
- "The Miracle" is reprinted in Dracula #1.