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I thought I heard somebody down here! I told father someday a thief would find his gold! But I've caught you red-handed!

—Arnold Dorwin

Appearing in "The Iron Trap"

Featured Characters:

  • Andrew Kastro (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Employee
  • Rye City News (Named only)
  • RCPD (First appearance)
    • Two unnamed police officers

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Pasha Pearl (First appearance)

Synopsis for "The Iron Trap"

Andrew discovers an atomic experiment which will make him small for two hours before wearing off. He decides to use this ability for crime but when he miscalculates the amount of time it will take to roll a museum pearl through an air vent he becomes trapped returning to normal size.

Appearing in "The Forbidden Room"

Featured Characters:

  • Helen Clara Simpson (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Therapist

Other Characters:

  • Tom (Helen's Husband) (First appearance; vision or hallucination)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Forbidden Room"

A woman anxiously regarding an upcoming marriage is analyzed by her psychotherapist.

Appearing in "The Sinking Man!"

Featured Characters:

  • Andrews (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Detective (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Unidentified Time Machine

Synopsis for "The Sinking Man!"

Andrews escapes a sinking ship to an island which has a time machine on it. When he presses the button he becomes stuck in a loop where he goes backward in time, repeating his ordeal again and again.

Appearing in "He Hides in the Tower"

Featured Characters:

  • Tony Lund (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Madge Greer (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Arnold Dorwin (First appearance) (Ghost, soul or spirit)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Waiter
  • Arnold Dorwin's Father (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "He Hides in the Tower"

Tony pretends to love Madge, a servant at a manor, so he can get inside and rob the place. Tony finds money and Madge tells him he can hide from his pursuer in the tower. The man chasing Tony vanishes and Tony decides it was a ghost. Tony tells Madge he was only pretending and she locks him in the tower with his money and leaves the manor.

Appearing in "Detour to Mars"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Stories of Suspense #7
(originally printed as The Delivery Box)

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Galaxy Commission (First appearance; dream)
    • Unnamed Ambassador (First appearance; dream)

Other Characters:

  • Splxzt (Mentioned) (Dream)
  • Harry's Wife (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Realities:

Locations:

Items:

  • Alien Parcel (First appearance; dream)

Synopsis for "Detour to Mars"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Stories of Suspense #7
(originally printed as The Delivery Box)
A strange package is left at a man's door and it turns out to be the ship of an alien ambassador on his way to Mars. He helps the ambassador on his way, but then wakes up from the dream.

Appearing in "In the Dark Attic!"

Featured Characters:

  • Unnamed Conman (Swaps faces with the Artist)

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Artist (Swaps faces with the Conman)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Old Woman
  • Unnamed Business Man
  • Unnamed Store Clerk

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "In the Dark Attic!"

A conman is approached by someone who claims to be a painter and wishes to make a portrait of his face. The conman goes along thinking maybe he can swindle the man out of some paintings. He's surprised by the rundown quality of his studio and even stranger there is no canvas as he works. The conman attempts to rise from his chair and flee but finds he cannot move. The man who claimed to be a painter appears to remove an invisible canvas and wraps it around his own ugly face. The conman finds that he can move again and flees the building to search for another victim unaware that his face has been substituted with the painter's ugly one.

Appearing in "The Clock Strikes Thirteen"

Featured Characters:

  • Fuller (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Unidentified Police Department
    • Unnamed Police Officer

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Mayor
  • Unnamed Bank Teller

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Clock Strikes Thirteen"

Fuller attempts to use the town's center clock as a distraction to rob a bank by making it ring thirteen times, but when it rings by itself thirteen times, Fuller is apprehended by police.

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