Dates
- Cover date
- April 1955
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Meet Maggie · 5 pages
A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel.
- The Radio · 2 pages
A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.
- The Lonely Little Boy! · 5 pages
A couple get a robot child as a companion for their son, but over time they lose their ability to distinguish between the two of them.
- Inside the Box · 4 pages
A man inherits a fortune and a mystical glass which displays a man's inner self. When he goes down to the pub to choose one of his friends to share his fortune with he is dismayed to see that through the glass, they are all scoundrels. He ends up choosing a derelict that wandered in to warm himself by the fire.
- The Talking Dog · 4 pages
A dog lets his master in on the secret that dogs can talk, they just choose not to. He regrets his decision when his formerly kind master turns mean because he wants to exhibit his dog to make money and the dog refuses. Eventually they come to take the man away to an asylum and the dog has to look for a new master.
- The Coward! · 5 pages
A night watchman lets a thief escape with the loot because he fears assault is branded a coward and exiled from his city. On the road he is mistaken for a French general and taken to the front to fight the Germans. Afraid to tell them his true identity he goes along with the duplicity and bolsters their sagging morale so much the French troops pull a victory from the maw of defeat. Proclaimed a national hero he confesses to the crowd and sets off down the road, this time with his head held high as he has finally done one brave thing in his life.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Astounding Stories (1966)