Amazing Stories of Suspense #132

In "The Last Man Alive!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #132 (1973), Jo, a disillusioned colonist on a distant space outpost, fakes a planet-wide plague to justify using the matter transporter and return to Earth—only to discover upon arrival that he’s been quarantined, cut off from the world he thought he’d reclaimed.

In "They Prowl on Earth!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #132 (1973), a Texas oilman thinks he’s gained telepathic powers after picking up strange transmissions from Mercury—only to stow away on an alien craft, unaware it’s already returned home. When he wakes up on a foreign world, he tries to rally Earth’s people against the invaders, only to realize too late that he’s not communicating with anyone at all.

In "No One Can See Me!", a jealous assistant's desperate plan to sell a stolen invisibility potion backfires when he believes he's vanished after spilling a drop on himself. Rushing to prove his story to his dismissive friends, he flees down a dark road—unaware that his coworkers were ignoring him on purpose and that the formula was never real. The story’s chilling twist hinges on perception, isolation, and the cost of deception, all unfolding in just four eerie, tightly wound pages.

In "It Can't Be Done!", a desperate scientist travels back to 1756 to stop a gunsmith from perfecting his devastating new weapon, armed only with a handgun and a fragile hope. When his poor combat skills leave him overwhelmed, he fumbles the gun and activates his time machine—unaware he’s just handed history the very invention he sought to prevent.

In "Someone is in the Trunk," a thief living in a rooming house finds himself unnerved when his new roommate—a psychologist—sets a subtle trap using a mirror hidden in the bottom of a trunk, turning the thief’s own reflection into a haunting reminder of his guilt. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as paranoia grows in the confined space of shared living, where every glance might be watched.

In "Child's Play!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #132 (1973), a man obsessed with proving his intellect spends years crafting a device from scavenged parts, only to summon a being from the fourth dimension. When he pleads to be taken to that realm, the visitor calmly reveals the machine was never a gateway—just a toy, and he wasn't clever enough to see it.

In WWII-era Africa, a dazed German soldier stumbles through the desert, only to stumble upon a hidden well tied to myth—where Achilles’ mother once bathed him. Claiming invulnerability, he survives gunfire and steals supplies from American troops, but his fate hinges on a single, overlooked detail: a bandage on his heel, placed by a medic.