Amazing Stories of Suspense #17

In "The Aliens Who Conquered Earth," alien invaders descend upon Earth with terrifying disintegrating weapons, plunging humanity into chaos. When the president steps forward to confront them, his unwavering faith proves to be an unexpected shield against their power—leaving the aliens bewildered and their conquest suddenly uncertain.

In a future where wealth is everything, a miser buries his fortune on a remote asteroid, meticulously marking its location. But when he returns to Earth, he discovers the asteroid has vanished—no trace, no signal, just an empty stretch of space where it once was.

In the 31st century, a condemned burglar is sent to a spaceport for lifelong solitary confinement—only to seize control of an automated rocket and flee into the void, believing he’s escaped justice and may one day reach a new world. The journey is his only hope, and the stars his only guide, in a society that still offers a chance to escape even to the most desperate.

In "I Spent Eternity in a Deep Freeze!", a desperate criminal agrees to a cryogenic experiment meant to send him to the end of the universe and back—only to wake up centuries later, trapped in a reality where he’s invisible and unheard, his presence lost to time and space. The story unfolds as he struggles to comprehend his isolation, caught in a loop of forgotten moments across an alien dimension.

In "My Forbidden Paintings!", a gifted but overlooked artist acquires a mysterious brush that brings his paintings to life—transforming his fortunes with each stroke. As his visions of fame and power take shape, he rises to become a celebrated painter and, ultimately, a dictator whose rule is undone by the very art that elevated him.

In "Beware! Of the Ghastly Glass!", a desperate man seeks power through a cursed crystal, making four fateful wishes that spiral beyond his control—each one twisting his fate in ways he never imagined, leaving him trapped in the cold silence of the Moon.

In "I Love a Mermaid!", a man haunted by an unexplainable pull toward the ocean finds himself captivated by a mermaid. When he finally dives beneath the waves to follow her, he discovers a truth deeper than romance—his soul has long known the sea as its true home.

In "I Can See Tomorrow!", a thief steals a mysterious golden camera capable of capturing images from the future. Using it to predict the stock market and horse races, he begins to see his own fate—until a chilling glimpse of himself reveals he has no tomorrow at all.

In "He Waits for Us in the Glacier!", a nuclear submarine stumbles upon an alien preserved in ice, ancient and patient—waiting for humanity to destroy itself with its own weapons, believing the apocalypse is finally within reach. As the crew grapples with the chilling reality of their discovery, they face a silent, alien intelligence that sees their greatest invention as the final act of a long, cold prophecy.

In "I Found the Nightmare Note," a record store assistant hatches a plan to incapacitate a wealthy customer using a specially crafted sound, intending to rob him during a quiet moment. The scheme unravels when the man doesn’t react—unaware that the target was deaf, and only purchasing records for his wife.

A lone space pilot makes an unexpected landing on a nearby world—only to discover it teems with towering giants, far beyond anything he’s ever known. Though the planet’s scale is terrifying, he escapes with a newfound appreciation for the quiet, familiar size of Earth. "I Landed on the Forbidden Planet!" captures the wonder and unease of encountering the unimaginable, all in five tight, thrilling pages.

In "I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!", a nameless man haunted by fog and memory stumbles through a night that feels like a dream he can’t wake from. Trapped for years in the frame of a forgotten painting, he’s finally forced to confront the truth of his past—his betrayal of a sorcerer who now holds his soul.

In "I Lived a Ghost Story!", a real estate agent does his best to talk a curious buyer out of purchasing a haunted house—only to find himself unnerved when the man insists on spending the night. What follows is a tense, fleeting encounter with unseen forces, leaving the agent both relieved and unsettled, as he realizes the house’s true inhabitants may not be as bound by the past as he once believed.