Amazing Stories of Suspense #176

In "I Can Live Forever!", a scientist obsessed with the secrets of the redwoods pushes the limits of biology, only to discover that immortality comes at a staggering cost—eternal life demands eternal stillness. The story unfolds with quiet dread as he confronts the true price of living forever, trapped between science and stillness.

When a mysterious new resident starts constructing a boat in the middle of a dry desert town, the sudden, unending rain catches everyone off guard—especially when the neighbor realizes the man’s name is Noah.

In "Travelers in Time!", a screenwriter pitches a wild idea to a director: what if haunted houses are actually portals where time travelers from the future arrive? The writer laughs it off as too outlandish—only to quietly breathe a sigh of relief, knowing the truth is far stranger than fiction.

In "Menace from Mars!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #176, a sudden Martian invasion throws Earth into panic—until one man, armed only with courage and a deep understanding of Earth’s fiercest creatures, stands firm. With calm precision, he proves that humanity’s greatest strength lies not in weapons, but in the raw power of the planet’s most dominant animals.

In "The Black Clock!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #176 (1979), a thief takes a peculiar clock from an old man, only to discover it’s cursed—each moment he holds it brings unbearable pain and swift aging. Faced with a terrible choice, he must decide whether to keep clutching the artifact, hastening his demise, or risk everything to return it.

In "The Black Ray," a criminally imprisoned scientist claims to be developing a medical device—though his true aim is far more dangerous. Using the machine, he sends his mind back in time to inhabit the body of a wealthy man, only to find himself trapped once more, now as the Count of Monte Cristo.