Amazing Stories of Suspense #226

In "The Mystery of the Black Box," a thief discovers a strange artifact that connects the present to 1791—when he drops a handgun into it, the weapon vanishes, only to reappear in the past. When his ancestor’s wife retrieves it and returns it through the box, the gun lands in a police station, leading to an unexpected confession. The story’s eerie link between time and crime unfolds with quiet precision, leaving the full weight of the mystery just out of reach.

In "I Live In Fear," a reporter’s curiosity leads him to test a scientist friend’s invisibility ray—only to discover that the moment he’s invisible, he’s being stalked by something unseen. As non-human creatures begin to follow him, the line between paranoia and real danger blurs. When the ray wears off and the scientist dismisses the sightings as a side effect, the reporter is left unsettled, haunted by what he saw and unsure if he’s truly safe.

In "Save Me! Save Me!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #226, a desperate scientist pushes the limits of his own body to cross a lake and steal classified military data from a ship—only to discover that his newfound ability to walk on water comes with a terrifying cost: on land, he can no longer stay afloat. The story unfolds with a quiet dread, turning a moment of scientific triumph into a slow, unsettling descent into physical impossibility.

In "My Nightmare Has No End!", a man drawn into a surreal dreamscape encounters an extradimensional traveler who claims the world he knows is dull in comparison to a paradise beyond. When he agrees to swap lives, he awakens to discover he’s now trapped within the nightmare of a prisoner—far from the escape he imagined.