Amazing Stories of Suspense #233

In "The Dangerous Doll," a humble man discovers a mysterious doll in a field and gives it to his daughter, who cannot walk. Unbeknownst to him, the doll is no ordinary toy—it’s an alien child who has wandered far from home, and now, with the girl’s quiet kindness, it begins to speak and ask for help. When the child’s parents finally arrive, their gratitude brings a surprising gift, and the girl’s life changes in ways no one could have predicted.

In "Child's Play!", a man obsessed with proving his genius 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 gently reveals the truth: the machine was never a gateway—it’s just a toy, and he wasn’t clever enough to understand it.

In "A Slight Change of Luck!", the tangled past of Vic Latimer, Grace Farwell, and Dave Henderson resurfaces years after a fateful trip to Magic Mountain, where a moment of chance set their lives on divergent paths. Now, with old feelings and buried choices stirring again, the three must face a new turn in their story—where fate might just offer a second chance, or a sharper twist.

In "Missing: Frederick Forbes!", a young man in 1987 agrees to undergo hypnosis to uncover the truth behind his great-grandfather’s disappearance in 1867—when the town’s money vanished with him. As the trance deepens, long-buried memories surface, revealing a shocking accident rather than a crime, and the lost funds may finally be found.

While Simon Slept...! unfolds as Simon recounts to the police how his matter duplicator created a perfect copy of himself—now living his life, wearing his clothes, even speaking like him. When a detective arrives to investigate, the duplicate insists he’s Simon’s long-lost twin, but as the pair head to the basement, the duplicator activates again, and the officer finds himself facing a second copy of the very man who just questioned him.