Amazing Stories of Suspense #241

In "The Last Man Alive!" from Amazing Stories of Suspense #241, Freddy Kruger—disenchanted with life on a distant space colony—forges a tale of a deadly plague and uses the matter transporter to return to Earth, sabotaging the device behind him to ensure he’ll age before any rescue arrives. But upon arrival, he’s not greeted by freedom, but by a quarantine that traps him in a world he thought he’d escaped.

In "They Prowl on Earth!", a Texas oilman thinks he’s gained telepathic powers after intercepting alien transmissions from Mercury—only to leap into action when he stows away on their ship, unaware it’s already returned home. Now stranded on a foreign world, he tries to rally Earth’s people against the invaders, only to realize his connection was never to humans, but to a planet he never meant to reach.

In "No One Can See Me!", a jealous assistant’s desperate plan to sell a professor’s invisibility potion backfires when he believes he’s become invisible after spilling the formula—only to realize too late that his friends’ silence wasn’t due to his transparency, but their disdain. The story unfolds in a tense, twist-driven four pages, where paranoia and mistaken assumptions lead to a tragic end.

In "It Can't Be Done!", a desperate scientist travels back to 1756 to stop a gunsmith from perfecting his "ultimate weapon," armed only with a modern handgun and a fragile hope. When his poor combat skills leave him overwhelmed, he drops the gun in panic—unaware that in doing so, he’s handed history the very invention he sought to prevent.

In "Scare at Sea!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #241 (1988), a group of Chinese communists deploy a submarine disguised as a sea serpent to scare off fishermen from contested waters—only to awaken something far older and more dangerous beneath the waves. The story unfolds with a quiet menace, as the deception spirals into a deep-sea dread that neither man nor machine can control.

In "Saucer in the Sky!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #241, a Mercurian infiltrates Earth’s press corps with a devious plan: flood the public with fake alien sightings to lull humanity into complacency. But when his own superiors on Mercury doubt that Earth even has people, his carefully laid scheme begins to unravel in ways he never expected.

In "Someone Is in the Trunk," a thief living in a rooming house finds himself unnerved when his new roommate, a psychologist, sets an eerie trap by placing a mirror in the bottom of a trunk—forcing the thief to confront his own reflection, and his guilt, every time he hides inside. The story unfolds with quiet tension, turning a simple act of concealment into a psychological game that blurs the line between reality and self-perception.

In "Child's Play!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #241 (1988), a man obsessed with proving his intellect spends years crafting a device from scavenged parts, only to summon a being from the fourth dimension—only to learn, with crushing humility, that his creation was never a gateway, but a toy meant for children. The story’s quiet twist lands with the weight of a revelation, not a bang, leaving the man stranded in his own flawed ambition.

In WWII-era Africa, a German soldier stumbles upon a hidden well tied to legend, believing it grants him invulnerability—only to be felled when a stray bullet strikes the one spot he’d overlooked: his heel, where a medic had bandaged a blister.

In "Run for Your Life," a desperate father turns to black magic to impersonate the police chief imprisoning his son, slipping past guards in a high-stakes gamble for freedom. When the real chief uncovers the deception, he orders the impostor executed—only for the man’s own guards to shoot him down, believing he’s still the fugitive.

In "The Three Dead Flies!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #241 (1988), a son returns to reclaim his family's company—using a chilling ruse that blurs the line between memory and deception. Years after his father’s ruthless betrayal of a scientist, the son steps into a role he never wanted, pretending to be the man he despises.

In "It Hides in the Forest!" from Amazing Stories of Suspense #241, a quiet woodland takes on terrifying significance when an alien scout masquerades as a tree, forcing humanity to prove its wits before a full-scale invasion. Only Spot the dog, with an uncanny instinct, sees through the disguise—revealing that even the most subtle deception can be undone by an unexpected ally.