Amazing Stories of Suspense #85

When Jo plans a desperate bank heist to save his wife’s life, he’s unnerved by a strange new guard—calm, watchful, and unnaturally still. As he tries to flee, a horrifying vision grips him: his touch now radiates deadly radiation, turning every contact into a death sentence. The truth? The guard isn’t a security officer at all, but a psychiatrist hypnotist who’s just made Jo’s worst fear real.

In "The Terrible Time Machine!", a scientist’s desperate leap into the past to witness ancient Egypt ends in a fractured mind and a paradox that defies logic—though the truth might just be a dream sparked by a bump on the head, as told by an Egyptian man who remembers nothing but the tale.

In "I Made Time Stand Still," a lonely inventor discovers he can halt time—leaving only himself free to move. With a mix of thrill and desperation, he takes what he wants from the frozen world around him, unaware that everyone was watching.

In "The Thing from Planet X," a crew of space explorers encounters a sentient plant on a distant world, only to find themselves ensnared by its alien mind. When they realize the creature poses a threat to Earth, they make a desperate choice—destroying their ship to prevent its return, then claiming the crash was an accident, knowing no one would believe the truth.

In "Home Is Where You Find It!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #85, Ralph Benton grapples with memories that blur the line between past and present, guided by the enigmatic Professor Dalton toward a startling truth: the life he knows may have lived before. As Ralph confronts the lingering echoes of his past, he begins to see that Kathie’s words—once dismissed—might hold a deeper, forgotten truth.

In "I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald Mountain!", a sculptor’s bold experiment brings his statues to life—only one of them means to destroy him. When the evil figure rises and turns on its creator, the statue of good steps in to save him, sending both tumbling into the dark embrace of the swamp.

In "I Am the Invisible!", a desperate man confronts a witch for two mysterious lenses promising invisibility—only to learn too late that true invisibility comes at a cost. As he slips into the unseen world, he discovers the horrifying truth: when he vanishes from sight, the world itself begins to fade from his perception.