Astounding Stories #103

In "Dream of Death!", Dr. Howard Jordan attempts to bridge the gap between Alan Foster and Marla Goren, whose love exists only in shared dreams where they promise eternity. When Jordan tries to bring them together in reality, a plane crash leaves Alan dead—leaving Marla and the others to grapple with the line between dream and fate.

In "Man of Mystery!", a relentless criminologist named Andrew Clevinger races against time to unravel a centuries-old pattern of murder in London, each committed on the same day every hundred years. With the help of Lord Mayor Esterbrook, Chancellor Merrick, and Sir Bertram Marley, he traces the killings to a shadowy figure marked by a sun and cats head tattoo—leading to a chilling revelation about a long-dead wizard whose legacy refuses to die.