Astounding Stories #21

In "Two Weeks with Pay," Hobbs returns from vacation with a quiet intensity that baffles his coworkers. After a summer of fabricating wild tales about his travels, this year he’s been truly elsewhere—captured by aliens—and now he won’t say a word about it.

In the misty coastal town of New England, vacationing engineer Tom Cargill stumbles into a strange mystery when he meets eccentric researcher Dr. Oswald. When the doctor attempts a daring experiment with the occult, he unleashes the vengeful spirits of a long-dead pirate crew, turning the quiet seaside village into a battleground of spectral chaos—until a mysterious protector known only as Magicman arrives to restore order.