Astounding Stories #68

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 eternal togetherness. When Jordan tries to bring them together in reality, a plane crash leaves Alan dead—leaving Marla and the others to grapple with the haunting line between dream and life.

In "Man of Mystery!", a determined criminologist named Andrew Clevinger follows a chilling pattern: every century, on a single day, a masked killer strikes London, leaving behind a cryptic tattoo of a sun and a cat’s head on their hand. As he pieces together clues from the past, he uncovers a trail that leads through the lives of powerful figures like Lord Mayor Esterbrook, Chancellor Merrick, and Sir Bertram Marley, each touched by the same enigmatic figure. With the city on edge and history repeating itself, the truth behind the murderer’s identity begins to surface—but not before more lives hang in the balance.