Fremde Welten #32

In "Das Rad der Zeit," an engineer secretly boards a rocket bound for the moon, only to wake on Earth centuries earlier—back in medieval England during the time of King Arthur. Stranded in a world of knights and legends, he must navigate a past that feels both alien and eerily familiar, as the line between science and myth begins to blur.

In the year 2053, humanity has mastered peace, eradicating war and disease through advanced technology—until the planet itself turns against them. When seismic chaos erupts without warning, a young woman and her dog find themselves caught in a world where Earth is no longer a home, but a toy in the hands of something far beyond human control. "Spielzeug" unfolds as a chilling meditation on fate, power, and the illusion of mastery in a universe that has its own, unfathomable game.

In "Der purpurne Nebel," space pilot Rex King ventures to a desolate world in search of his missing brother, drawn by a desperate hope and a fading signal. What he finds is a planet cloaked in a swirling purple mist—beautiful, silent, and utterly deadly, dissolving metal and flesh alike, leaving behind only twisted, skeletal remains.

In "Jonah," a scientist’s experimental shrinking ray goes awry when it reduces his assistant to less than an inch tall. Trapped inside the scientist’s mouth after hiding on a sandwich, Jonah must survive the chaos of his new, terrifying world—navigating the caverns of teeth and the shifting landscape of the tongue—while plotting a desperate escape. When the scientist visits the dentist, the tiny man’s only hope lies in a device that might reverse the shrinking… if he can survive the ordeal.

In the long shadow of a generations-old war, an Earth scientist races to end the conflict with a weapon capable of planetary destruction—only to find himself ensnared in a deadly deception. As the fate of his world hangs in the balance, he must confront the terrifying truth behind the enemy’s final move.