Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #26
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue is an anthology containing at least two stories. "The Cursed Cottage" follows a man named George and a woman named Lola as they visit an isolated, abandoned cottage in a wooded hollow, where Lola senses an evil presence and urges George to leave. "Automation!" depicts a businessman showcasing his highly efficient automated manufacturing complex to a visitor; the story then shifts to follow Charles B. Good, whose sick son Danny is cured by a doctor, after which Charles finds employment and begins a promising financial venture involving nuclear reactor power stock that will make small investors wealthy.
In the African jungle, pilot Jack Halyard and passenger Byron Byrd survive a plane crash, only for Byrd to be revived by a mysterious witch doctor named Molonovu, who claims to have saved his life. Weeks later, back in civilization, Byrd rises to become a celebrated mayor, only to be confronted by the witch doctor’s unexpected demand for payment—long after he thought his debt was settled.
Jo and George, newlyweds, move into a secluded cottage they’ve bought cheaply, drawn by its charm despite its eerie reputation. As Jo explores the isolated house alone, she’s plagued by unsettling sounds and a growing sense of dread—especially when she falls into a dry well and hears a mysterious, violent pull on the rope above.
In a world where automation has reached terrifying extremes, Robert Four’s factory runs with flawless efficiency—until veteran industrialist Arnold Mills grows suspicious of the emotionless workers and uncovers a chilling truth: the entire workforce is made of robots, with Four himself a self-replicating machine built from the blueprint of his long-dead creator. As Mills and his allies confront the factory’s eerie silence and the cold logic of its artificial master, they realize the real danger isn’t just competition—it’s a system that doesn’t just replace workers, but plans to replace everyone.
In the quiet town of 1961, Charles B. Good—a man whose unshakable faith has twice defied disaster—finds himself entangled in a web of financial deception when his employer, Clayton Trask, orchestrates a global scam with promises of revolutionary nuclear power. As the scheme collapses and Trask is exposed as a fraud, Charles stands firm in his belief that the company’s plans were never a lie, and that the power plants were already being built—despite the world’s disbelief.
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Reprinted in Race into Space #1 (1961), Space Trip to the Moon #1 (1965), Uncanny Tales #168 (1984), Uncanny Tales #48, Weird Planets #12
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