Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #30

Fred Cary, a man sympathetic to communist ideals, is mysteriously transported from his own world to a parallel dimension where communist control has become absolute and totalitarian. Trapped in this dystopian realm and facing interrogation, he meets Corveray, a scientist who explains the phenomenon of parallel worlds existing in different dimensions of time. Now Cary must find his way back to the gap in time that brought him here—if it still exists—before the authorities catch him again.

Donald Smith retreats into his workshop to lose himself in meticulously crafted Civil War models—a refuge from his nagging wife, frustrated son, and the anxieties of modern life. His dreams of the battlefield blur the line between his miniature world and reality, until a fateful night when a disturbing nightmare and the family cat collide in ways that leave him questioning what actually happened. A fascinating tale about a man who finds escape in imagination, only to discover the boundary between his small world and the real one isn't as clear as he thought.

A movie studio's publicity man borrows a sea-creature costume for an outrageous stunt to promote a film about undersea civilizations, but his escalating hoaxes backfire when a real monster—one that couldn't possibly be Felix Catte in disguise—emerges from the ocean. As the line between Felix's manufactured terror and genuine danger blurs, a young scientist who warned against exploiting the legend must find a way to expose the truth before panic consumes the beaches.