Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #32

In a twist of cosmic coincidence, Hedley Dess, a driven industrialist obsessed with work and his engagement to Lois Lacklin, discovers that his shadow—literally—is another version of himself living a far more carefree life with his secretary, Anne Carmody. As the two versions of Hedley navigate their divergent paths, one trapped in ambition and the other in romance, their lives begin to subtly influence each other across time streams.

In the isolated Dugall Tower, the wealthy and ruthless Jason Weir is haunted by a series of unexplained phone calls that echo with the voice of the late Mr. Dugall—once his victim, now a spectral reminder of the cruelty that built his fortune. As a violent storm rages around the stone house, Weir's grip on reality begins to fray, torn between the chilling whispers from the phone and the weight of his past.

When a man named John S. Smith receives a mysterious letter summoning him to a meeting in Room 12, he realizes too late that he’s been mistaken for another—someone with a very different fate. Drawn into a conspiracy far beyond Earth, he finds himself stranded on a desolate Saturnian moon, where he encounters a fellow captive and begins to unravel the truth behind the disappearances. As a desperate rescue mission unfolds across space, he must piece together how to survive and return—before it’s too late.

In a remote Florida key, diver Finn Corbett encounters the ghostly illusion of a beautiful girl beckoning from the wreck of a Spanish galleon, leading him into a surreal and perilous encounter that blurs the line between dream and reality. As he faces mounting danger from an anachronistic threat, the girl’s urgent pleas and a mysterious necklace plunge him into unconsciousness—only to wake on a beach, reunited with a woman whose face feels hauntingly familiar.