Secrets of the Unknown #13

In "The Hidden Valley!", a thousand-year-old tribe's desperate bid to reach Mars through a mysterious thoughtscope backfires when the Martians seize control, trapping the people in suspended animation. When a modern explorer stumbles upon the ancient device, they unknowingly set in motion a long-buried awakening.

In the silent void of space, three men awaken to find themselves stranded after being ejected from a malfunctioning rocketship. With no air, no hope, and a mission to deliver criminals to Mars, they must use their wits and the ship’s failing systems to turn the vessel around—before it’s too late.

In "Build Me a Machine!", a desperate scientist constructs a time machine for a tyrant hoping to alter history with future knowledge and wealth. But when the dictator activates the device, he’s sent back—not to the past he intended, but to the moment of his own infancy, leaving the scientist to face the consequences of his creation.

In "The Footprints," a young boy searches beneath a rock for elves, convinced they’re real—until his mother gently urges him to stop believing. His doubt comes at a cost, as the moment he walks away, the hidden elves transform the stones he left behind into gold nuggets, leaving him to wonder what might have been.

In "Danger in the Night," a lone human listening to an unusual broadcast from Saturn misinterprets a dramatic performance by Saturn's version of Orson Welles as a real invasion alert, sending shockwaves through their world. The story unfolds as the line between fiction and fear blurs in a moment of cosmic misunderstanding.

In "The Un-Human!", a shape-shifting alien spy infiltrates Earth by taking on the identity of a trusted scientist's servant, but as he mimics the man's kindness, he begins to question his mission—caught between loyalty to his cruel masters and the unexpected warmth of the humanity he’s pretending to be.