Secrets of the Unknown #15

In "I Wake Up Screaming," a man desperate to escape his past tries to erase his identity through hypnosis and a new face, only to find his mind conjures a haunting fantasy where he must rescue someone he deeply cares for—only to scream out the name he’s tried so hard to forget.

In "I Am the Menace From the Purple Planet!", a peaceful alien arrives on Earth with a message of unity, only to be met with fear and suspicion. When humans attempt to detain him, they discover too late that he was merely a robot—his true self already gone, returning home in quiet disappointment.

"Shock at Seven O'Clock" delivers a chilling tale of haunted pasts, where the anniversary of a brutal pirate raid stirs long-buried ghosts, and the crew of a cursed ship must face the dread they thought they’d outrun. The story unfolds with eerie precision, weaving dread into the ticking clock of a fateful hour.

In "I Know the Gargoyle's Secret!", a Frenchman devoted to the study of gargoyles finds his passion intertwined with wartime danger when he joins the resistance. After being captured, he’s rescued by a mysterious creature that vanishes into the shadows—only to reappear in the form of a stone guardian he now suspects holds a hidden truth.

In "I Unleashed Monstro on the World!", a hypnotist's ambitious plan to bring a giant albino gorilla to America spirals into chaos when he discovers the creature is blind—and utterly beyond his control. With the beast immune to his powers, the hypnotist must face the terrifying consequences of unleashing Monstro on a world unprepared for such a force.

A lone traveler seeking shelter during a storm takes refuge in a forgotten lighthouse, only to witness a spectral ship and ghostly pirates materialize under moonlight. When dawn breaks, he discovers a life preserver washed ashore—its name etched in the wood, a chilling echo of a legend he once dismissed as myth.

In "The Man Who Lived Twice!", a scientist’s teleportation device offers a convict a two-week escape from prison—on the condition he suffers amnesia. The con uses the chance to steal his partner’s share of stolen money, unaware the device’s side effect will strand him in a river after two weeks. When he returns, the man he robbed claims he was victimized by someone with no memory. The truth of what happened—and who really stole what—hangs in the balance.

In "My Other Face!", a space pilot from the year 2010 grows desperate to escape his own reflection, chasing a Martian beauty serum in hopes of reinvention—only to wake up transformed into the very alien ideal he sought, his human form now a distant memory.

In "I Dared to Defy...the Idol's Curse!", a reckless mercenary takes on a dangerous heist, targeting a sacred diamond guarded by an ancient idol. But when the idol begins to move and the temple reacts with deadly precision, he realizes too late that the real threat isn’t the relic—it’s the alien intelligence behind it, using human greed as a test.

In "I Shrunk Away to Nothing!", a desperate man volunteers for a mysterious scientific experiment, only to find himself shrinking far beyond the scale of ordinary things—until he stumbles into a hidden world where everything he knows has become something entirely different. What begins as a gamble for a brother’s cure unfolds into an astonishing journey through a realm that feels both alien and eerily familiar.