Strange Suspense Stories #37

Fred Miller, a writer in Egypt gathering inspiration for TV scripts, purchases an antique Egyptian music box featuring a dancing cat—only to find himself and his wife Janet beset by headaches and bad luck as the box plays. When Fred discovers the music box depicts Bast, the ancient cat-god of Egypt, legend claims the dancing triggers misfortune, and Fred must contend with mounting disasters while questioning whether the curse is real or merely his imagination. A tale of superstition and coincidence that leaves you wondering what truly haunted their Egyptian stay.

A meticulous criminal executes an audacious midair heist aboard a passenger plane, parachuting from 20,000 feet with his prize in hand and a getaway car waiting below. But when a sudden desert windstorm throws his descent wildly off course, he discovers that careful planning can't account for everything—especially the forces of nature.

Perry Jonas earns his first command, but a vicious storm and his crew's illness leave him alone at the wheel—until an impossible presence takes over during the ship's darkest hour. This 1958 tale of maritime suspense and spectral intervention proves that some legacies run deeper than duty or reputation.

A young couple discovers an old mirror in their newly purchased house—one that shows them visions of future events. When they witness a troubling scene involving a man named Otis Renell, they set out to verify what they've seen, only to uncover a crime and set justice in motion. The mirror's supernatural power becomes an unexpected instrument of reckoning.

Young Clark Merrill purchases a mysterious tie pin called the Jewel of Sincerity, which its seller claims compels complete honesty in those around the wearer. As Clark tests the pin's supposed powers in everyday situations—from fishing tales to workplace critiques—he discovers that speaking truth, even uncomfortable truth, begins reshaping his life in unexpected ways. But when the original seller reveals his own motives for peddling these trinkets, the real nature of the pin's "magic" becomes clear.