Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #2

When a drunken Wilbur Dean witnesses a basket descending from the sky one Monday night, he dismisses it as a whiskey-fueled hallucination—until he overhears that the elderly couple Sara and Jonathan have found a baby inside one. A mysterious infant reaches out to Wilbur through thought-transference, revealing an astonishing truth about where the child really came from and asking him to keep the secret. Faced with an impossible choice between gaining the respect he's always craved and protecting something far larger than himself, Wilbur discovers that sometimes the greatest gift comes from silence.

A man plagued by the same recurring nightmare—abducted by aliens, sentenced to life imprisonment—seeks help from his doctor, who devises an unusual treatment to break the cycle. When a scientist's recorded voice finally shatters the dream, the patient awakens relieved... only to discover a twist that reframes everything the Mysterious Traveler has been telling us.

When Mars—a gaseous, war-like world hurtling through space—finally launches its long-planned invasion of Earth, the Martians deploy a paralyzing gas that immobilizes every astronomer, military observer, and potential defender on the planet. But the invaders didn't account for one young boy named Freddy, who finds himself awake and alone as the crimson planet descends toward his home. Armed only with the stones his father let him keep for practice, Freddy must decide in moments whether to break a promise to his dad—or watch Earth fall.

A film crew shooting a monster picture on the water finds their mechanical creation mysteriously vanished overnight, forcing them to pursue it into open ocean—only to discover that what they've been battling may not have been their prop at all. "From the Depths of the Sea" delivers a clever twist on the line between movie magic and genuine terror, leaving the crew (and readers) uncertain what was lurking beneath the waves all along.

Dr. Henry Fontain has built a life of mercy in the frozen Arctic, treating Eskimos and settlers alike—but when the Army Base radios that an epidemic needs his urgent attention, he must leave his wife Ellen behind and race across treacherous wilderness to reach a distant village. As he battles hunger, exhaustion, and the elements to save lives, an impossible coincidence unfolds back home that will test whether providence or mere chance guides a doctor's fate.