Tales of the Unexpected #13

In "Weapons of Destiny," a man with no memory finds himself drawn to steal three mysterious weapons, each more enigmatic than the last. When he sees Professor Desmond on television, a spark of recognition ignites — the professor may hold the key to his forgotten past. The truth, when revealed, ties him to a hidden legacy and a dangerous secret he never knew he carried.

In "The Thing from the Skies," Rupert Corbin stumbles upon a mysterious spaceship, only to be told by its inventor it’s just a clever illusion. When Corbin tries to profit from the truth, he makes a fatal choice that leads to a shocking reckoning—when the real owners of the craft arrive, not to punish him with violence, but to take him far beyond Earth, where justice is measured in ways he never imagined.

Jasper Murdock, playing Mephistopheles in a stage production, makes a fateful bargain with the Devil—only to break it and walk away unscathed. But when the lines between performance and reality begin to blur, he finds himself entangled in a nightmare where the role he once played has become his prison. With Mr. Robley watching, Gilda Greene caught in the crossfire, and Tom Shields questioning what’s real, the price of defiance may be far greater than he ever imagined.

In "The Face Behind the Mask," Jay Hamilton becomes entangled in a mysterious romance with actress Zoe Ann Kerns, whose face is always hidden beneath bandages. As he and his father accompany her to meet the sorcerer who supposedly sells her the magic potion that keeps her young, the truth behind her elaborate ruse begins to unravel.