Uncanny Tales #20
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Somewhere Lurks a Thing!", a scholar haunted by dreams of the French Revolution’s guillotine finds himself caught between past and present when a rival attempts to steal his research. With only a mysterious talisman to shield him, he confronts a nightmare that blurs the line between memory and madness. Art by John Tartaglione, with a chilling cover by Robert Q. Sale, this 1954 tale delivers a creeping sense of dread in a story where the past isn’t just remembered—it’s alive.
In "Proof Positive," a man uncovers a startling truth: the moon is slowly drifting toward Earth, inching closer by two miles each day—driven by an unseen force from a hidden counter-Earth on the far side of the sun. The discovery sets off a quiet, gripping unraveling of cosmic secrets, where science and suspicion collide.
In "Ted's Head!", a scholar haunted by vivid dreams of the French Revolution’s guillotine finds his sanity tested when a jealous acquaintance attempts to steal his research. When the man replaces the scholar’s talisman with a fake, the dream turns terrifyingly real—leaving the scholar to confront a chilling aftermath that blurs the line between memory and madness.
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