Uncanny Tales #39

In "I Dare Not Sleep!", Hugh Denby finds himself trapped in a surreal realm where sleepers lie in silent rooms, their dreams shaping a fragile reality. With help from his friend Dean Ritchie, Hugh uncovers the chilling truth: his entire life might be just another dream—prompting a desperate quest to find his sleeping self before it wakes.

In "The Hunted!", Jim Agat and Andrew Trent find themselves pursued by prehistoric beasts after a child’s accidental use of a timelock device disrupts the fabric of time, drawing ancient creatures into their world. With the Congala tribe caught in the crossfire, the two men must survive the impossible—facing horrors from a past that should have stayed buried.

Tom Simms sets out to build the world’s tallest skyscraper, but when the structure keeps growing beyond all reason, it reaches a realm far above Earth—where an alien race offers him an unexpected invitation.

Clark stumbles upon a strange newspaper ad asking for the return of a lost raygun, a request that seems too odd to ignore. When the device arrives in the mail and he tests it, he’s suddenly whisked away to Mars—only to find a new ad in the paper announcing that the missing Clark has been found.

In a story that blends science and the supernatural, Nora Clifton, gravely ill from a radiation exposure, is visited by the ghost of her husband Mark—though he vanished at sea years before. As she battles for her life, Mark’s spirit urges her to pass on vital knowledge to his colleagues, leaving the truth of his return—and the weight of what she must do—hanging in the balance.