Unusual Tales #20

When an alien rock creature crashes near a quiet lakeside, fisherman John Travers stumbles upon a strange puzzle—reassembling the being from scattered fragments. As the creature begins reshaping a massive stone into a spaceship, Travers realizes too late that the alien’s arrival isn’t a coincidence. With only a box of dynamite and a flimsy padlock between him and disaster, he must act fast before the stone man completes his plan.

In "The Time Cap," Phil Winship’s discovery of an ancient helmet in an Iranian desert cave sends him hurtling 20,000 years into the past, where he becomes an unseen observer of the scientist Adab and his daughter Accara. Though he’s invisible to them, Phil finds himself drawn to Accara—and to a life far removed from his own. When the helmet is shattered by boys in the present, Phil’s fate is sealed, leaving him trapped in a time he never meant to inhabit.

In Paris, young artist Paul Duval discovers that a menacing figure he painted into his masterpiece "Paris Street at Night" has begun to leave the canvas each night, walking the very streets depicted in his work—and returning before dawn. Desperate to stop what he's created before it turns to crime, Paul must find a way to reclaim control of his own art before the demon within claims a life of its own.

Young Dr. John Selwyn escapes the city to rest and clear his mind about a devastating virus epidemic, but instead finds himself receiving mysterious guidance from an unseen voice—one that insists blueberries hold the key to a cure. Working with his colleague Dr. Sprague, John pursues the strange advice, only to discover that the solution may have come from an unexpected source. A clever tale of how inspiration strikes in the most curious ways.