Unusual Tales #31

When the scientists at Cape Canaveral send their trained monkey Sammy into space, something extraordinary happens—he returns transformed, with a tripled body size and intelligence that far exceeds his handlers' own. But as the shocked team grapples with the phenomenon, they discover an even darker truth about what Sammy has become. This tense 1961 tale explores what happens when humanity's boldest experiment yields something far more dangerous than anyone imagined.

Captain Jarvis, a spaceman on patrol for enemy alien ships, detects an unfamiliar vessel in a restricted sector and jets over to investigate—only to find something impossible staring back at him. What Jarvis discovers forces him to confront a truth far more unsettling than any extraterrestrial threat.

A couple plagued by financial hardship and misery find an ad for an impossibly affordable dream house—one that comes with a peculiar condition: only the unhappy need apply. When James and Donna move in, their troubles evaporate and life becomes an endless paradise of contentment, perfect weather, and perpetual leisure, but a nagging physical ache hints that something isn't quite right about their newfound bliss. This 1961 fantasy explores what happens when happiness becomes too perfect to be real.