Unusual Tales #34

Professor Demar Deeds, a brilliant physicist haunted by his role in creating the atomic bomb, has built a secret miniature world—a perfect duplicate of prehistoric Earth, complete with dinosaurs and ancient creatures. When two persistent reporters, Roy and Polly, force their way into his compound seeking an interview, the Professor decides to use them as unwilling test subjects, shrinking them down and depositing them into his created wilderness to observe how humans react to a primitive environment. Trapped in a world of massive predators and primal danger, the young couple must survive the night and hope the Professor's curiosity doesn't turn deadly.

When hostile invaders from beyond the stars attack Earth with overwhelming firepower and heat-rays, humanity's military defenses crumble in the face of their advanced weaponry. But as the extraterrestrial Commander-in-Chief grows confident in victory, an unexpected force emerges from the planet itself—a mighty race dwelling in Earth's depths who prove far more than a match for the intruders.

Fred Galt is a worn-down traveling salesman whose dreams died long ago—until he checks into Cabin 7 at a modest motor court and experiences nights filled with vivid, beautiful dreams that seem to offer him an escape from his dreary life. As Fred grows increasingly tempted by the promise of the dream world and the mysterious woman calling to him there, he must decide whether to return to his exhausting reality or surrender completely to the allure of what awaits him in sleep. A poignant science fiction tale about longing and the price of happiness.

A skindiver named Al Burton falls victim to nitrogen narcosis during a deep dive and experiences a transcendent vision of a beautiful woman calling him into an underwater cave. Obsessed with the possibility that she might be real, Burton defies his companion's warnings and descends again—setting in motion a choice between the mundane world above and something far more alluring below. This eerie tale explores how seduction and paradise can pull a man away from everything he knows.