Unusual Tales #9

Nov 1957 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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This anthology issue presents "The Night of Red Snow," in which a group of townspeople recall their mysterious encounter with a man named Sam Snyder who sold his house and vanished, followed by a peculiar night of red snow that fell over their city. The story reveals that Snyder was a scientist conducting experiments with a cyclotron energy lab, and a young boy named David is accidentally exposed to the machine's power, gaining superhuman abilities including shrinking and growing to enormous size. When David's mother discovers his newfound powers, he saves her life by using his abilities to prevent a fatal accident, though the origin of his extraordinary transformation remains connected to Snyder's mysterious disappearance and the unexplained red snow phenomenon.

Contains 5 stories

He's Coming for Me

5 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Night of the Red Snow

6 pp · Science Fiction

Escape

4 pp · Science Fiction

Louis Dakes, a career thief desperate to evade the police, seeks refuge in an abandoned house where he discovers a scientist's shrinking experiment—and forces the man to administer the serum himself. Dakes escapes the pursuing cops by becoming microscopic, only to stumble into Microcosmopolis, a hidden world of tiny inhabitants who've read his criminal mind and decided to keep him isolated until his nature changes. Now smaller than ever and cut off from everything, he faces a confinement far more suffocating than any prison.

The Day I Lived Over Again

5 pp · Crime, Fantasy

Blackie Nelson, Public Enemy Number One, is lying low with stolen cash when he bumps into a beautiful woman—but before he can make a move, he stumbles upon a magical creature that grants him an extraordinary gift: the chance to live the day over again and avoid the police closing in. Armed with this second chance, Blackie thinks he can reshape his luck and escape his violent past, only to discover that some debts can't be outrun, no matter how many times you try.

Clairvoyance

5 pp · Science Fiction

David Fenner was an ordinary boy until an accident near a university energy lab awakened an extraordinary ability—clairvoyance that lets him see future events with stunning clarity. His gift catches the attention of the university, and he becomes invaluable to their experimental physics program, guiding breakthroughs through pure intuition. But as David's visions grow darker and more troubling, his grasp on the present begins to slip away.