Weird Planets #10

In "Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog," a scientist's desperate attempt to perfect his shrink gas backfires when his gangster brother stumbles into the mist, shrinking to doll size. With the experiment unstable and his brother now trapped in miniature, the inventor must face the consequences—turning himself in to a policeman, unsure how long the effect will last.

In "He's Coming to Get Me!", a man haunted by guilt over cheating his brother out of their father’s inheritance receives a chilling letter: his brother is coming to get him. Tense and paranoid, he arms himself, only to be led by his brother to a hidden rocket ship with a startling revelation—his sibling didn’t come for revenge, but to ensure he wouldn’t be the last man on Earth.

In "Nightmare at Midnight," a dream drifts through the sleeping city, seeking the one soul meant to experience its vision—of falling from a great height—before the clock strikes midnight. When it finds the wrong man, a convict already desperate and on the verge of escape, the dream's purpose twists into tragedy, leaving only silence in its wake.

In "The Mad Scientist!", a desperate old man drags a reluctant scientist into a high-stakes experiment to save a young boy’s life. As the procedure unfolds, the old man reveals a shocking truth: he is the scientist’s future self, and the boy is his son. The weight of time, sacrifice, and an uncertain legacy hangs in the air as the lab’s fate is sealed.

In "The Man Who Dared!", a greedy gem merchant ventures into the remote highlands of Tibet, lured by rumors of the world’s largest ruby hidden within a legendary giant statue. After stealing the gem, he flees in his jeep through a treacherous mountain pass—only to find the statue has come to life, its massive form blocking his escape.

In "I Saw the Impossible World!", a fugitive from the Space Corps stumbles upon a perfect replica of his hometown and the people he knew—only to learn from a mysterious stranger that these familiar faces and places are illusions conjured by the planet’s mind. As the truth sinks in, he realizes with growing dread that he, too, may be nothing more than a thought in someone else’s imagination.