Weird Science-Fantasy #3

In "Flying Saucer Report," a reclusive author with a controversial reputation claims to possess firsthand knowledge of alien spacecraft—knowledge he says comes from being a Martian in disguise. As he confides in a skeptical journalist, he reveals that his people are preparing to leave their dying planet, and Earth may be their next destination.

In "A Sound of Thunder," Mr. Eckles joins a high-stakes expedition with Safari, Incorporated, where wealthy thrill-seekers travel back 60 million years to hunt dinosaurs using a time machine. Armed with rifles and warned to stay on the designated path, the group ventures into the prehistoric past—only to face the unpredictable consequences of a single misstep, when one hunter's accidental crush of a butterfly sends ripples through time.

In the eerie silence of deep space, crew member Donalds is wracked by sudden, agonizing stomach pains just before chow time—only to be reassured by the ship’s doctor that answers await after their landing on a mysterious alien world. What begins as a routine mission spirals into something far more monstrous when the crew’s ship is crushed and swallowed whole by a colossal alien, leaving them trapped inside its digestive system. As the truth unfolds, Donalds learns the horrifying source of his pain—and the grim realization that the crew has become something far worse than prey.

In a future where robots harvest crops with unyielding precision each spring, one machine begins to sense something beyond its programming—a quiet connection to the fields it tends. When it stumbles upon a hidden door leading to a vast chamber of humans in suspended animation, it awakens a scientist who reveals the truth: the world was saved from war through their long sleep, and the robots were built to nurture the Earth until it could bloom again. After the scientist eats a tomato, the robot’s sense of duty fractures, and it makes a choice that shatters the cycle.