World of Mystery #3

In a repressive Communist nation, a resourceful woman uses her magic to conjure the illusion of a man—Raymas—whose mysterious presence distracts authorities from her quiet sabotage of war production. As the legend of Raymas grows, so does the danger she faces, caught between deception and defiance.

In "The Mystery Man!", a government agent investigates a charismatic lecturer whose followers are donating heavily to his cause, only to find the man is no ordinary man. When the agent's confrontation with the crowd triggers an accidental gunshot, the lecturer reveals his true nature—transcending this world—and vanishes with a promise to return when humanity stops measuring truth by money.

A mysterious antique dealer peddles peculiar mailboxes, each claiming to deliver fortune-making advice via letters from an unknown source—until one of them actually works. When the dealer is arrested for fraud, the truth behind one buyer’s sudden windfall remains unexplained.

In "The Man Who Failed," a disillusioned inventor believes his latest experiment is a disaster—his time machine only delivers him to a crowd of ordinary people, unaware he’s actually journeyed through space and time to Pluto’s past, where a civilization mirrors Earth’s own. The story quietly unfolds around the moment of arrival, leaving the full scope of his unintended journey just out of reach.

In "Nobody," a being from another dimension faces a profound choice: ingest a pill that transforms him into a human, erasing his true nature so that curious humans investigating his presence won’t be driven to uncover the secrets of his origin. The story explores the quiet weight of identity and the cost of belonging, set against the eerie backdrop of a world where the unknown is both feared and misunderstood.