Forbidden Worlds #45 (1956)

Charles Bannister, a man recovering from a mental breakdown, retreats to a remote Scottish cottage near Kenniston Crag, hoping for peace. There, he begins encountering a mysterious woman who appears only at the crag—Anne Dicey, seemingly from the past—whose presence defies explanation and stirs deep emotion. As he struggles to reconcile her reality with the impossibility of her existence, he uncovers a chilling truth about time itself.

Pilot Lloyd Morgan crash-lands in a remote desert and stumbles upon a lush, impossible oasis that defies explanation—breathtaking in beauty, eerily silent, and filled with fruit that tastes like nothing he’s ever known. As days pass without any sign of rescue, he begins to suspect the oasis is more than a mirage, especially when he discovers strange footprints and realizes no planes have flown overhead, despite being missing for over a week. When he finally makes it back to civilization, his claims of the oasis are met with disbelief—until a mysterious leaf he brought back defies all known science.

In the heart of the Congo, anthropologist Professor Carleton and his reluctant photographer, Sloan, journey to study the mysterious Drahili tribe, only to find themselves drawn into a world where sacred rituals and hidden treasures blur the line between belief and science. As Sloan becomes obsessed with the tribe’s wealth, he wrestles with temptation, unaware that his actions may have awakened forces far beyond his understanding.

In "Vera, My Dark Star!" from Forbidden Worlds #45 (1956), Robert Foster seeks answers from Alonzo Spade after years of birthday misfortunes, only to learn the curse may stem from the malevolent influence of the star Vera. When the star is destroyed, Foster believes his torment is over—until he realizes Vera’s reach extends far beyond the sky.