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Strange Suspense Stories #41 (1959)

Charlton · 1959 · 36 pages

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ContinueStrange Suspense Stories #42 →
Contains 6 stories
The Gloves
5 pp · fantasy
Free Alterations
6 pp · fantasy

Ruthless showman Jasper Barlow tracks down Professor Paul Perkins, a scientist operating out of a tent laboratory, after hearing rumors of a remarkable invention—a device capable of inducing instant gigantism in living creatures. When Perkins refuses to sell the machine or use it on a human subject, Barlow's greed drives him to seize it by force, setting in motion a twist of fate that teaches him a hard lesson about his own ambitions.

What Day Is This?
5 pp · fantasy

Ed Taylor wakes from a vivid nap convinced he witnessed his coworker Howie Briggs wrecked on Shelden Avenue—but his boss insists it's still Tuesday, the day before the accident in his dream. When a delivery mix-up forces Ed toward that very intersection, he finds himself racing against fate to prevent the catastrophe he's already seen unfold. Written with the eerie inevitability that made Strange Suspense Stories a fixture of late-50s comics, "What Day Is This?" traps a trucker between premonition and reality, where one split-second decision might change everything.

Off Limits
2 pp · science fiction

A distracted poet composing verses while walking the streets stumbles into a dangerous breach between worlds—and is spotted by a police officer in our reality. When his employer, a being from a parallel dimension, learns of the near-catastrophic encounter, the poet faces a stern warning about the consequences of crossing into forbidden territory. This clever science fiction tale plays with the idea that some boundaries exist for very good reasons.

Different
1 pp · fantasy

A pair of mysterious travelers in a foreign car break down on a rural road, only to refuse a helpful farmer's offer of gasoline in "Different," a 1959 tale from Strange Suspense Stories. When the strangers insist they cannot use ordinary fuel, the farmer's casual joke about them heading to Mars takes on an unsettling edge. This one-page fantasy punches well above its weight with a final reveal that reframes everything you've just read.

Rover--Can He Talk?
5 pp · fantasy

A butler becomes convinced that his employer's dog can talk after overhearing mysterious two-voiced conversations in W. D. Lansing's study, and grows increasingly certain Rover holds the key to a dangerous secret. When the butler follows the dog to a business meeting and learns of a plot against Lansing, events spiral toward a shocking confrontation that leaves a gun missing and only the dog knowing the truth. Now, desperate to prove he's not mad, the butler demands that Rover testify in court about what really happened that fateful night.

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