Imaginative Tales, September 1955

This September 1955 issue of Imaginative Tales collects five science fiction and adventure stories. The lead is Dwight V. Swain's complete novel Terror Station (30,000 words), wherein protagonist Stone encounters a translucent extraterrestrial creature on a desert highway—a barrel-shaped entity with tentacles and a scarlet energy band capable of projecting deadly purple light. Other contents include Winston K. Marks's Coffin for Two (4,300 words), Jerry Sohl's novelette The Invisible Enemy (8,500 words), Henry Slesar's The Brat (5,000 words), and Mack Reynolds's Buck and the Space War (3,200 words). The issue includes an editorial noting the magazine's shift toward action-driven narratives, accompanied by biographical information on Swain and features on atomic energy and speed regulation.