Mystic Magazine, August 1954

# Mystic Magazine, August 1954

This issue of Mystic Magazine (Vol. 5, No. 5, published bi-monthly) edited by Ray Palmer contains fiction and nonfiction pieces focused on supernatural and paranormal phenomena. The featured true story is "Venusians Walk Our Streets" by Paul M. Vest, recounting the author's June 1953 encounter with a mysterious stranger named "Bill" who phoned from Los Angeles, claiming familiarity with Vest's article "The Secret Wisdom Behind the Great Religions." The stranger appears inexplicably at a bus stop in Santa Monica despite the street being empty moments before, with an unusual handshake lacking bone structure. Additional content includes Arthur Darrell Huckerby's "The Ghost of Granada," Lillian M. Slayton's "A Funeral Before It Happened," and Mrs. Pearl McKay's "The Man at My Bed"—all categorized as true stories. The issue also features Sanandana Kumara's "In the Twinkling of an Eye" (fiction based on fact), analytical pieces on handwriting and strange children, and "The Inner Circle" featuring Mark Probert's paintings and controls. Reader correspondence rounds out the section titled "The Seance Circle."