Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #12

A brilliant medical student named Bart Corey harbors a dangerous secret: he possesses the uncanny ability to levitate and move objects with his mind, powers that terrify him into isolation. When a mysterious psychic voice in his head warns him of danger, he flees to Dr. Leon Farnham at the hospital, believing the renowned physician can cure him—only to discover that nothing in this tale is quite what it seemed. The Mysterious Traveler hosts this tale of hidden powers and hidden identities, where the lines between savior and stranger blur in the most unexpected ways.

Professor Addington Jenkins has devoted his life to building a microscope of infinite power, brushing aside colleagues' doubts and his own exhaustion to perfect the optics. When he finally succeeds and peers through the lens at a drop of water, magnifying it deeper and deeper through cells and atoms, he discovers something that challenges everything he thought he understood about the nature of reality. The Mysterious Traveler presents a tale of obsessive research that yields a discovery far stranger than anyone anticipated.

The Mysterious Traveler bears witness to humanity's first ventures into space—including the launch of a satellite carrying a helpless animal passenger—and finds himself wrestling with the weight of cosmic observation when he must decide whether to remain a silent observer or use his strange powers to act. This haunting 1959 tale explores the cost of progress and the nature of compassion across the vast distances of space.

A truck driver's new business gets an unusual midnight delivery job when mysterious clients hire him to transport a mysterious package to the top of Mount Rodney by nine-forty—and they're willing to pay $100 for what should be a simple errand. As the Mysterious Traveler presents this tale, Johnny discovers that his "satisfied customers" are anything but ordinary, and the package he's delivering may be humanity's only defense against an otherworldly threat. What begins as a straightforward job becomes an unexpected adventure that will change everything Johnny thought he knew about the world around him.