Weird Fantasy #10

In "The Secret of Saturn's Ring!", a scientific crew lands on a moonlet within Saturn’s rings, only to vanish after eight hours. When their ship returns, the two men are gone, leaving behind a mysterious moonlet that’s brought aboard—only to reveal a terrifying truth: it’s not a rock, but a living spore.

In "A Timely Shock!", a man on vacation stumbles upon a mysterious crystal that sends him hurtling into the future after a lightning strike. There, he's welcomed by a striking woman who proposes marriage—only to reveal that in this era, women have multiple husbands, and he’s just one of many.

In the quiet aftermath of a forgotten atomic test, a group of survivors from Eniwetok grapples with a haunting truth: their children are not like other children. Born a year after the blast, these young ones display startling intelligence and abilities that far surpass those of adults—so much so that fear begins to spread. As their powers grow, so does the tension, forcing the adults to confront a terrifying question: what happens when the next generation outpaces the one that came before?

In "Not on the Menu," a stranded crew endures a desperate months-long wait on a hostile planet, rationing their supplies as the ship’s reactor slowly recharges. With food scarce and the planet’s flora deadly to eat, fear of cannibalism drives the crew to the brink—until the captain claims he’s made the local food safe. As they consume it, one by one, they fall ill. His final act of deception, a lie born of honor, is revealed only when the ship’s reactor powers up—just as he takes his last bite.