Weird Fantasy #13

In a future where Earth's mammals have become sterile after a radioactive comet, two aging scientists make a desperate bid to save humanity by sending a time wave back to the past. They activate a time field at Grand Central Station, hoping to bring future generations forward to repopulate the world—only to realize, to their surprise, that only men are arriving.

In "The Trip!", Dr. Masterson, a scientist working for the Space Colonization Authority, devises a revolutionary method to quick freeze live animals for interstellar transport. When personal turmoil complicates his life, he makes a desperate decision to freeze his assistant, Ellen, in hopes of escaping with her to a distant colony. But before he can reunite with her, a tragic accident shatters her into countless pieces—leaving his plan, and their future, in pieces.

In a future where space travel is routine, a young boy’s wish for his father to come home to stay forever takes a startling turn when he spots a falling star—and realizes it might be his father, hurtling back to Earth after a dangerous mission. As the man descends through the atmosphere, the family’s longing for a permanent reunion hangs in the balance.

In "Don't Count Your Chickens...", a young boy’s Easter egg hunt takes a bizarre turn when he discovers a strange egg that speaks to him mind-to-mind, urging him to hide it in a secret cave. Once hatched, the egg reveals a cone-shaped alien that grows rapidly, demanding meat to survive—and when the boy is sent to summer camp, the creature goes on a rampage, devouring livestock across the countryside. The military finally intervenes with flame throwers, but as the story closes, children all over America begin finding similar strange eggs during their own Easter hunts.