Weird Fantasy #15

In "Revulsion!", a weary captain grumbles about his roach-infested spaceship, recalling a past dinner with a surprise guest in his salad—only to find himself and his crew stranded on an alien world where giant, clothed insects rule. As they hide in the undergrowth, they’re plucked from the foliage and prepared as a meal for the insect king, who’s utterly revolted to discover his “salad” is made of actual humans.

Captain Philip Donnel leads a crew on a 30-light-year journey to Pollux, relying on suspended animation to survive the long voyage. When they awaken at their destination, they find the star gone—its light, a 55-year-old ghost, had reached Earth just as they departed.

Captain Philip Donnel and his crew, now aged from the long journey to Pollux, are stunned to find the star already colonized—only to learn that a breakthrough on Earth, the space time overdrive invented by Sandor Mannershmitt, has shrunk the trip from decades to mere days, leaving them stranded in time.

Percy, a bachelor scientist, receives an odd plant from Alec—only to find a tiny, 8-inch-tall girl, Petite, emerging from it. Drawn to her, he uses a secret solution to shrink himself and spend time with her, but she soon passes away from old age. Heartbroken, Percy buries her, only to discover a new plant growing from her grave. He realizes she was never human, but a living flower in disguise—and now, he waits for the next one to bloom.

In "By George!!," two archaeologists, Alan and Marvin, stumble upon a mysterious, block-like artifact etched with ancient inscriptions, leading to a startling revelation: the object is the diary of a long-lost alien boy from a distant world. The boy, a reptilian giant, fled his home planet centuries ago, crash-landed on Earth during the Medieval era, and was ultimately slain by a knight whose legend would become Saint George and the Dragon.