Weird Fantasy #20

In a tense interrogation room, a scientist insists that in an alternate Earth where Abraham Lincoln survived the 1865 assassination, he built a time machine to meet the president and ensure global peace. When he travels back, his very presence alters history, triggering the very event he sought to prevent—Lincoln’s death—and unraveling the timeline that led to the world as we know it.

In "I, Rocket," a once-mighty warship—now silent and rusting—reflects on her storied past with Captain Lamb at the helm, her engines humming with memories of conquest and loyalty, yet haunted by a betrayal she alone knows. As she recalls the heat of battle and the weight of command, the quiet hum of her systems carries secrets buried deep beneath steel and silence.

In "...Conquers All!", a distant alien crew lands on Earth not to conquer, but to assess—only to find something utterly alien in their own terms: emotions. As they grapple with feelings they never knew existed, their mission begins to unravel, leaving them torn between duty and the unexpected wonder of humanity.

In a rigid, state-controlled world, a man trapped by his existence attempts to end his life again and again—only to be brought back each time, his body deemed too valuable to lose. When he finally chooses to leap into molten slag, hoping to be truly gone, his consciousness survives in a new form: a machine forged from the very substance meant to consume him.