Weird Mysteries #1

In "High Voltage," a man tormented by an irrational fear of electricity commits a chilling act of violence against his brother, the very engineer who sought to understand the force he dreaded. Sentenced to death, he faces the electric chair—only to confront the ultimate test of his phobia in the most literal sense.

In "The Planet Eaters," Earthmen explore a world once home to a lost civilization, now swallowed by rampant, sentient plant life. After barely escaping with a sample for study, they discover the specimen is growing uncontrollably aboard their ship—threatening to spread and consume Earth itself. With no choice, they prepare to destroy the vessel, but fragments of the alien flora drift down toward a distant city.

In "Death Takes a Holiday," a man wrongfully accused of embezzlement escapes prison and takes a chilling, holiday-themed revenge on his deceitful partners—each murder tied to a different holiday, from Valentine’s Day to Independence Day. As the police close in, his final act unfolds during a parade on Armstice Day, where fate delivers a brutal end.

In "A Stone's Throw From Eternity," a man haunted by the mysteries of existence seeks answers from the enigmatic Punja, who hands him a book revealing his past lives—warning him never to read the final page. When Paul’s obsession leads to a violent confrontation with his father, the truth of his past echoes in the moment of his death, a truth only the last page of the book could reveal.

In "Spirits From Outer Space," a young man and his friend find themselves trapped on the alien planet Kyblos, where the dead are not at rest—instead, they’re hunting Earth’s spacemen, seeking to possess their bodies and infiltrate humanity. When one of them discovers the spirits fear pain, he uses that weakness to break their hold on his comrade, sparking a desperate plan to strike back at the source of the invasion.