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Astounding Stories #8

Alan Class · 67 pages

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Contains 10 stories
Visitors from Afar
7 pp

In the year 2073, humanity's first contact with extraterrestrial life becomes a triumphant reality when the Rhotryxians arrive aboard Earth's solar craft—intelligent beings who breathe hydrogen and offer the gift of advanced knowledge to our world. But when a cosmic catastrophe obliterates their home planet, the delicate balance of friendship between two civilizations begins to crumble as fear and suspicion take root on both sides. As tensions escalate and desperation mounts, Koryn and his people face an impossible choice, and Earth's leaders must decide how far they'll go to protect their world from the stranded visitors.

Buried by the Centuries!
8 pp

During World War II in the Pacific, PFC Roger Burns is the sole survivor of a scouting party ambushed by Japanese forces on an uncharted jungle island—and with American reinforcements approaching the same deadly trap, he makes a desperate gamble to divert his pursuers. When an earthquake opens a crevasse beneath his feet, Burns discovers the mummified remains of a giant from an ancient age, along with oversized artifacts that hint at a vanished civilization. Using this astounding find to create panic among his hunters, he attempts to save his fellow soldiers from the Japanese ambush.

Destiny Knows Many Roads
9 pp

When Danny Davis abandons his grueling life on his cousin's farm, he reaches a crossroads with three unmarked paths before him—and the story follows what happens when he unknowingly chooses the left-hand fork, guided by an invisible hand he cannot name. As his journey unfolds across three diverging possibilities, a peculiar many-armed Buddha figurine keeps surfacing, drawing him inexorably toward a fateful encounter he cannot escape. "Destiny Knows Many Roads" explores how the choices we think we're making may already be written, and how three different roads all lead to the same inevitable end.

Verdict: Not Guilty
3 pp · horror-suspense

In "Verdict: Not Guilty," a man stands trial for the murder of Sir Alfred Haines, a wealthy benefactor whose will placed Chalmers in a precarious position. As the jury delivers a shocking not guilty verdict, a shadowy figure emerges from the courtroom’s darkness, his presence unexplained and his influence undeniable. When the jurors later recover their senses and describe the man to an artist, the likeness leads to a startling revelation—Sir Alfred himself may have been alive all along.

Mysterious Leader
5 pp · fantasy; war

In a hidden cellar beneath 1956 Budapest, a desperate group of rebels debates rebellion—until a man named Franz emerges, leading them in daring raids against Soviet forces. As he outsmarts the enemy and uncovers a traitor within their ranks, his uncanny resemblance to the historic freedom fighter Louis Kossuth begins to stir whispers. When he vanishes after ordering their retreat, the truth of his identity slowly dawns on the survivors.

New Statue!
7 pp · fantasy

Dr. Ainsley leads a photo expedition into South America's jungles to document the ruins of an ancient civilization and the colossal temple of Mantiki, a mysterious ape god—but his ruthless partner Pete Zemba has other plans, driven by greed to claim the priceless statues for himself. When Zemba steals one of the idol's sacred figures, he awakens forces that the expedition never imagined, and the jungle exacts a price far stranger than violence.

You'll Make a Million Bucks Up There!
9 pp · science fiction
The Mirror That Stole Faces!
10 pp
Alter Ego!
4 pp

Captain Bill Manion of the U.S. Air Corps and Lady Cynthia Conway share an intense wartime romance, but her aristocratic brother forbids the match—forcing Cynthia to choose between family duty and the man she loves. When a terrible accident leaves her hospitalized and mentally fractured, her fractured mind retreats into an elaborate fantasy of the life she desperately wanted, while the real world moves on without her. A strange visitor arrives with a story that forces everyone to question what is real and what exists only in her broken mind.

Jeweled Sceptre
1 pp

A soldier on a tour of historic Hadley Hall finds himself inexplicably drawn to a hidden panel in the ancestral walls, compelled by something he can't quite understand—a feeling like a half-remembered dream. When he touches the wall, a centuries-old secret spills out: the jeweled scepter that Sir Henry Hadley concealed generations ago, now surfacing in the hands of a stranger who somehow knew exactly where to find it.

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