"The Man Who Cried Ghost!"
Reprinted from Adventures Into Terror #12.
The undertaker at the cemetery is a practical joker, and the police respond twice to his prank calls claiming that ghosts are attacking him. The police won't respond to his third call. Too bad for him that its the real deal this time. 4 pages.
"Man Alone!"
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Vol 1) #16.
The communists want to put a spy in a village who is beyond people's suspicions. They train their spy to be the village idiot and place him in the community. When things go wrong, they visit the spy to find that he plays the part of the lunatic too well. 5 pages.
"The Wooden Man"
Reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds #6.
A woman attends a ventriloquist's show and falls in love with the performer, despite the fact that he brings his hideous dummy everywhere he goes. As she presses her affections, she learns who is the dummy and who is the puppet master. 3 pages.
"The Vultures"
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Vol 1) #16.
The rich old man hangs onto life, which irritates some of his heirs. Three of his sons plan to hasten his departure, but his daughter loves him dearly. When the old man eventually dies, the sons are so busy looking for the will that they miss the funeral, but not the devoted daughter. When the will is read, it only provides for those who attended the old man's service. 4 pages.
"Which Road To Take!"
Reprinted from Uncanny Tales (Atlas) #42.
The business man has been driving all day and is exhausted. To make it worse, it is late, and he is lost. He frets about the fact that he hasn't met a special somebody, when he comes to a fork in the road and must choose between two unknown destinations. He chooses one that leads to a sorcerers' village. He meets a beautiful woman who is their captive, and she tells him that he will share that fate. He leaps to action, rescuing the woman and making their escape. Suddenly, the man awakens to realize that the adventure was a dream; that he fell asleep at the side of the road...or did he? 4 pages.