A shy bachelor discovers a miniature doll apparently alive inside a 19th-century dollhouse. Fascinated, he whiles away the hours peering into this little world and wishing he were part of it.
A prospector, threatened with death by a native conjuror for violating African land, feels himself stalked in the late night deserted streets of Manhattan by giant jungle beasts.
A broken-down baseball team soars when a new player, a human-looking robot, pitches shutout after shutout. After it is discovered that he's a robot, the only way he will be allowed to continue to play is if he is altered to become more human.
After being shot to death by a policeman, small-time hood Rocky Valentine encounters Pip, an amiable white-haired guide, who gives Rocky everything he has ever wished for.
A man called Alan Talbot finds his hometown is suddenly inconsistent with his memories of it and begins experiencing irrational urges to commit murder, two mysteries which together lead him to an unpleasant discovery about his identity.