A house slave in pre-Civil War Texas teaches himself to read, and so is deemed worthless by his owner. An Abolitionist northerner promises him freedom.

An older scientist reveals that he’s invented a time machine, and sent back a robot, but when it returns damaged, his younger associate volunteers to take its place. His girlfriend, who is also the inventors daughter, consents, but only if she can go along.

Thomas Jefferson takes it upon himself to defend — bodily and legally — an Indian falsely accused of murder.

A factory worker with a strong connection to the Civil War’s Battle of Shiloh piques the interest of a psychologist.

An aging actress visits her sister and her sister’s husband after receiving worrying letters. Her brother-in-law, a scientist, has a surprise he’s been working on in his laboratory.

In a story perhaps inspired by the Patty Hearst kidnapping, a private investigator is engaged to help solve the abduction of a magnate’s adult daughter.

A man, shocked to discover his wife’s infidelity, flees his house in his car. When he runs out of gas, a strange woman takes him in and offers him a retreat.

In coastal Maine, a visiting professor finds a three-hundred-year-old Indian arrowhead. Two locals are alarmed when Indian drums are heard and vivid apparitions materialize.

In the far future, society is divided into three classes. A high-ranking member of the ruling class, in danger of being expelled, is vexed by his offspring’s driving curiosity.

A charlatan fortune teller returns to her mind-reading act only to discover she actually has the gift. The truth she reveals puts her and her husband in danger.