The Twilight Zone
2 primary works • 8 total works
Book 3
Book 4
A plane leaves London bound for New York as scheduled. Not far into the journey, Flight 33 crosses through some sort of time warp that sends it back in time by 100 million years. As they fly over giant creatures which they recognise as dinosaurs on Manhattan Island, the pilots realise they must find a way back into the future.
New York City has become almost uninhabitable when continuous sunlight causes unbearable heat, rationing of water and electricity, and swarms of people leaving, looking for cooler weather further north.
Bolie Jackson, a washed-up boxer, is about to be knocked down and counted out. Suddenly he's amazed to find that he has swapped places and is now standing over his knocked-out opponent. Henry, a young neighbour with magical powers, just made the biggest, tallest wish he could come up with - for Bolie to win the match. But will Bolie accept this wish and be victorious?
When dissatisfied shopper Marsha White tries to return a purchase to the eighteenth floor of a department store, she is surprised to find out that no such floor exists. Feeling faint, she lies down in the store manager's office and wakes up, hours later, after the store has closed for the night. Wandering the dark and empty store, Marsha hears voices calling her to the eighteenth floor as her unusual shopping trip continues in a very unexpected way.
A former Nazi captain returns to the ruins of Dachau concentration camp and there meets one of the inmates from the war. But really it is the ghost of a man whom he killed, who is now seeking revenge for the atrocities committed under the captain's command during the war. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, the Nazi captain is driven to insanity and justice is finally served ...in the Twilight Zone.
A shadow passes overhead and a loud roar is heard, accompanied by a flash of light. Neighbours along Maple Street grow confused as they find that the telephones no longer work and there is no power. As the sun sets, they gather together in the street to discuss the matter. Only Tommy, a young boy, sees the situation for what it is - an alien invasion which disrupts his neighbourhood.
State troopers investigate footprints leading from a mysterious crash site to a diner, where a group of passengers from a bus trip are waiting out a snowstorm. The only patrons of the roadside eatery are the bus passengers, but there is one more diner than there were people on the bus. Suspicion grows among the stranded travellers as they try to guess which one of them is from the alleged UFO. Who is the real Martian? The intergalactic twist provides the classic Twilight Zone surprise ending.
Step off the beaten path as Martin Sloan takes the journey of a lifetime when his car breaks down within walking distance of his home town. Martin is shocked to find that he has somehow walked into his own past. Can he find a way to warn the boy he once was to seize the day and save his future happiness?