The Unexpected #153 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1973.
Synopsis for "Who's That Sleeping In My Grave?"
A man falls in love with a woman who has had her head transplanted onto a robot body. He threatens the woman's guardian with death unless he does the same for him. The guardian complies but tells the man after the transplant that the girl now has a human body and he has taken the man's young body as they love each other. The dupe threatens to kill him, but his head rejects the robot body and he drops dead.
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Synopsis for "Wedding Bells For A Corpse"
Two men, Terrence and Charles, compete for the for the same woman whose name is Gilda. Gilda refuses to name who she will marry but reveals that she will marry whoever brings back her mothers wedding ring. Her mother had pawned the ring and Gilda would like to have it back to use for her own wedding. The two men work and toil for several months until one day Terrance announces that he finally has enough money to buy back the ring. Charles is determined to marry Gilda and murders his friend Terrence. He attempts to pry the ring off his finger but it will not come off so he pushes the dead corpse into the ocean. Terrence then travels to Gilda's home to bring her the tragic news that Charles is dead. Gilda reveals that she will then wait for Terrance to come to her especially since he already had the ring. Several weeks pass and Gilda still refuses to marry Terrance as she waits for Charles to return with the ring. Terrance suspects that she is slowly going mad until one night Gilda spots a body washed ashore on the beach. The dead body is wearing Gildas ring on its finger so she instantly realizes that Charles had returned back to her to finally get married. The closing of the story reveals that one of them went to an asylum and the other to prison.
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Synopsis for "Black Hole of Wrath"
A brutal slave hunter named Blake travels through the African continent collecting slaves to sell on the market. He encounters an African native praying to a mound of ants and is surprised to learn that he speaks English. The native reveals that he was praying to the ants so that they would agree to share their strength and wisdom. Blake then slaps the ant mound with his hand in a shocking act of cruelty. The native then announces that Blake must suffer the wrath of the ants and shoots him in the neck with a dart. Blake awakens some time later and finds himself shrunken down to the size of an insect. He is inside the ant pile as they begin to pursue him. He notices that the dart is still imbedded in his neck and pulls it out. As soon as the dart is out, he begins to grow back to his normal size. He then notices an ocean of ants crawling towards him as they ravage all living creatures in their path. As Blake begins to run he falls and twists his ankle. He can do nothing more than wait for his oncoming fate.
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