If you were captivated by the strange journey to another dimension in The Plattner Story, you’ll be drawn into The Lost Machine. Wyndham’s tale also explores the uncanny through scientific speculation—a sentient machine recounts its experience of arriving on Earth and struggling to understand humanity, delivering that same blend of rational curiosity and eerie wonder.

If you enjoyed the mind-bending ideas and metaphysical uncertainty in stories like The Plattner Story, you’ll find The Dreams in the Witch House equally enthralling. Lovecraft’s story follows Walter Gilman as he confronts the possibility of alternate dimensions and cosmic horror, exploring the boundaries of science and belief, and raising profound questions about the nature of reality.

Did you appreciate the surreal and unpredictable changes that happen to characters in The Plattner Story? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button offers a similarly astonishing twist: Benjamin is born old and ages backwards, leading to bizarre experiences and poignant moments. Fitzgerald’s tale will satisfy your taste for stories where the extraordinary invades the everyday.

If you relished the brain-teasing concepts and speculative scenarios in Wells’ collection, you’ll be fascinated by Stories of Your Life and Others. Ted Chiang’s stories—such as the one that inspired the film Arrival—challenge your perceptions of time, language, and science, providing an intellectually rewarding experience much like Wells’ best tales.

If the atmosphere of personal, uncanny events in The Plattner Story drew you in, you’ll be captivated by Dickens’ The Signal-Man. This story features a solitary railway worker haunted by strange visions—a chilling, close-up exploration of the supernatural that echoes the intimate, mysterious tone of Wells’ work.