Spellbound #19

In "I Brought Zog Back to Life!", a scientist confronts the growing panic surrounding an alien giant encased in a glacier, convinced the fear it inspires is more dangerous than the creature itself. When he decides to free the being, he discovers the truth beneath the dread—Zog is not a threat, but something far more unexpected.

In the frozen silence of a relentless snowstorm, Tom and his brother Jeff take refuge in a remote log cabin, starving and desperate. When Jeff is accidentally shot by Tom in the chaos, the body vanishes—only to reappear each morning, frozen in the cabin’s doorway, screaming. As the line between fear and madness blurs, Tom’s obsession with proving his brother’s death becomes an unbearable burden, driving him to dig through snow and memory in a bid to confront the impossible.

In "The Blood Ship," a cursed whaler named the Gloris Dune sets sail under a dark omen when its launch claims a sailor’s hand and a bitter curse. Years later, the man who lost his hand returns as a crew member aboard a mysterious, ghostly vessel—only to find himself trapped in a nightmare where the past refuses to stay buried.

In "Return of the Genie!", a man’s careless toss of a muddy bottle into a swamp unleashes a powerful genie who, freed from his previous master, sets his sights on ruling the world—only to find his powers vanish beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Now stranded and watching as the same man approaches once more, the genie resolves to be wiser this time, but the man walks away, leaving him trapped again.

In "The Witch Burning!", a witch dies just before her execution and transfers her spirit into the body of her hunter, believing she’s found the perfect disguise to continue her craft. But the man’s young son, attuned to the darkness within, begins to suspect something is terribly wrong—leading to a desperate, fiery confrontation in the cabin.