Spellbound #48

In "Mister Backwards!", a curious man acquires an hourglass that rewinds time with every flip—until he tries to destroy it, only to find himself trapped inside its endless reversal. The story unfolds with a surreal, creeping dread as the line between past and present blurs, leaving him caught in a loop he can't escape.

In "Clean Start," two amoeba-like aliens from the Solar Federation arrive on Earth with a radical mission: to save humanity by wiping it clean and starting over. Disguised as humans, they seek a pair to repopulate the planet—only for the female to capture a man, unaware that her mate, in human form, is the one she’s taken. As Earth falls silent and the plan unfolds, she faces a chilling realization: the man she abducted is her own partner, lost in a cycle of identity and sacrifice.