Fantastic Tales #12

In "Unknown Atoll!", William Brent, a sailor left for dead after his ship is torpedoed during World War 2, washes ashore on a strange, isolated atoll that seems to reverse time and restore his youth. Though rescued and returned to the world, he spends decades haunted by the island’s impossible gift, driven to find it again—only to vanish into legend, never to return.

In "Wash-Out!", John Fuller and Mary Lou Fuller race against a torrential storm to get their sick child to a doctor, only to learn the next day that the bridge they crossed had already been washed away—just before they left. The weight of their journey and the storm’s aftermath hang heavy in the quiet aftermath of their desperate drive.