Spellbound #12

In the aftermath of an atomic war, grocer Snively takes refuge in his bomb shelter, stockpiling canned goods with grim determination. But when the dust settles, his survival hinges on a simple, forgotten tool—leaving him trapped in a grim irony only the silence of the shelter can answer.

In "On the Spot," a jealous actor's rage erupts when he discovers his girlfriend is involved with the stage director who controls the spotlight—only to find himself condemned and escaping the electric chair. Trapped in a twisted fate, he's pinned to the wall by the very light that once defined his performance, as police fire in panic. The story ends with the chilling realization that the spotlight, now empty, still casts its glow on nothing at all.

In "My Friend the Ghost," a doctor and his friend devise a macabre scheme to inherit a family fortune by faking the man's death and returning as a ghost to terrify the heirs. But when the doctor betrays his friend with a lethal injection instead of a sleeping drug, the man awakens—only to realize too late that he is now the ghost he was meant to be.