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Black Magic #37
This anthology issue contains the story "Cancelled Debt," in which a man named Sawyer signs a promissory note and later finds himself in a supernatural situation where the debt cannot be escaped through conventional means. When a woman named Janet and Sawyer are caught in a storm at sea near a treacherous reef, their small craft crashes, and they struggle to survive in the water. As they face death, Sawyer is offered a second chance at life, but his refusal to accept the magical salvation—rooted in his selfishness and blindness to Janet's love—ultimately becomes his greatest regret, and a bomb destroys the city behind him as cosmic consequence unfolds.