Cover Art of Sandman (1989) #6.
*Hour one: In a roadside diner, John Dee nurses his coffee, fondles his ruby, and glares at the regulars: the unhappily married couple; the brokenhearted lover; the unemployed loser; the lustful widower; the frustrated waitress. Hour two: the ruby compels them to stay. Hour seven: it grants their deepest desires. Hour twelve: it dredges their blackest regrets. Hour sixteen: it provokes them to violence. By hour twenty-two, they are dead. Violence ripples through the world, as Dee prods the ruby to drive everyone mad with dreams. Hour twenty-four: the diner door opens, and Morpheus enters. *Source: Back of card