DAY OF DOOM
Mortimer woke to the sound of his alarm clock exploding with such force that it destroyed the lamp upon his nightstand and tore a hole in the plaster behind it. He staggered into the shower and turned on the faucet. Instead of water, a swarm of locusts came buzzing from the shower head, chasing him into the kitchen where the coffee maker was beeping. He tilted the carafe. Instead of Sumatra, his cup filled with bright red blood.
Looking out the window, he saw millions of people ascending a staircase leading to an effulgent crack in a black cloud that covered the sky. Beside it, another staircase burrowed into the earth, millions lined up to descend it.
"I wonder if there's anything on the BBC about this?" he asked himself.
He switched on the telly. And sure enough, David Cameron had become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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