"I'm alone in a plain house. I'm watching television, and the news is on."

Stewart rolled over to face her.

"The anchorman says, 'This is an unfortunate time.' Then the screen goes to static, but the snow is red. I get up and open the windows, but they're full of red static, too. I step outside, and the world is bathed in red. There's a dark red light coming from everywhere."

"A man dressed like a cowboy walks up from the yard. He says,
Do you see the door?                  
and I can."                                        

"When I reach for the knob, the city behind me explodes. I only survive because I fall through the doorway. I fall through and then
I wait there in the static to wake up."



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