All Our Futures
All our futures arrived at once. Through a scorched sky, Morlocks flew anti-grav jetpacks above the ruins of a nanotech Statue of Liberty, aggressively buzzing the Apes, who returned potshots from phasers and plasma rifles as holographic adverts extolled the benefits of moving Off World.
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As freezing flood waters swallowed spice worms and sentient robots defended their planet from invading Aliens beneath a swollen sun, I knew none of this was real. "Last Orders at Milliways!" rang out over the distant echoes of trumpets as the stars went dark. After only the briefest of hesitations, I swallowed the red pill.
The End
This story was first published on Thursday, July 19th, 2018
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