Don't Look Up in the Mirror

The last thing I saw before it happened. They tell you that when something

terrible happens, you never see it coming, that it's sudden, random,

over in an instant. They're wrong. Some of us see it

clear as day, seconds before reality breaks. And this, this is the

last thing I saw before it happened. It started with the lights.

Not a blackout, just a flicker, long enough to change the shape of the room.

I was alone, middle of the night. No music. No TV.

Just the sound of my own breathing filling the apartment. When the lights