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	Chapter 1: Not Mars!
	Suddenly, they found themselves in the street outside their house. It was a sunny day, but they still wore their winter clothes. The three-story terraced houses stretched in both directions. The odd motor car was dotted around - a few people still owned those. Then, almost instantly, the sky went grey and snow started to fall. Beneath them, the snow settled and quickly accumulated. Zak realised that the scene was progressing at time-lapse speed, each second covering several days. As the snowfall intensified, the snow underfoot began to rise, and the four of them rose with it. The motor cars disappeared one by one, presumably, Zak thought, to represent their owners getting rid of them. But one remained, and it was soon submerged under the rising sheet of snow. The sound of a window smashing made Zak and Skye jump. But the sound became frequent as more windows followed. Zak was startled to see that the windows on their own house had become boarded up, but again, that pattern followed quickly throughout the street. The family stood there, continuing to rise. As they neared the top of the houses, they could see huge piles of snow on the roofs. As the piles continued to grow, some of the roofs collapsed, causing the houses below to disintegrate into debris. In just a short time, the sheet beneath the family had risen to chimney level. Around them, on houses that had withstood the crush, the chimneys began to detach themselves, and disintegrate in a streak across what was now ground level. Now, they could see across their town. There was little left except a smattering of treetops, the odd church spire and the tall buildings of the business district, with their hated 2040s architecture. Read it on my website: http://www.the2080s.com/
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