hahahahaha, i love this part:
That was the end of everything, because in another six hundred eighty-six characters the story would have to end, and there was nothing she could do, no way to prolong Armageddon, except to hope for the lifesaving sequel, that afterlife of the short story character, to save her from such premature death.
it made me laugh. hard.

Clever little way to continue the story and integrate real life. Not really necessary to the plot, but c’mon – the plot originated with mechanized dinosaurs and electroplated tofu.