About ten zombie guards rush over to me. One of them hits me in the back of the head and I instantly pass out. I wake up hog-tied to a gian metal pole. I’m being carried into a monstruous arena where thousands of creatures I’ve never seen before are clapping and cheering. There are two other people in the center of the arena that look exactly like me. The guards tie me to another pole between the two others.

The crowd goes silent. Nothing moves. Nothing makes a sound. Then all of a sudden this enormous door opens and out came three beasts charging right towards the three of us. One stabs the girl to my left and she disappears. The girl to my right gets her head ripped off and she vanishes. Oh, no, I thought, I’m next.

All three beasts come racing towards me. Right before they hit me I close my eyes. Nothing. I open my eyes again and I’m home. I look at my paper and there is this story. Had I actually gone somewhere? Or had my thoughts become so real-looking? I look at my stomach and…