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			As he shook his hand in pain flicking droplets of blood onto the doorway, the phonebook fizzed with static.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Then a phone rang.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			The fizzing and crackling continued as the door creaked open revealing the ringing handset.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Jon picked up the receiver. A voice said “Mr Smith, there is a get out of goal free card under this ‘phone. Present it to the guards and they will let you out.”  There was a high-pitched squeal, and everything went dark……
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Stunned, Jon replaces the receiver as he crouches to collect the card which feels like icy static electricity between his fingers.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			He stands and leaves the blue box and goes to the nearest steel door. He knocks and yells “K22 has an exit pass”. A small hole appears at chest level in the door and an electronic voice demands to be shown the get out of gaol free card.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			But the voice said it was a get of out of goal card!
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"Wait a minute... does this say gaol or goal?" he thought whilst rereading the card.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			As if by magic, as Jon looked at the card, the letters rearranged into gaol.   
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			The newly corrected pass appeases the guard who asks Jon to kneel with his hands on his head and to remain completely still.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			The next moment the guard exploded.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"Well that was unexpected" Jon said as he marvelled at the gaping intestine lined hole in the wall made by the exploding guard.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"So many strange things have happened. I'm starting to wonder if I'm actually a character in someone's story?"
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Jon disappears in a puff of logic as "The Author" puts their pen down on the desk, balls up Jon's papery universe and lobs it effortlessly in the waste paper basket.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			The author suddenly notices that the walls and most of their floor has disappeared and their desk is starting to get misty and flowing into the waste paper basket while a loud voice says "That's all, folks!".
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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