Vignette Tuesday

Because I have guest posts but hate to give them low exposure by posting late, and because I’m either having massive autoimmune or the con crud returned in all its glory (either is possible.  It’s been a stressful month.)

So — the theme for this vignette (try to keep it to two paragraphs, under 500 words) — is “Almost the end of the world.”

I.e. how the world almost ended and how the end was averted.

Points given for originality.  (E.g. Bradbury, the end almost came because TV went out foreve...