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From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.
(Feel free to continue it from there... I bet it could create a funny story if everyone built on it... It's from an old forward I've been peiceing together lines from every few months or so.)