Alice stared numbly at the TV as the closing titles brought the ten o’clock news to an end. The graphic transitions were as smooth as ever, the beeping of the outro music perfectly regular. It was a strangely calm end to what had been a deeply troubling broadcast. Alice couldn’t help but feel that strobe lighting and blaring sirens would have been more fitting. But that would only serve to sow more panic, and her anxiety levels were off the chart as it…
