This story is based on the prompt, "science fiction," by 
The balloon invasion
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To everyone’s surprise, they came by hot air balloon--quietly, one by one.
There were no spaceships. There was no whirring or bleeping. No little green men. No abductions, and no violence.
But each town they passed immediately suffered an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood, tsunami, or volcano.
The natural disaster apocalypse.
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