Weird News: Yellowish Haze Haunts Australian Cities

Sand, haze, and other vision distorting phenomena have long been a staple of good weird fiction. It seems parts of Australia, particularly the city of Sydney, have come under the venerable, mysterious veil of a sandstorm. This has plunged residents into a surreal cityscape occupied by a yellowish haze, not unlike the one famously created by Thomas Ligotti in his story "I Have a Special Plan for This World." Though the sands may pass on whistling winds, the sense of strangeness created by these storms may not disappear so easily.

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