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The Silent Awakening.
#WritcoStoryPrompt71
You woke up feeling great. Your neighbours’ loud dogs weren’t barking and you don’t hear the kids fighting over toys. You proceed to follow your morning routine as usual and go to work. What do you think happened? Create something extraordinary as a story.


It was the silence that woke me. Not the normal clamour of barking dogs or kids fighting over the last donut. No, this morning, the world appeared to be covered in a beautiful blanket of quiet. It felt unsettling, like the silence before a storm or the stillness before an earthquake. But I choose not to question it. Perhaps it was a gift.


I got out of bed, showered, and dressed, appreciating the lack of chaos. Normally, by this point, the neighbor's dogs would have begun their morning duet, and the children across the street would...