Writing Prompt

It was 1967 and the Earth had been invaded. The weird creatures are highly capable of murder, and find their victims by sound. By the end of 1975, there was only 10 people left in Oklahoma. They joined together and agreed, they would use hand signs, signals, and gestures to communicate instead of talking.

The creatures had a very high sense of hearing, even one loud breath can be your last. The g...

Christmas is coming! Let’s dance and sing with plenty of joy we can bring! Tonight is Christmas Eve! I love seeing the fireworks! I have never heard them though, I’m Deaf. I love our Deaf community! That’s who I’m spending Christmas with. All of my friends. And my Deaf partner, Rae! I sign to my partner:

« I love you. Merry Christmas! »

They laugh.

« It isn’t Christmas yet, my love! »

I sign back ...

Annie’s watch said it had been three hours. About every thirty seconds she would press the button to check, hoping 21 hours would have passed by. Of course they didn’t. The watch wasn’t really hers either. But that was a matter best left untouched in her mind…

Currently she was in one of the small dirt tunnels, bent over to keep her head from whacking a stone on the ceiling. Her thought process, ...

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮, 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓸𝓯. 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓺𝓾𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮.

𝓑𝓾𝓽... 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓮𝓻.

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮, 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵. 𝓘𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵...

The sound of my sister sweeping downstairs begins to nudge me out of sleep. There is no sign of daylight thanks to the thick curtain I have hung over the only window in my room. Curtain is a loose description for the thick scraps of velvet material I found at goodwill and hand stitched into a makeshift shield between my bedroom and the drab town of Bedmont.

Whsssh whsssh whsssh… the hard fibers ...

Listen closely

And you will hear

The sound of nothingness

These sounds so dear

Take for granted

a baby’s cry

Take for granted

a random sigh

Once was clear

No longer there

Once you hear

Now you stare

Loss of hearing

Is part of aging

As age progresses

Tears are waging

Tessa🦋...

A bird, a chipmunk, and a squirrel made hand movements to get across their message. They ate birdseed with acid rain in it.

They couldn’t make a sound. Eventually they found a barn with a dirty floor and communicated by writing figures in the dirt on the floor. One knew a farmer who knew a doctor.

While scampering to the farmers house, they saw a horse they knew and scratched symbols in the d...

Her eyes. They are alive, excited, expressive, and deeper that the roots of an ingop tree. They speak more than words ever could. Which is one of the thousands of reasons I love her, and also the biggest reason we are still alive.

We are surrounded by the fog of hades. It is deadly if inhaled directly. I struggled for months to make masks that would allow us to breath outdoors. The only flaw is ...

Oh my gosh. Something horrible happened, and I am not going to speak to anyone. This is my choice and my choice alone. I can’t reveal it....

“Welcome, contestants, to the Room Of Silence. Your challenge will begin in a few minutes. I shall now explain the rule. Yes, there’s only one rule. The rule is: no talking. Any kind of vocal activity is forbidden. How will we know? We have attached devices to each of you, to detect any kind of voice. Whispering is also forbidden. If this rule is broken, you are disqualified. It doesn’t matter how...