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Submitted to Contest #326
The cold had settled early that week, the kind that crept into the walls and stayed there. Even inside, the air felt heavy, as though the house itself had stopped breathing. Evan had noticed how quiet everything had become lately—the usual chatter of children outside, the hum of neighbors’ televisions, even the distant rhythm of the highway. All of it had thinned, drained away, leaving a silence that didn’t feel peaceful so much as waiting. He had started leaving the radio on just to fill the rooms, but even that had begun to betray him. Sta...
Submitted to Contest #325
He was at the seashore, finally.For the first time in years, there was no screen waiting, no notifications, no deadlines tapping their fingers behind his eyes. The world felt strange without the low hum of his computer fan — that mechanical breath that had become his own. He had spent a decade staring at the same flickering light, typing numbers that meant nothing, answering messages that went nowhere. The days blurred, the walls closed in, and he forgot how silence sounded.Now, standing before the sea, he realised silence wasn’t empty — it ...
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