The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
The Silence Before
by Ela Lourenco
Silence descends
Shroud of midnight blue
Not a leaf rustles
Not a creature moves
Twilight darkens
Time stands still
Blood moon is rising
Unlocking the gates of Hell
Earth groans as it vomits out
Ravenous fallen ones.
Flames flicker,
Drumbeat thrums
Silence is no more.
The scent of death lingers
Until the dawn is reborn.
Fiction © Copyright Ela Lourenco
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.
More from Ela Lourenco:
Dragon Born: Book Three
Awakening
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Spreading the Writer's Word 
A terrifically chilling poem.
Really atmospheric response to the prompt.