Welcome to day seventeen of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on 
the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy.
Quiet
It’s so quiet. Peaceful. Except quiet doesn’t bring me peace. Quiet allows my mind to wander, allows me to think. The quiet is like a living, breathing thing. A malevolent thing that takes me deeper into the bowels of my mind, a place I don’t want to go. I have no choice. I am compelled to go there. I want to shout, fight the dark places, throw them away or shed light on them. But in the quiet, all I can do is think, ponder, and fall deeper into the abyss. The quiet stalks me, waits for me, and I succumb.
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I can relate to that one. During stressful times the quiet at bedtime can be quite haunting because I have time to think and dwell.
~Ninja Minion Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
Yes, I’m not a fan of quiet, it’s so easy to start overthinking!
Someone said he didn’t trust quiet. Knew it was plotting.
Quiet is my word for tomorrow, too. Well, sort of.
I must admit, I prefer noise to quiet! Oh am intrigued now lol 🙂
I love quiet! Haha although over time it can be very corrupting… XO
Yes, too much of it drives me crazy, I like a bit of background noise
One of the things that I treasure most is the quiet. I have to admit that it is at those times when I relate to myself the most.
Shalom,
Patricia
I’m not a huge fan of quiet (although not for the reasons in the story lol). I like background music for pretty much everything
Debbie
Visiting from A to Z. I love this, it’s very true for me sometimes although not quite on the same scale. I need background noise if I’m worried or else I’ll just worry needlessly. Great post!
I’m exactly the same, I concentrate better with a bit of back ground noise too! Thank you so much 🙂
Maybe that’s why I often like to work with some light music.
I like a bit of background music too 🙂
I love your picture for each day with the letter, the title and the picture. I really like today’s picture.
All very well done.
I also like your writing on the subject. About 100 words is a really good exercise to do for writers.
Great job.
Thank you so much 🙂 I’ve really enjoyed writing the 100 word stories. This is my first attempt at really short fiction.
Not a huge fan of quiet, which is lucky living with twins ha ha! X
Lol, yeah I don’t think you’ll get much quiet time! x