The Girl Who Collected Silences

In a forgotten village, a girl named Mira wandered through abandoned houses and gathered silences in glass jars. The silence of a burned-out church. The silence of a letter never sent. The silence of her own heartbeat when she was alone.

People laughed — until the day she vanished. Her cottage stood empty, but hundreds of jars lined the shelves, each faintly vibrating. When one broke, witnesses swore they heard voices — confessions, arguments, prayers — like echoes from another world.

Years later, a storm shattered every jar at once. The wind that followed spoke her name.