Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

You and your friends visit a local haunted house to celebrate Halloween. The line to enter wraps around the block, and as you wait to get in, people dressed as monsters jump out of the shadows to scare you. You can hear screams and good-natured laughing coming from inside the house. Finally, it’s your turn. You and your friends begin to walk through the house and hear…nothing. What’s going on?