Blackout on Meteorite Night

A sudden power outage isolates a small town as a low light flashes in the sky.

You sit alone at your kitchen table as the power cuts out abruptly. Outside, a distant glow pulses beyond the hills, strange and unsteady. Begin where your fingers trace the rim of a cold glass, the silence pressing in around you.

Start here: Describe your hand touching the cold glass rim

Focus

Concrete sensory detail

One rule

No direct mention of electricity or stars