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#77: Snow Day

It’s deep into winter where I live and here that means one thing: snow, and plenty of it.

While I’m not the biggest fan, even I will admit that it makes great writing weather. There’s just something cozy about curling up with a blanket and a cup of tea, and losing yourself in the world of your imagination as flakes drift slowly past your window.

We won’t all be writing under those conditions this week, but we can still evoke that feeling. So grab yourself a mug of something warm, snuggle up with your laptop, and dream of the bite of winter wind on your cheeks…

This week's prompts

Write about two people going sledding for the first time in many years.

Fluff – 130 stories

Start your story with someone looking out at the snow, and end it with them stepping tentatively onto a frozen surface.

Winter – 233 stories

Write about someone who gets stuck in their workplace during a blizzard and decides to explore rooms they aren’t normally allowed in.

Winter – 162 stories

Write a story set in the summer, when suddenly it starts to snow.

Summer – 159 stories

Set your story in a remote winter cabin with no electricity, internet, or phone service.

Winter – 246 stories

Stories

“A Message That Combined Two Nations ” by Lunaria Dragonix

Submitted to Contest #77

Now that I am old enough to go on my personal journey. Zurich the Imp Messenger came to the door and knocked. Knock, knock, knock! I was surprised to see the message. As a surprise to me and my Parental Structure it was a message from our rival nation the Icy Elves, who used the element of Ice to create weapons. We Snow Elves use our abilities to create wards and shields in defense. We now have to find a way to get there without incident, but how can we move to our enemy line? How can we prevent war? Why is doing this important? Well they st...

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“The Sleepers” by Lizzy Duffield-Fuller

Submitted to Contest #77

I’m not supposed to be working the nightshift, but Llwyd missed his wife’s birthday last month, after the coraniaid incident, which meant we were all pulling doubles, and he had been in the dog house ever since. I agreed to cover his evening shift, so that he could creep home for Valentine’s Day with a cheap bunch of flowers and an even cheaper box of chocolates and try to win back some brownie points, even though Management (the type with the capital M) were very clear that shift swapping of any kind was not permitted. But the AFCU is alway...

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“What I Found in My Manager's Office During the Blizzard” by Story Time

Submitted to Contest #77

To Whoever Finds This Letter, Hello from Death. Or the Beyond. Or the Great Beyond. Whatever or Whomever you choose to believe in. I am not entirely sure I’m dead, but being alive would be a long-shot, since I am about to trek out into the snow after spending four long hours trapped in this bank. What, you may ask, were you doing trapped in a bank while the largest blizzard since the Tuscaloosa Torpedo sent frozen frogs and snowflakes flying around back in 1987? Well, it’s funny you should theoretically ask that, because as it ...

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“One day at a time of longing.” by Chazlyn Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #77

The day didn't seem to end. I observed the people go by as I sat and waited for a bus ride home at dusk when the wind blew to caress my face warm, and the golden sky kissed my cheeks goodbye. The trees are swaying through the summer breeze, causing the leaves to rustle and fall. I waited and inhaled the comforting scent of the salty ocean water and warm sand, then sighed in relief that day was almost over. I felt tired and peaceful at the same time. After working a long hour of today, the thought of home and lying asleep in my bed ...

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“Bring Me Flowers” by LILY DAWN

Submitted to Contest #77

*TW*: Death. I have tried to handle this topic so gently. I know TW's don't always work but please don't read it if it does trigger you. It was still snowing in Mordovia. Kendra stared out the window, close to tears. She hated it. She'd have to spend another year here, she wiped the tears from her eyes swiftly and looked back to the bed. Keagan was asleep, so she weighed the chances of opening up to him, leaving him here, or waking him up. Either way, he'd be angry. She shouldn't have cried, now she'd have a migraine for the whole day and ...

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“Wes Anderson Pink” by Brayden Lee Beavis

Submitted to Contest #77

They said on the news this morning that it was the hottest summer on record, but it just started snowing. The phone slipped from my ear a while ago, hit the tiles on its corner and slid to a stop. I don’t think I even moved to catch it. There is a tremor somewhere inside of me from a place where I keep things buried. I see the afternoon sun perched in the brilliant blue, but there are storm clouds rolling in with the snow. The phone started vibrating again at my feet, rumbling against the uneven tiles. That would be Mum with the news. ...

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“The Key of Eidolon: Brilliant Disguise” by Cara H

Submitted to Contest #77

Brilliant Disguise Grim and Frostbitten Hearts 3 December 2014 “Ugh, it’s getting worse,” forty-seven-year-old nursing assistant Pepper Baiij groaned as she looked out the panoramic front window of Trinity Retirement Community in Lawrence, Kansas at the blowing snow. “It’s becoming a full-on blizzard. Maybe I should come with you on your outdoor rounds, Mary.” “Wouldn’t do to have both of us getting lost in the storm, Hon,” sixty-four-year-old security guard Mary Fonseca countered. “You know I wouldn’t feel right if one of the folks wandered...

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“A Place So Unfamiliar” by Jellybean Weirdo

Submitted to Contest #77

"Make sure your out of the office by 7 today Anya. There is supposed to be a snow storm tonight." My coworker said as he packed up. "I'll be outta here by 5 I just need to finish some samples and I'll be gone." I said. I am a scientist that works in a research building for making cures for the diseased. "Make sure you lock up your the last here and the security was told to stay home so he doesn't get snowed in." "Alright Sam, you can leave now." I said paying attention to my work. Sam said his goodbye and left the room. I worked on the...

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“The Climb” by Michelle Ann Solis

Submitted to Contest #77

The world in front of me is white and sparkly. I need to squint my eyes as it’s almost too bright. It’s so different from the slushy, muddy and icy streets we just left behind. The ice rink is in the centre of the War Memorial Park, just next to the statue of the galloping horse. I love the sound of the fresh snow crunching under our feet but the closer we get the less I can hear our steps and more the music coming from the rink. It’s busy here. Looks like the whole department brought their loved ones to enjoy the day out. Everywhere I look,...

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“Silver Love” by Emma Harris

Submitted to Contest #77

January 21, 2014 Poof. The beautiful, white, crystal gently lowered itself to the ground only to quickly be covered by hundreds more. I watched as they gently hit the ground outside my window. It was the first time that I had seen snow in twelve years. I had forgotten just how beautiful it was. Taradiddle The thought of, even the small freedom, of an uncovered window An outlet to the world I no longer belong in Riveted by the seductress Khione Alert to the beauty that is just outside my reach Delighted by the smallest freedom Imbued by ...

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“Let It Flow” by Max Arlo

Submitted to Contest #77

Sweat wasn’t just dripping down her back, it was flooding. The thin material of her shirt was firmly stuck to even areas that didn’t seem possible. Grumbling, she pulled it away and tried to wring it out. It was like she had turned a faucet on, yet when she released the pressure, it was still thoroughly soaked. “Ugh!” she spat, throwing her arms in the air. There was nothing worse than a summer in Arizona. The dry heat seemed to suck the moisture out of your very lungs. It didn’t matter how much ice water she guzzled each day, she was alway...

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“Witless Woman in the Wilderness” by Deborah Mercer

Submitted to Contest #77

There were a great many movie and TV clichés that grated on Sylvia Murray’s nerves, but if she’d have had to pick her worst bugbear it would have been the one she termed Witless Woman in the Wilderness. Otherwise known as the one where Our Heroine, in mortal danger, retreats to a remote cabin cut off from all access to the outside world and often with a very iffy lock in the bargain, and if there were neighbours, the kind that made the Addams Family look like The Waltons. But that wasn’t what she was doing. That wasn’t what she was doing at ...

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“A Sub-Zero Conquest” by James Holgate

Submitted to Contest #77

A simple glance, a simple smirk and two feet joined the earth as Fabio’s visage lit up with glee as the desert of ice appeared before his very eyes. A humble lodge of mahogany and a view of the lifetime was all he needed as a wake-up call, whilst his life of adventure awaited him in the form of the perilous ski slopes beneath his cabin. At the age of 24 he lived a perfect life: his own house, his own lifestyle, and a job that brought jubilation to all around. As the owner of the ski slopes in the surrounding land, he allowed anyone and every...

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“Mint Condition” by Aveena Bordeaux

Submitted to Contest #77

It took three minutes to find the tall old-fashioned bookcase by the back door. It leaned forward an inch like it was injured and looked like it’d crumble into a pile of dusty wooden pieces. I would have turned around and went back to my Danish butter biscuits resting on the living room coffee table but then I saw the books.Weak books with faded covers and spines hanging off three measly strings of thread. Some had reached their expiration date, lying face down on the wizened shelves, covers fallen and crisp tattered pages remaining.I ran my...

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“A Slow Fire” by Roger Crane

Submitted to Contest #77

Sam kept a slow fire going in the huge fireplace. The snow had fallen afresh last night and the temperature had dropped precipitously, forcing him to run outside and get even more firewood. He sat in the overstuffed chair directly in front of the fire. Sam really was not much of a woodsman and had not used this cabin more than twice since he’d bought it, and that had been in the two summers since. It was definitely “off grid,” with no electricity, telephone, or internet capability, but it had seemed like a good investment at the time—what wi...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jan 22, 2021 EST

Won by K. Antonio 🏆

Title: Burying David

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