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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

“Memories” by Trica Ricca

Submitted to Contest #77

“This is dumb.” I whisper as I rummage through my closet looking for my snow clothes. “I should just cancel, right?” I say as I look up and see Janessa sitting there at the foot of my bed. She’s grinning, flipping through my photo album. “Hello? Earth to Jay.” She laughs and glances over at me. “You know it’s not a big deal. It’s not like you’re getting married Charli. You’re just going to the Christmas Tree Lighting.” “Well duh, I know that. But like, what if it sucks? What if he realizes that he made a mistake and he doesn’t want to be hom...

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“Sudden Snowfall and Hazy Horizons” by Inkstained Introvert

Submitted to Contest #77

In June, we reached the horizon. Merry reined in her horse and blew out her cheeks, marveling at the dusky grey dome curving above us. It reached far into the sky, so tall that only by looking miles above you could you see its curvature. Already visibility was low, mist swirling around the liquidy wall like we were on a cobblestone street in London. Merry tilted her neck back, mouth agape, wonder in her sparky eyes. “Did you ever think it’d be like this?” Dom’s horse stamped the ground impatiently, its jerky head movements jingling the bit. ...

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“Only Two nights” by Joan Warburton

Submitted to Contest #77

The wind howled mercilessly, whirling snowflakes into frenzy on the already coated garden. Jack’s green- flecked eyes gazed through the cottage window and wondered if it was ever going to stop? He hated snow, no, detested it. Only his love for Susie had brought him to this remote cottage deep in the highlands. Only two nights, but hadn’t expected it to be so isolated, with no amenities or so much snow. Arguably Susie did tell him ‘that sometimes; but not often, they got snowed in.’ She’d laughed at his shock and dismay, saying that ’it...

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“The Concert Dance of Snowfall” by Emmanuelle Shemko

Submitted to Contest #77

A coyote howls, having just caught fresh prey; a snow bunny struggles unsuccessfully, aching to break free. A sleeping brown bear is tucked away, snoring deeply, and she is curled around her year-old cub. Red-bellied robins sing songs about the liberty and freedom of flight. The forest smells of dewy pine needles, of auburn sap before it is boiled into sticky maple syrup. This place is filled with youthful flourishing air that gently tickles the skin - it’s the nipping cold that awakens the body into recognizing the beauty of nature.&...

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“Red Snow” by Matthew McLean

Submitted to Contest #77

On days like today, Taci tried to remember how much she used to like her job. She sat behind her desk, hands clasped in front of her, trying to bring out the shining, white grin that the parents of Personville students had come to expect and love. It wouldn’t come. Instead she shuffled through her notes, thinking about what she would say to each couple at today’s parent-teacher conference. She reflected on the observations she had made on each child and, in doing so, thought about the carefully curated half-truths that the notes represented....

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“Icy Temperament ” by Leslie Bedenbaugh

Submitted to Contest #77

Ice cream in the summertime sounds like a nice idea until you give it to a toddler. My daughter’s face was covered in vanilla streaks and her brand-new clothes were sticky and stained. It took me several napkins to get her cleaned up and by the time I was done, she gave me that signature smile that she knew would get her out of trouble. And once again, it worked. “Look how fast my boat is going, mommy!” my son, Dawson, shouted. “It’s going faster than Daniel’s!” His older brother looked quite displeased with that statement but kept his e...

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“A sudden snow” by Mikai Bryant

Submitted to Contest #77

“What,” he asks and lifts his eyes from his acoustic guitar, realizing I had been staring at him for the last five minutes while he strummed a tune on his guitar. For a second I didn’t realize he said anything, until he repeated the question with an accompanying sharp snap of his fingers. “Nothing,” I mumble and avert my eyes to the several classic horror movie posters in his room. I realized that when teachers asked him who his idol was, he probably said John Carpenter or Alfred Hitchcock rather than the usual response of my dad...

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“How I hate snow ” by Connie De Sousa

Submitted to Contest #77

It's a snowy morning. I hear the wind whipping it around the house. The vinyl siding on one side of the house rattles incensidly. A catalyst for the snow begging to enter the warm confines of our humble dwelling. The heater kicks in but I don't feel it's warmth immediately. The heater is working fine but the house still feels so cold. I think it could be just my imagination. I tuck myself deeper into the couch cushion and the blanket that Jack lovingly wrapped around me before he left for work. I let out a low whine and will myself to go bac...

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“Comfort and Style” by Kate Cornwell

Submitted to Contest #77

I had agreed to come with Ethan because I needed a new life. I needed to get out of the rut working 8-5 had me in. I had been getting antsy for something different and when Ethan brought up the idea of living in a cabin in the woods, I jumped at the chance. My mother and I hadn’t spoken in years, ever since I originally moved to Texas to escape our constant bickering. She saw it as a betrayal of trust, of our relationship and everything she had done for me. Which, at the end of the day,&...

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“Frozen hands and warm hearts” by Horrendous Pegasus

Submitted to Contest #77

The coldest weather can create the warmest of hearts-Aanya stared out at the white world through her window. The way the snow caressed everything it touched, the cool wind that howled as it passed by, the delicate snowflakes falling daintily down-she tried to remember it all.Aanya remembered a lot, for a seven year old.She remembered the woman she called mother-though that seemed to be aeons ago.She did not remember her father- all her mind supplied was a kind smile, eyes that were growing dim, and someone sickly lying on a poor makeshift be...

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“The Right Thing” by Zayna Rahman

Submitted to Contest #77

She ran her slim fingers over the cool, frozen glass. Soft snowfell gracefully to the ground, swayed by the wind. That small flake was lost amongst the snowfields. A sigh escaped her as she turned her back to the window, unwelcome memories swarming at the back of her mind. Too late, she was already reminiscing. In the winter of 1990, a young boy by the name of Alex Mendoza ran past mountains of thick white snow and stumbled over stray patches of grass. His icy blue eyes were full of fear, but somehow hope too. “Alex!” she yelled ...

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“The Frozen Abyss ” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #77

Harold was a lone man, tired and starved. His last hope of warmth, long gone and forgotten to this infinite storm. He could not turn back and what surrounded him was certain death. Although frozen for miles in a reflective white and daunting grey expanse: Harold had finally made it to water, not knowing he’d been traveling up a stunted wave the entire time, further and further out to sea. He now found himself surrounded by fragile chipped ground. One step down and forward could mean: plugging into a frigid abyss. There was nowhere el...

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“Frozen Flowers” by Cherry Ann Rosario

Submitted to Contest #77

White crystalline objects fall down from the sky. It was such a wonderful sight to watch. Xarissa a young girl was looking at those crystalline objects from the window while lost in thought. No one know what she was thinking but you could see different emotions when you stare at her eyes. She sigh and open the window and look outside to see the ground that was frozen, she smile gently and remember something. It was also snowing that day it didn't bother her from looking outside the window too in amazement. A soft cough startled her ...

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“You’re Not Joe” by Tedi Carey

Submitted to Contest #77

It started out just like any other work day...lousy. Tonight was even worse! There was a blizzard blowing outside. It was one of those nights that I was glad that I worked indoors. My job as night janitor can get monotonous...even downright boring at times. Enter the office, first sweep around the room is to dust and collect the trash. Second sweep is to straighten anything that is out of place and vacuum the floor. Same thing every office every night. I expected more of the same tonight. It didn’t matter to me that it was Christmas Eve. I h...

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“An extraordinary surprise” by Carolyn Bayne

Submitted to Contest #77

Deep in the heart of the tropical mountains, where the greenery of the hills and the valleys stood out and the roads bends and forks in to different corners, until you approach the flat service and beyond that, lay a quaint cottage, surrounded by rows of plants, followed by exotic flowers and rows of fruit trees. Martha and Joe Bradshaw lived happily together along with their two children, Josh and Jodie. It was paradise for them, being self sufficient in everything. The cottage was single story with four bedrooms, a fair size kitchen...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jan 22, 2021 EST

Won by K. Antonio 🏆

Title: Burying David

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