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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

“Blizzard Reward” by Bamboo Devi

Submitted to Contest #77

Blizzard Reward Tick tick it's 4.00 in the evening. Only an hour to go but loads of work to be done for the presentation. Will I be able to finish it before the deadline? I do not want to lose this job. I have spent years on this project. Whether I like it or not, my further growth in the organization will be decided by this project. Almost everyone left, my eyes are still glued to the screen with the hope that I will be able to complete it in some time. However, nothing seems to be in progress, still, yet refer lots of reports. Aha, good ...

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“ Fantasy world” by Daniel Adeniyi

Submitted to Contest #77

I thought it was the end of the world. It felt like an abyss of total emptiness. I tried to make myself believe that it was nothing but a phase until reality flashed in my face, staring maliciously,I could hear it's wicked laughter in my head like a serious case of déjà vu but this time it's worse. It rang in my head like an Eminem rap song on repeat mode. It kept playing over and over again, it almost made me go nuts. "What the hell happened here". I said to myself. The room was a perfect example of complete silence a...

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“A Hidden Value ” by Penelope Rose

Submitted to Contest #77

I yawned and sat up in bed.What a great rest. . . Oh, wait, what time is it? I hope I’m not going to be late for work,I squinted at my clock, remembered that I needed glasses to see, fumbled around for them, and heard something fall onto the floor. Great. I didn’t want to step on them so I gently put my foot down, tapping around for them. That's an old sock. That's a book. That’s-That feels like my glasses. Thank goodness I didn’t smash them. I reached down and grabbed them, slid them onto my face, then finally looked to ...

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“The Inevitability of Destiny” by Maya Ad Astra

Submitted to Contest #77

I narrowed my eyes at my office’s window. Is that a blizzard outside or have I finally lost it? I crossed to the window and sure enough, it was a snowstorm raging outside. A storm that, to my knowledge, had started suddenly and was not in the forecast. Is this Chione’s handiwork? I chuckled wryly and then laughed out loud. When I was little, my dad would say that anytime a storm came out of nowhere, a god or goddess was pissed about something. With a sudden storm like this, it could only be because of Chione, the goddess of snow....

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“Southern Hospitality” by ErikAnne Davis

Submitted to Contest #77

"What the frilly fuck?" Edwina Walker, known to friends and family as Neddie, mumbled to herself as she gazed out the dining room window of the Smithson's Forest Hills B&B where she lived and worked. Snow was coming down pretty thick. Which did happen on occasion in North Georgia though usually not in summer, three days before the 4th of July. "Hey y'all come looka this." She called out to those back in the kitchen getting breakfast ready."Hang on." Macon, the adopted son of the owners, called out. Neddie thought he was a sweet kid, thou...

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“Greetings from Naturals.” by Shlomo Reuben

Submitted to Contest #77

It burns. And yet, after a few days, those pieces mend together. Then again, the cycles reiterate, repeating as a poisoned arrow struck through the neck. I care no longer for my three brothers and two sisters; they employ themselves in the interests of our parents. The big, old family business tends to animal slaughtering, cornfield harvesting, and taming different wild beasts. Although that last one is of little interest to me, I’d appreciate watching them break dragons and mythical creatures. Should they ever decide to accept that challeng...

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“Goodnight Josie ” by Hope Emilia

Submitted to Contest #77

Trigger Warnings: Themes of drug use, alcohol abuse, and emotional upset. “Goodnight Josie!” “Goodnight!” Josie called back, waving her arm above her head as her friends drove off into the night. She watched the tires of the old van kick up sand and rocks as it rocked back and forth through the desert. She turned back to quietly creep up the driveway, hoping that she was sober enough to sneak back in without being noticed. Josie made it to the front door, fumbling with her keys and even dropping them, in her drug-induced...

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“Snow in the Summer” by Eva Kralt

Submitted to Contest #77

It was the morning of a beautiful day in the middle of summer.The air was a little cold, as it often is in the early morning. All the families in the little town were starting to wake up. All except the Brown family, as they had been awake long before the sunrise. But that was not alarming, because they often got up early. This day started out normal for the people of the little town, but little did they know that they would run into a big surprise later. It all started when a little girl named Violet Cody woke up.She had brown hair, brown ...

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“Snow is out and you will doubt” by June Lee

Submitted to Contest #77

“Heads up!” Brett’s voice starts to fade in, my vision gets clearer, and then the ball hits my face. It hurts but not the I-need-to-be-delivered-to-the-hospital kind of pain because I zoned out for a while and my body was quite numb. He run towards me and asks me if I’m good. I nod at him, saying that I’ll take a break, and then I walk to the bench to sit. The world felt like a different place for a moment and then boom, I’m back. I look around the park while I wipe my face with a towel. The heat is burning us o...

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“Global Cooling” by Audrey Burrell

Submitted to Contest #77

It was a nice, hot day. A perfect one to call summer. Everybody was outside with their children taking walks or playing outside games. All the children were thinking about how much they missed school and the adults were wondering if they were going to need sunscreen. However, the workers at NASA were all inside, trying to decide what to do. "We don't want to call on a worldwide panic." Said the systems administrator. "The less they know, the easier it would be for us to work fast." The others nodded. The pressure was the one thing they had a...

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“The Last Summer” by Sean Jannay

Submitted to Contest #77

It was August. The afternoon sun beat down like a hammer upon the earth, and the apartment buildings seemed to sweat through glass pores. Children ran through the streets for brief periods before being recalled by their parents to refresh their sunscreen, while the adults huddled inside by the air conditioners. A thin white line appeared in the sky, near the horizon. Most paid it no mind. Within a minute, a low roaring sound could be heard over the children in the street. People began to look, brows furrowed, in the direction of the sound -...

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“Fresh Cracked Eggs” by Matthew Eubanks

Submitted to Contest #77

In the afternoon it started to snow in an unusual way and at an unusual time. How did Mother used to put it? She would tie up the back of the lace dress and and say, “It takes a soft wind to hear things.” She meant you had to listen hard to hear people's voices. Snow in June was very unusual for Oklahoma but not unheard of. But it made for a barren landscape. Everything would be flat and white for miles. There wasn't much to say about the snow. She sat with Preston on the couch that had holes and didn't say anything because there was not muc...

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“Misty Mountain” by Bojan Aleksić

Submitted to Contest #77

Misty MountainA lone figure was struggling to move through the thick snow upon Misty Mountain. The world was ruined long ago and only a few fortunate and desolate individuals survived the influx of the inner aliens. It had been more than twenty years since the invasion and nature had revitalised itself miraculously. It had again become pristine and the snow upon Misty Mountain was particularly sparkling that morning.Eventually, the man reached a tiny log cabin, which was leaning against an enormous oak tree, and entered it. The interior of t...

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“Cabin Ways ” by Christian Hinrichsen

Submitted to Contest #77

Cabin Ways jchinrichsen88a@gmail.com Jordero Mountains. Merrill and Asa ride a reindeer sled up the eastern slope of the Ever-met Mountains, a few miles north of Fort Kapaka. A Kapaka steers the reindeer carriage up the mountain slopes. The carriage arrives at a hunting lodge. Merrill wears a polar bear-fur coat over his chain shirt. Asa wears a similar dress over her studded leather hide armor as well. She fixes her red-brown hair as she is helped off the carriage by the Kapaka dwarf. The male Kapaka dwarf wears a padded armor shirt ...

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“Brad’s Cold Secret ” by Yolande Lesley Ann Leff

Submitted to Contest #77

“Why don't you go up to the cabin this weekend and get some decent rest. Just you alone. Your mother and I can take care of the kids. What do you think? I should have said no to my dad at that moment but here I am, forced into isolation. Although, I can’t deny that I’m rather enchanted by the silence. No phone, no internet, no electricity, just me and nature. Thankfully dad stored enough firewood two weeks ago for just in case otherwise I would be forced to chop wood in this unbearable cold and to be honest all I want to do is curl up with m...

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Title: Burying David

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