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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

“THE SUCCUBUS” by Sivaram Govindaraj

Submitted to Contest #77

(SUCCUBUS: Is a supernatural entity in female form that appears in dreams to seduce men usually through sexual activity.)The clubhouse for skiing was on top of a hill in the Himalayas. I’m the skiing expert and needing to be here, I sent Arnold and Bernard who were my lieutenants to town downhill to get supplies. I was alone in the club house. From the chair where I was seated I could see a long way and it was all full of snow. I had muted the TV as I didn’t like the program and I could see the pictures of hospitals with Covid patients being...

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“Alone in the Silence” by Lisa M

Submitted to Contest #77

Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. There’s a rhythm to the routine. A stillness with the days now. The days seem to blend into one another. I thought about bringing a dog up here with me. I thought about the possibility of a dog. I thought that this might be the right time. But stopped myself. I realized that solitude meant just that— solitude. No people, no contact, no animals— just my own self absolutely a...

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“TO SKI OR NOT TO SKI, THAT IS THE QUESTION” by DAVID A JONES

Submitted to Contest #77

Date Line: The depths of winter, late one evening. Location: A remote log cabin somewhere in the snow covered Alps. The Occupants: A winter holidaymaker musing silently to himself, after arriving for a skiing holiday with his wife. ‘What on earth am I doing here? Why on earth did I come here? Why on earth does anyone come here? I didn’t want to come, it wasn’t my idea to come to this wretched, little place in the middle of nowhere, where it’s far too cold. ‘I should never have let my wife persuade me to co...

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“Haunting Memories: (Sequel) The Revenge” by Liz James

Submitted to Contest #77

Haunting Memories: The revenge (Sequel to haunting memories)Author’s Note: Readers, this is a sequel to haunting memories and this is 'kind of' related to the prompt...but I still hope you enjoy it! A part of it is* related! Okay, so I finally decided to write a sequel to ‘Haunting memories’. Like seriously I just thought of it, so before reading this you may want to read 'Haunting Memories Part 1' I had the story with me already but I didn’t actually know when to write it, so here it is!She had waited patiently for five years, five long yea...

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“Ashes and Snow” by Quill Porter

Submitted to Contest #77

Micheal rubbed his hands together as he walked down the street. He has his mittens on so, why is it still so cold? The wind blew his long blonde hair, entangling the beads and knots he worked hours to unweave. He should've bought his hat too then? He looked around to see closed shops and stillness in the air. The stone walls contrasted the moss, snow, and soot remains. Even the cobblestone street he walked on has soot and undeniably dangerous fire scorches. As if a large fire burned the whole place. His hometown was quiet, it alw...

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“Snow Day” by Kelly Pawlik

Submitted to Contest #77

The snow fell softly outside. A perfect blanket of white.Marcy was propped up on the couch, a colourful wool blanket tucked around her.“Do you have any fives?” Sarah asked.“Go fish,” replied Marcy.She watched as Sarah drew a card from the pile on the TV tray between them. Sarah was sitting in the green armchair, which she’d pulled closer to the couch.It was strange to see Sarah in a sweater. Normally the two of them were dressed in shorts and t-shirts. They would bike all over town and sometimes even venture into the woods. Then the summer w...

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“May Our Love Be Eternal” by Juniper Zeta

Submitted to Contest #77

A coldness hovered over the blinding white streets as Mr. Verratti returned from the World Trade Center. The clouds concealed the sky in a dreary grey monotone while the sun cowered behind them. Pale crystals blanketed the ground as flurry snow danced through the air. He trudged across the frosty ground, brushing a light dusting of snowflakes off his brown leather trench coat. His face contorted into a scowl as he stepped onto the welcome mat, for the gelid water had soaked his Testoni dress shoes. Shivering, Mr. Verratti fidgeted with his ...

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“The sun that saw forgiveness” by Fanis Lazopoulos

Submitted to Contest #77

It takes more than an ordinary sunrise to paint life on a pigment of darkness. Indeed, this one was unique in the way that it brought out a plethora of colors in a landscape merely composed of three notes: the many white hills, pine trees dressed in snow and the clear blue sky that oversaw them. It began with the sun ascending from the horizon as it met a little cloud that by all means had no business in such a vast sky all on its own. The sun kindly asked the cloud to disperse, for the land it would shine upon today was reserved for a rathe...

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“A Shadowy Night” by Karen Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #77

What a night outside, the night sky was clear and the stars and moon shined down on the land. What I can see from my window was just that stars, moon, and lots of snow. What caught my attention was a shadow staring at me behind a distant tree. It looked at me like it was wanting me, the eyes were the only thing I can see clearly. The way it was moving it looked like it was hungry or even evil but for what reason was it doing outside my window and staring at me. In fear of shutting my eyes I tried not to blink afraid it will disappear or even...

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“Star Wars ya say!!” by Ellie A-P

Submitted to Contest #77

Adam looked out of the window... "if you look up when it snows it looks like you're moving"! Adam was a bit of a geek and then turned and said "It could also look like the credits out of Star Wars"! Kaye joined her husband in this child like yet mesmerizing act. Both stood there for awhile in awe of how the mind can trick you into thinking you're moving! Taking pictures on their phones and trying to be 'arty' with the yellow hue of the street light. Smiling at people below slip - sliding to their destinations. Kaye worked in a care home a...

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“The Worst.” by Jackie Fallis

Submitted to Contest #77

I ain’t afraid of snow. It ain’t done nothing to me, didn’t take my da or my ma, never trapped me nowhere. I just don’t like it, and don’t like how it’s coming down and covering my front yard. It’s cold, for one. A seeping cold, gets into you and goes deeper and deeper until you realize how far it’s already in, like sadness. Depression. Those sorta things. They’re wintery. Snowy. Bitey, I guess. Don’t like that neither. Chilly’s okay. That crisp air in the fall when the leaves ain’t quite sure if they’re meant to be falling yet or n...

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“The Frozen Lake” by Fay Winter

Submitted to Contest #77

The snowflakes outside my window twirled and danced in the breeze, trying to settle on the window sill, or float down to join the layer of snow covering the ground. I sigh. Cold weather for a cold day. Today, is my little brother's funeral. Because exactly 1 week ago, my little brother, Patrick, was shot in the heart by a cold-blooded killer. And my own fiance, my own beloved Liam, killed him. My sweet, funny, gentle Liam killed my little bro. My little bro who I would have given everything to protect. I shrug on my long black coat and check...

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“Stone Cold” by Jen S

Submitted to Contest #77

I hadn’t seen the snow in years. In fact, I hadn’t been anywhere this cold in a long time. Though, this year, I finally came back. Looking out the window, the snow was fluttering down, gracefully and delicately. Mesmerizing. Beautiful. I blinked a few times, almost forgetting why I was here. I slowly got up and glanced around again. I was in a small boring house that I still owned, though it didn’t feel like it was mine. The exterior was rarely seen, as there were no neighbors nearby. The inside though, the inside used to be warmth, ...

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“A Snowflake’s Powerful Urge ” by All Original Girl

Submitted to Contest #77

She always really liked the snow. She was 11 now, more grown up and mature, but the snow always had a sort of magic to it that Nothing else could give her. She stared outside at a little girl and little boy making snow angels, just like she did a long time ago. “WINNIE!” “Sorry auntie, i was looking out the window to see the little kids playing around.” “Well we don’t get anywhere without hardwork, so forget those childish days. Now, lets try again and figure Out your power.” “What if i don't have a power Auntie?” “Oh silly goose, o...

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“A letter for Katherine ” by Yolande Lesley Ann Leff

Submitted to Contest #77

Far in the distance, close to the forest, stood a deer, chewing on the icy leaves. I could see through the window how the snow fell on her thick brown fur coat. Her eyes were wide open, she was on high alert. I wondered if she could see me from where she stood. She took off. Something must have happened. Shame. For a brief six minutes she was the only friend I had. The only other living creature. My thoughts were turning as cold as the snow falling outside. My head hurt and I could not understand why at first but then I saw my own reflection...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jan 22, 2021 EST

Won by K. Antonio 🏆

Title: Burying David

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