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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 White Stag” by Juan Carlo Rodríguez

Submitted to Contest #77

He saw the white stag across his yard as the first snowflakes drifted down. He sipped his coffee and tried not to cry. He succeeded, but he knew what the white stag was telling him.John Coltrane drifted from the speaker, an almost perfect soundtrack. The man rode the notes off to memory lane, as the stag stared from across the slowly whitening yard. Back to... happier times? Better? Quieter?“Nah”, he said out loud. “Just different”.He took a last swig of the coffee and walked to the study. The old desk still stood, where three typewriters an...

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“Losing Control ” by Lilli Colbath

Submitted to Contest #77

"Girl" I gaze out the window as the landscape passes by. Snow is falling from the sky in little puffs. This is the first time Madam Adeline had ever let me out of the house where I grew up. I peer out the window and squint to see if I could see any of the monsters, Madam Adeline always tells me how the world outside was run by monsters. "Girl?!" Madam's calls, pulling me out of my day dream. Madam never calls me by a name. It's just "girl". If I even had a name then the monsters could use it against me. "Yes?" I reply, "Where are the ...

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“Valerie’s Fall” by Jim Mendenhall

Submitted to Contest #77

For two days, Valerie had stared at the ground from high above, watching the snow fall past her, giving her the disorienting sensation of driving backwards through a tunnel. For two days, she had watched the snow pile high at the foot of the tree. She had been a voyeur of the natural world, watching groups of forest animals gather, root in the snowdrifts for food, and cross the ice. A squirrel. A group of three deer. A black bear that stopped, reared up on its hind legs and sniffed, puzzled, before dropping back down and moving on.And for tw...

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“Snow Angels” by Niki Sykes

Submitted to Contest #77

Stefan closed the door behind him and surveyed the landscape before him through the safety of the split screen glass. For miles and miles as far as the eye could see lay a blanket of snow, largely untouched by footfall or human hand. It was hypnotic, somewhat trance like and somewhere from beyond there was a slight haze of pink and purple casting an almost ethereal light across the landscape. If he didn’t know better he may well have been dreaming. Everything about this place was beyond perfect and that was exactly how he needed things to be...

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“A Tall Tale Of Us” by Siuzanna Vyshneva

Submitted to Contest #77

It was the third year of my university studies. I was reminiscent of past winters, contemplating the melting snow. My eyes were glazed over with the sunbeams reflecting off surfaces. Last time I watched snow melt, I made a pledge to welcome intense sensation, whatever it may be. And as broad as it sounded, the universe was listening. I went back to studies at my Spanish university and the year was beginning pretty good. And then along came our new world literature professor. The first thing we all got to learn about her was that she was ther...

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“Silent Songs” by Rachel Baron

Submitted to Contest #77

There she sits, past the masses of thick hardbound books, past all the university students making use of the music library, at the far right corner staring out the window. Staring at the snow drifting down over the city, like a blanket of serenity. A slight body swaying to the notes. Crashing, melding into one, fingers moving like delicate dancers. Loud, then quiet. Happy, then sad again, filling the room with noise. Rich harmonious sound that grips the heart and holds on for eternity. The music keeps moving on like the sea, rushing in then ...

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“Imprints ” by A L Burn

Submitted to Contest #77

Distant church bells murmur their way into my mind. I blink back into the present and look out at the white garden. A robin dances into my vision, flitting between the rotting bird house and jagged greenhouse window. A weird pang of jealousy knots in my gut. She’s free, unencumbered by weighty bouts of misery or relentlessly tethered to memories. The bird flies from the garden, as if it could sense my negativity like a predator. I slide back into my hollow place and let her face pour into my vision. *** “It’s a bit dire isn’t it” H...

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“An Unexpected Day ” by Breanna Barber

Submitted to Contest #77

Laila stood looking out her bedroom window to see the sun rising and the snowflakes riding the breeze. She shivered while in her purple footie pajamas and pulled her blue fleece blanket tighter around her shoulders. As she went to turn away, she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the window, her fine grey hair hung around her face in ringlets, and if that wasn’t enough to show her how many days she has walked this earth, the wrinkles caressing her face were. Sighing, she walks the few feet from her bedroom to her kitchen, with her c...

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“Truth ” by Ishika Kaur

Submitted to Contest #77

TW: self harm, death Dr. Avery Jackson and her sister both ran a mental hospital together. It was a cold snowy day. She was just about to go home. When, a nurse called her "Dr. Avery! Dr.! Irina has slit her wrist" The Dr. went to the patients' ward. The patient was crying bitterly looking at her bleeding wrist. Irina was ten years old. "Irina sweetheart, what did you do to yourself? " "I wanted to go to the cafeteria. This nurse doesn't allow me" cried the child. "I will bring you there. Let me do the dressing first" smiled the Dr. "Mary, b...

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“Conspiracy purple” by Day Goncalves

Submitted to Contest #77

-sure boss, I'll close down after getting the cargo. No no, sir don't worry about it, it's, it's just an ugly storm, I'll be fine. Of course boss, you too. Well, now, let's check the cameras. With all these cameras this could be a reality show, about a brave security guard that closes down the building, a very, no, the most dangerous work. He sits down, and he puts on his special glasses to do the job... because he has myopia. He has a confidential mission, to receive the coffee capsules, in the middle of a storm, in a building all to himsel...

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“The Hidden Rooms” by Jameela Van Der Schyff

Submitted to Contest #77

It was snowing heavily outside. Whenever I tried to do my work, the howling wind kept calling me, as if to taunt me. I had an important project that I needed to submit tomorrow, and if I was late or the work was incomplete…my boss would have my head. He wasn’t an easy person to negotiate with and especially if I hadn’t given him the work on time. The only problem was, I was the only person in the office and it was already half past midnight. My brain was too tired and I couldn’t keep my eyes open no matter what I tried. The tapping sounds th...

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“When the Lights Go Out” by Kerrie Clements

Submitted to Contest #77

It was a typical Wednesday afternoon in December. Harry was working at his desk. He was a reporter for the local paper, Sizzle Biz. “Harry. My office. Now”. The voice boomed from the chief’s office. Harry really didn’t like this man. He got up and made his way over to the office. “Coffee, Harry?” asked Jenny. She sat at the desk opposite Harry and was about to go out and get some lunch. She knew he wouldn’t want a sandwich; he never ate after 11am. “Latte with a shot of vanilla please” smiled Harry, “and two sugars”. Harry glanced outsi...

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“When Cold Sets In” by Colin Devonshire

Submitted to Contest #77

“Did you shut the door?” asked Joe.“Of course I did, do you think I’m stupid?” answered Greg.“It’s bad enough having to work on a night like this.”“Did you drive in?” asked Greg.“Yeah, I would not walk,” said Joe.“You live near enough, I didn’t have a choice,” mumbled Greg.“Aargh, look, the light is on in the accounts department.”“That’s Polly, she’s new,” Greg’s eyes lit up.“How can they force a girl to work on a night like this? Especially a new member of staff. A brilliant manager she has,” said Joe.“She messed up an order from a new adve...

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“Snow day at work” by Georgette Ball

Submitted to Contest #77

White. That's all she can see. Well, and maybe a little bit of light trying to get through. There's snow in her shoes and her feet are beginning to freeze. The car is at least started and the warm air hits her face and wet feet, but she realizes fast that she's not going anywhere. The clock on the dash says 3:14, which means she's been rocking the car back and forth for at least 10 minutes, and she's auto genius, but this seems like a no-brainer. Hands at 2 and 10, Callie leans forward and smacks her head on the steering wheel a little har...

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“TRAPS AND DOORS” by D. Son

Submitted to Contest #77

The whiteboard where Crawford had showcased his ideas to us, his team, was there in front of me. The ink was a dull green, the content was just dull. We had finished a meeting in the conference room, and I was back to retrieve my mug which I had forgotten. There was no one else in the room, and when the window started rattling suddenly, it scared me.I looked over and saw the window shaking like it was shivering. I walked to it and looked outside. The snow which had been there on the ground in the morning was still there, but some of it was r...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jan 22, 2021 EST

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Title: Burying David

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