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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 ‘room’ (BTS x male Reader)(gay) (Ft. Lee Taemin)” by Suzuki すずき Fuji Itsuki ふじいつき

Submitted to Contest #77

(Your name is Kenji) You’ve worked at this hotel for a long time along with Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook, Kim SeokJin, Taehyung ,and Kim Namjoon, and your boss Jung Hoseok. You always worked the late shift for no reason as you sometimes had to work the whole day due to Hoseok. Hoseok alway had his eye on you even if your doing good at the task he was given, it gave you an off vibe about him, so you asked the others if they’ve been watched by him as well they all just said “no”. Confusion hit You probably as hard as a truck would’ve, speaking ab...

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“The Icy Waters Of Yesterday” by George Davis

Submitted to Contest #77

The Icy Waters of Yesterday...George Davis (A True Story) The young man came to Stroudwater, a small section in the city of Portland Maine where his friends, two brothers lived. He rode his bike over from Westbrook in search of a Christmas tree for his school classroom in nearby Westbrook. He asked the brothers to help him find and cut a suitable tree. The sun, bright on this December morning, reflected off the snow that laid like a beautiful white carpet on the frozen ground; warm for that time of ...

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“Adapt.” by Vibes Blossom

Submitted to Contest #77

The sky churned into a hail-storm, obscuring the elegant forestry view from Mathew’s workplace. News channels on multiplex televisions roared about this blizzard and instructed the city not to get out of their roofs. Mathew’s workplace was cheese with bewildered mice criss-cross running, clamourously. A wiry haired man constantly complained about his ancient car being cramped by the snow. In the cling of this storm, normally calm people unleashed their madness as if it was the end of the world. Some complained about them being stranded fro...

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“The Cottage” by Toni Baxter

Submitted to Contest #77

What a wretched place. ‘Wretched’ wasn’t a word that tended to occur naturally to Harriet, but there it was, tragically cliché and every bit as ugly as The Cottage itself. Usually she enjoyed snow, but then usually it could be enjoyed in comfort. Wrapped up, with a hot chocolate, watching pale fluttery flakes fall from behind panes of previously underappreciated double glazing. Possibly there was booze involved. She recalled such snows dreamily, from under a duvet as thick as she could buy, but as cold as stone all the same, and she wished s...

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“The Red Door” by Aisha Khan

Submitted to Contest #77

It was ironic, that a door which was intended to attract as minimal attention as possible was painted a vibrant red color. I thought it was funny too when my employer first told me to simply ignore the door when I came to work. I mustered the courage to ask her, “Why did you paint it red?” She smiled, “Because it’s a warning color.” Obviously, I wasn’t convinced. But some of the other staff who came to the library behaved as though they were. They had to be, because they had satiated their curiosities by simply engineering stories of what c...

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“STRANDED AT THE MALL ” by Vickie Culbertson

Submitted to Contest #77

STRANDED AT THE MALL My manager had scheduled me to work until closing, weather prediction had called for flurries of snow. No expectation of any significant precipitation this evening of January 22, 1983. I changed the price tags on the items I was conducting an inventory on. Baseball shirts, blue jeans, and carton socks folded and placed in disp...

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“The boys of Summer” by Richard Hawkins

Submitted to Contest #77

The year started like no other. Its was like everyone had lost there minds. The election was filled with scandal. Truth was lost in a media blitz to dishonor everyone in office. Nations were left starving While men in office were bought by the highest bidder. Our nation was being blamed for every disaster on the earth. The world leaders withdrew from the peace talks. We were betrayed by our own leaders. Military secrets were published on the internet. Our silos were full of missiles and they no longer worked due to no maintenance. Then came ...

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“An Unwelcome Homecoming” by Kate Reed

Submitted to Contest #77

Travelers don't typically fly from our small airport in Pocatello, Idaho. Sure, in recent years there has been an effort to pique interest by adding flights to nearby attractions such as Las Vegas or Jackson Hole, but most people will drive to Salt Lake City two and a half hours away to catch their flight in order to save a few hundred bucks. When I was 16, I had just finished my Junior year of High School. That year, I met Mar Ordi, and exchange student from Malgrat de Mar. A town in the Costa Brava area of Spain. We were wild together. The...

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“Summer Stroll” by Priscilla Castro

Submitted to Contest #77

The heat hits my face as I step out and I check the weather, 80 degrees. It’s not the longest walk, but it sure as hell isn’t the shortest either. This mid-July humidity doesn’t help make the distance feel any shorter. Only a couple steps away from the building and I have already started to sweat, a milestone I felt I’d reach at least 5 minutes in. I can feel it on my forehead and at the nape of my neck, not dripping but just enough that if I were with people it would make me self-conscious. I tie my hair up and hope this walk will be worth ...

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“Beyond the Space” by Simona Erminaite

Submitted to Contest #77

I was sitting in front of the mirror, staring into my own eyes. They were violet. I was still not used to my looks. Truth be told, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this look. Golly, it’s been exactly a year already since it all happened. When I looked in a mirror a year ago I saw a reflection of an ordinary girl. I had messy light brown shoulder length hair bleached by the sun, freckles on my cheeks and crystal blue eyes. Well the only thing that looked out of the ordinary was that I had quite pale skin for a surfer, other than that I loo...

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“Love is ice-skating outside in the summer” by Adam Lynch

Submitted to Contest #77

‘Oops.’ Martin verbalised after triggering a sudden snowstorm in the middle of summer. It was the witching hour, prime magic time, and he had attempted something relatively simply. Execution was where things went wrong. Instead of the small duck pond across from his block of flats freezing over Martin had started a violent flurry of snow of indeterminate size. He stood at the centre of said storm acutely aware of how much trouble he was in. Three or six glasses of red wine rendered Martin’s reasoning slightly skewed to the extreme. Teleport ...

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“Last Gasp” by C P

Submitted to Contest #77

They woke up, laying on their stomach.Groggy.Feeling out of sorts.Their head throbbing with a grinding headache.Keeping their eyes closed against the brightness around them, they shifted position.They tried to roll over, and groaned. Everything was sore, aching. Their ribs complained at the movement, their neck started to spasm, their back and hips tightened up.Their legs tangled in the sheets as they tried again to turn over, flopping back on the bed. Exhausted from the movement, and short of breath.They must have pushed too hard on that la...

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“Eduardo” by Laura Endeacott

Submitted to Contest #77

The bad times were over and I was feeling good again. All winter and Spring I had been ill. Very ill, they said, but eventually I was allowed to leave the clinic and gradually I began to regain some of my strength. My husband was relieved to see me more like my old self and suggested, now that I was stronger, that a change would do me good. Somewhere in the sun, he said, and I began to plan my summer in the sun. 'I'll finish the job I've been working on and join you later, in September, and we can explore the Roman ruins there. He sounded ...

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“Snow Lady” by Jovan Ivančević

Submitted to Contest #77

That fine late autumn day, we were heading to examine and inspect the new railway line which was being built near the city. Actually, the line was old, but the tracks had to be new as 30km maximum speed wouldn’t take anybody anywhere. As I have figured out, you are back at the beginning of your journey or into your bed instead of reaching your destination. “The Chinese and Russians are building it. Come you silly dog, we should check out the progress”, my “walking manager” put the leash on me and we were on our way. To bark you the truth, I ...

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“When Hell Freezes Over” by Max Cochran

Submitted to Contest #77

When Josh emerged from bed that morning, he hadn’t any idea what a good story this day would be, if there would be a future to tell it to. Walking to school, he counted the cracks in the pavement, 44 total. After eating his breakfast rations, he put his mask back on and went to class. It was a perfectly normal morning to accompany a perfectly normal day. The bell rang, triggering the pre-recorded announcements. ‘Good morning students of Oakville High School! Today is Wednesday July sixth, 2118. It is 106 degrees and cloudy…’ “As usual,” so...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jan 22, 2021 EST

Won by K. Antonio 🏆

Title: Burying David

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