Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Next Time” by Kane Fedde

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He was soaked through the bone, his coat long since becoming ineffective. His voice had been shot for an hour, now, and yet he still called her name, hoping it would be carried to her. It was instantly eaten, deadened by forces far behind his control. A hand clamped his shoulder, and he spun to see his neighbor, and his friend, standing there. Her coat had long since become useless useless, too, and her long hair whipped at her face like a nine-tail. She had to shout just to be heard, despite her own voice being rough. “There's nothing...

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“Fire as Fine as Wine” by Joshua Blanco

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"Close the door," moaned Charles. "Close the door, damn you!" In a defiant glare she kicked the door shut it banged like a gunshot. She spat on the hardwood floor, letting it drip and touch the red carpet. "That enough, you old crook?" she said. She unhitched the wine flask from her waist, popped the cap and down the last bit of wine. It burned her throat, giving fire to her lungs. "You would've let the wolves in," he said warily. "Who knows what's out there?" He bent over the planks, and inspected them with eyes as clear as prime. ...

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“ A Young Chemist in a Unstable Colloidal Suspension of Crystalline Hydrogen Oxide in a Solution of Gaseous Dinitrogen and Dioxygen” by Raime De Vries

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Condensed hydrogen oxide crystals collided with my face. Since I was not at rest with respect to the fluid that carried the crystals, many impacted my exposed skin at more than the particles’ terminal speed. I could feel my entropy dispersing into the crystals and breaking up their lattices. The crystals however, were not the real threat; the true danger came from the invisible and entropy hungry gas that used these crystals as a visual indication of its presence. As compared to the crystals, far more of my internal energy went into satiatin...

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“Pan Dora's Terminal ” by Frida Snow

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Almost there! Just a little further! But where is it? My pod locator shows it’s here, and I remember leaving it by this ginormous ravine; it should be here! Where? Where! Sweat dripped from my brow onto my screen as a I checked again, obscuring the green safe-marker icon. My head ached. I could scarcely draw breath, and the breath I did draw was thick and sickening. I squinted, trying to make out the reading on my screen. Oh no. Dread seemed to pool in my gut: I was on the wrong side of the ravine. My five-minute alert assaulted my ears. Gre...

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“The Aftermath” by Carolanne Flowers

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As the office door slammed shut behind her, she cringed, and her body tightened in response. She hesitated and then lifted her head, squared her shoulders and walked out with a determined gait that she did not feel. “Fake it ‘til you make it” she muttered to herself and began the familiar, yet lonely walk home. Grace turned towards the beach and stepped on to the boardwalk, wondering if it was safe. Each board creaked beneath her weight and branches had been strewn randomly across it. She looked ahead and the horizon mirrored the bleaknes...

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“Ice” by Wendy Goerl

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For seven days, the pounding against the shield doors made it hard to even think. Five times we exchanged the bright, blue-white light of the Cave's grid-powered lights for the sickly yellow of the emergency lights when exposed substations were hit or enough water got into the Cave's ventilation systems to trip the emergency shut-offs. Most of the time, I didn't even have the yellow lights; I sat in the darkness of my closet of an apartment. When I could think, it was about how small my bank account was and how soon the rent was coming due...

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“Under Water” by Raymond Fuller

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I’ve always had difficulty waking up after a long night’s sleep. My father used to try to get me up in the morning by telling me that I was Sleeping Beauty without the beauty or that I could be Sleepy, the dwarf from Snow White if I were a little taller. He thought he was funny; I wasn’t amused. I lay there, eyes closed as I gradually became aware of my surroundings. Somewhere in this normally slow process, I realized that it was pitch black. My room was never pitch black, what with my alarm clock (yes, I’m old school) and my cell phone cha...

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“The Monster of the Outside” by Robyn J

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There’s a monster outside. It shrieks and rages, insatiable and endless. It speeds through the air, sending trees toppling and threatening to cave in the roof. Boundless amounts of anger fuel it, but it has become my friend. It is a distraction from the Inside, where the people feel nothing but anger. Inside, there is a battle raging, almost as fierce as the Monster of the Outside. When the people of Inside start to war again, the Monster always seems to strike, and then the people disperse to hide from the Monster. No use screaming when ...

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“White Sheet” by Anonymous Red Panda

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Max sat inside the weird box, his head outside the hole, watching the world moving backward and disappearing. He closed his eyes, feeling the wind on his fur. [ "Vivian, please hold Max and make sure he won't jump outside the car." Angelica said to her daughter in the back seat, worried. ] Max opened his eyes, when he heard his name, turning his head, to look at Vivi, wondering. [ "Come on Max." Vivian said, holding Max and getting him away from the window. ] Vivi pet his head and picked him up, making some weird noises, that his na...

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Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 69 stories

“Next Time” by Kane Fedde

“Fire as Fine as Wine” by Joshua Blanco

“ A Young Chemist in a Unstable Colloidal Suspension of Crystalline Hydrogen Oxide in a Solution of Gaseous Dinitrogen and Dioxygen” by Raime De Vries

“Pan Dora's Terminal ” by Frida Snow

“The Aftermath” by Carolanne Flowers

“Ice” by Wendy Goerl

“Under Water” by Raymond Fuller

“The Monster of the Outside” by Robyn J

“White Sheet” by Anonymous Red Panda

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a couple who have just moved to a place that one person loves, and the other hates.

Write about a character arriving in a place unlike anywhere they’ve ever been.

Write a story that feels lonely, despite being set in a packed city.

Set your story in a small town where everyone is suspicious of newcomers.

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