Write your story from the point of view of someone learning or teaching an extreme hobby.

Posted in Narrative on Oct 26, 2022

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“Saved by the Seat of my Pants” by Dru Sumner

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I’ve been skiing. I wore a ski sweater I’ve had for five years and thermal underwear covered with little pink flowers. The tag inside my jacket says, “ski jacket” and my red-bibbed pants I found in a thrift store are designed specifically for the purpose of skiing. I even rented the boots, skis and poles and came down a hill. So, officially, I have been s...

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“Mount Lion's Head Chalet” by Mark Andermann

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“Kids, good work today. Get psyched for our competitions tomorrow!” As I finish talking, the last of the kids on the Silvermount Ski Team skied up to the ski rack and removed their gear. I start herding the kids toward the Mount Lion’s Head Chalet, run by my sister Chloe. The chalet has been run by my family for decades, and this year I was appointed the head ski instructor and coach. I hold the door open for the nine and ten year old team, and we troop down to the lobby where the parental units await. While the team starts walking to...

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“Ginger and Peppers” by Maya Mason

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“So how does one get into this line of work,” I asked nervously. Sitting across from me was a thoroughly intimidating woman. It wasn’t so much her appearance. It was just her presence. Something about the way she sat in the room. She was very fit and pretty trim but somehow, just seemed to take up space. Her hair was thick and a striking ombre jet black to crimson red. The type of hair that made an impression. And then of course, there was the room itself. Not by any means a traditional office, something of an alcove off to the side of an in...

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“Zen and the Art of Sledgehammer Ping-Pong Ball Juggling” by Bennett Richardson

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At roughly the halfway point of the documentary on flat earthers, I sat up abruptly. My sudden movement startled my wife, whose eyes darted up from the game of solitaire she’d been playing on her phone between brief, disapproving head shakes about this stupid movie. “Look at that! Did you see that?” I exclaimed, as I paused the movie and fumbled with the remote, trying to figure out how to rewind. “What!? What?!” she yelped back, looking around the room. I pointed at the TV, “Did you see what that guy with the ponytail was just doing? ...

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Write your story from the point of view of someone learning or teaching an extreme hobby.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 19 stories

“Saved by the Seat of my Pants” by Dru Sumner

“Mount Lion's Head Chalet” by Mark Andermann

“Ginger and Peppers” by Maya Mason

“Zen and the Art of Sledgehammer Ping-Pong Ball Juggling” by Bennett Richardson

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Begin your story with a character crashing into something (or someone) while skiing.

Write about a skier who accidentally strays off-piste.

Set your story in a snowed-in chalet.

Your character runs an inn for resting mountaineers. It’s a calm life, until they encounter a twist of fate.

Contest #129

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