Write a story about another day in a heatwave.

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“The Dog Days Will Never End ” by Gia Nguyen

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”I feel so bad for their parents.” The kingdom has been terrorized by a vicious heat wave for years now— Warrior, please save us! You’re the only one who can defeat the menace that is Sirius, the Great Big Black Dog of the Night Sky! “I know right, I guess that’s what they call a freeloader. How shameful, does that kid not feel any remorse?” Fear not, I am on it! The same cut scenes and dialogues I’ve remember beat by beat flash dully on the small screen. I’ve been stuck at this one boss fight about around 3 years now, though it coul...

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“Xali's Oasis” by Ema Fancher

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The air burned. It was always hot, but Xali felt this heat in her bones. Every breath seared her lungs as she sat atop the plateau. The Conclave warned her not to go out again. But she couldn’t sit by and do nothing. She watched and waited for the squad’s return. Seven trips over seven days yielded nothing. Every time they came back empty-handed. Every failure meant they were one step closer to death. The Criod Zone faced frequent dry spells, but this sudden heatwave brought new meaning to that phrase. The community relied heavily on eight w...

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“Summer Daze Now and Then” by Sharon Raymond

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Summer Daze – Now and Then I circle the parking lot at the Memorial City mall and pass up a spot close to the entrance, my eyes scanning to see if I can find a tree. I see one poking up about five rows back. Zigzagging my way through the sea of cars, I get there and find three other motorists waiting for a woman with six packages, a crying infant in a stroller, and a hot, sweaty toddler to vacate this one spot of shade. One of the drivers is honking impatiently at her. She gives him the finger and I don’t blame her. I project as much coolne...

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“Fuming” by Helena Blanchfield

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Slowly sauntering along Fifteenth street in the searing sun, I feel a slight tug underneath my left foot. I must have caught it in a paver, I think to myself as I look down. Ewww what’s that?...In my horror, I see a bubble of brown on the ground near my foot. What the hell? Is that my sandal melted to the ground?. I jack up my left heel in anticipation for my Billabong sandal, that’s barely a week old, to follow. It doesn’t. The sole is stuck to the ground, I check the right, that’s pretty glue like too. Day three of my welcome to Mild...

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“Fever Days” by Shanna Adams

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This summer set record highs, just like every year before it for the past decade. The weather forecasters drip with excitement reporting on the temperatures. The weather causes a creepy look on their face while they talk incessantly about its humidity, index, and whatever other terms they say on the television. Their delighted faces begin to look like a doll’s each time the temp rises, and the perpetual heat is their puppeteer. Ugh! Every time I watch them repeat the same five minutes, it incites such anger in me. They have nothing more to...

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“Under the Dog Star” by David Jenkins

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I was awoken as our Superluxic rocket went into orbit around Sirius the brightest star in Canis Major. We had been asleep for the three month flight from Earth Three months to cover the eight point six light years to the Dog Star . I was the first to be called, just as I was the last to go to sleep, after I had made sure that the five hundred people on board were safely connected to the life support systems. Now I set about reviving the flight crew. Starting with our captain Jumo. Thankfully he was fine, but I refused to vary the procedure b...

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“Cool Down” by Tiersa Remisha

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“Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.” ~Ray Bradbury Orange. Yellow. Red. Sometimes blue. White. Hot. Fire. Roaring, spreading flames. The burning tongues eating wood, warping metal, shattering glass. Nature’s very own destructive beast – consuming everything it touches, marring and ruining and taking lives without hesitation or remorse, sucking everything into its orange-and-yellow mouth, even taking the very air from your lungs – “Max.” Lieutenant Maxw...

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“Too Hot to Handle” by Patti Foley

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Too Hot to Handle Oh God! I feel like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ. “I’m melting”. This heat wave has been going on for 9 days. The temperature climbing higher every day. It started at 80. We’re now up to 101. How much higher will it go? Is this the end of the world? Are we all going to boil to death? Or did I die and now I’m in Hell? Even the AC’s aren’t cooling things down to a comfortable level. And we can’t spend all our time indoors can we? Everyone is irritable and snappy. Especially Glen He isn’t normally the m...

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“Richard.” by Heather Ross

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Heart hot. Mind off. Sat in my back garden on an oak wooden chair with a creak in the side. To have a minute alone, a minute where I can finally be with myself. Peaking through my eyes, blurred with sun rays, I spotted a bee. How blissful to be a bee. Travelling with a backpack full of aims to each flower, collecting the fuel you need to go and share it with your family. Departing my vision from the creature, I view an almost abstract image before me. A million colours to take in. Rolling, tumbling fields of green, healthy grass. I had never...

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“Never Drop a Cat on A Hot Tin Roof” by Kathy Brack

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Crede dropped his line into the water and watched the bobber float lazily through the creek grass. The steady whine of black flies echoed off the dry cliffs across the stream, and the morning mist was just about gone as the day heated up toward noon. He focused on a water spider dancing spritely across the surface, deftly scooting left and right, seemingly unimpressed by its own unusual ability to defy gravity.“Walk on water”, he thought, “hell, that’s what she expected me to do.”“She” was Marla, his now ex-wife. Their relationship had ...

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“Panting Dogs Will Lie” by Caitlin Meyer

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“What actually is a… reinsurer? I bet you get asked that a lot,” the young woman chuckled as she fanned the beading dribbles of sweat with a voter’s pamphlet to no avail. I offered a tight smile as I cursed myself for having my beamer taken in for maintenance. I hardly ever take the metro to work, and today was agonizingly packed, as to be expected during rush hour in D.C., but I hadn’t thought of the time when I told my assistant that the date would be fine as I was half listening while going over the next week’s schedule. Even with AC, ...

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“Wrong Place, Wrong Time” by Gabriella Estrada

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The first thing I remember feeling was the way the sun was making my skin itch and burn. After being in quarantine for so long, my body had become sensitive to heat. I groaned, and my eyes fluttered open. The sun was right in my face, and my eyelids began to blink in pain. “Oh my god, are you okay?” a familiar voice called. I felt hands pull me into a sitting position, and I groaned again. “What happened?” I managed to ask. My eyes closed again, and I reached up to massage my temples. “You passed out. God, do I need t...

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“Bored Games” by Kiera Daniell

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My toes curled into the soft caramel carpet, my fingers dancing along the ends of my freshly cut hair. My tongue rolled over teeth, attempting to clean out the popcorn kernel that had been stuck there since yesterday. My eyes traced a string of light reaching into the empty room. My breath rumbled through my lungs as it left my body. “What?” My gaze drifted over to Jordan. He sat beside me on the ground; not touching me, but close enough that his body heat tickl...

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“Heatwave in the Hamptons” by Jacob Stephen

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Even a five-day heatwave couldn’t slow down the people in the Hamptons. Being from Texas, August afternoons featuring a thermostat inching above the 100 degree mark wasn’t that surprising to me. But Mikey explained to me that August was the busiest month in those little towns way out east on Long Island -- the towns that make up the illusive Hamptons -- mostly because of the breezier days and cooler nights: “The guys want to golf in white pants during the day and then drink their wine in Vineyard Vine pullovers afterwards. You can’t do tha...

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“Dirty, Hot, and Dry” by Andrea McCandlish

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When I left my work this morning, I wanted to take a stroll through the park. It was somewhat cold and misty the night before, so the ground was still a bit damp. Most people don’t enjoy this sort of weather, but I love mornings before the sun comes out and the birds are still mostly quiet. It gave me a sort of peace to be alone, and away from the sounds of coworkers and construction. I took my favorite tunnel to reach the park, and found it was busier than usual. It felt like I was squeezing through a dank, dark pit, only to be stop...

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Write a story about another day in a heatwave.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 177 stories

“The Dog Days Will Never End ” by Gia Nguyen

“Xali's Oasis” by Ema Fancher

“Summer Daze Now and Then” by Sharon Raymond

“Fuming” by Helena Blanchfield

“Fever Days” by Shanna Adams

“Under the Dog Star” by David Jenkins

“Cool Down” by Tiersa Remisha

“Too Hot to Handle” by Patti Foley

“Richard.” by Heather Ross

“Never Drop a Cat on A Hot Tin Roof” by Kathy Brack

“Panting Dogs Will Lie” by Caitlin Meyer

“Wrong Place, Wrong Time” by Gabriella Estrada

“Bored Games” by Kiera Daniell

“Heatwave in the Hamptons” by Jacob Stephen

“Dirty, Hot, and Dry” by Andrea McCandlish

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