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Write a story set in the summer, when suddenly it starts to snow.

Posted in Summer on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Summer it Snowed” by Jaidyn Utz

Submitted to Contest #77

A young girl, Amelia, was enjoying her summer break. It was the middle of July, hot summer days filled with a cool breeze. She woke to the feeling of the warm summer sun shining brightly on her face. She took a deep breath, and rose from her bed. She took her two puppies out to her backyard to play. As she stepped out her back door, and felt the soft grass as her foot left the last step. Amelia ran around, played fetch with her puppies, and layed in the grass, with the feeling of the sun on her face again. A few hours later, she was parched....

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“Miami Ice” by Martin Buckell

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                          MIAMI ICE by Martin Buckell I stand there on the beach in smiting snow and biting wind. There’s already a white dusting on the ground. I clutch my Ambre Solaire, wrap a beach towel tight round my shivering torso and schlep back to the hotel.“What the fuck?” I say to the concierge.“Fucking climate change,” he says.I hear the distant whine of sirens. I go up to my room leaving a trail of me...

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“Under the snowy pretenses of our world” by Hylas Marner

Submitted to Contest #77

Just across the mountainous horizon, the summer Sun shone its dying beams. Here and there, across the plain, sparkles like the dust in a lonely bookstore leapt out through the light. It was the end of the summer, and it was beginning to snow. A mere centimeter from the window pane, Bernie gazed outside studying each twirl of every snowflake within eyes’ reach. The eyes focused and defocused, traced and retraced, for seconds and dekaseconds and hectoseconds… “Hey Bernie.” A beautiful creation had entered the antechamber. Their tall, lean...

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“Snow from the Treetops” by Carly Rickenbaugh

Submitted to Contest #77

Wind shakes the tent. It beats against the fabric walls in great gusts, sweeping over it like waves in the ocean. Each new breath of air sends the tent shuddering as if it might soon cave in on itself. Flapping fabric echoes with every breeze. Every sound and movement outside seems enunciated by the close confines of the tent. Beneath all these sounds is a great rumbling. It flows and ebbs like the wind. But unlike the wind, it comes from within the tent. One of his parents is snoring, but Jamie can’t be sure which one. Maybe both. He hudd...

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“The Arizona Tundra” by Szymon Kutchin

Submitted to Contest #77

Szymon Kutchin The Arizona Tundra Before the snow, locals were worrying about the Arizona landscape burning in the July heat. Now, they were dwelling in tunnels made of snow. Almost everyone was ill prepared. Living went from one harsh extreme to another harsher one. The snow had come out of the blue. It was the first snow in Phoenix for several years. At first several thought that it was the hazy grey ash from one of the fires that always seemed nearby. The ashen smoke always dropped the temperature a few degrees, so it seemed logical, but...

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“"Schism..."” by Talesha Nurse

Submitted to Contest #77

"Hea -teddd", were my words to describe this summer. Summer had barely begun and I felt like I was already sweating off my face. I think to some degree even my hair ends had began to spring some liquid, boy was it hot. I guess dad sensed the temperature that’s why he didn’t want me to go out today. “You got that right”, Mrs. Malik agreed, “Once you stay cool and stay inside you should be great, you know this much heat isn’t good for your skin dear”. I shook my head as I watched her gingerly walking away and wondered if she ever saw a ...

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“Blue Ice” by A Mehendale

Submitted to Contest #77

It’s snowing.Holy Hell it’s snowing.****************************************************************************“But soft! What is this? My eyes must deceive me!”Eira snorts, and tosses a bunch of the small yellow flowers lying on the ground at her. Yu makes no move to swat them away, too committed to her act, back arched and hands clutching her chest. They bounce off her left thigh.She carries on.“But alas, they do not. Oh say it is not so, that the madness has not come for thee, for my dearest friend.” She throws herself to her knees....

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“Summer Snow” by Katie Moyes

Submitted to Contest #77

Mary Ann sat in the meadow picking daisies as her sister Beth helped weave them into a crown. “I wish you didn’t have to leave like this'' Beth flicked her pesky braid back over her shoulder where it belonged. “I don’t know how long it will be until father calms down enough to see the two of you again” “I know” Mary Ann looked at her sister mournfully. “But I love Mathew more than my own life” “If it wasn’t for that Luckus Wills then you wouldn’t have to elope” Beth looked at her older sister. She was the most lovely thing in miles, it wa...

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“Draugar” by Krishan Shetty

Submitted to Contest #77

Scientists credited the abnormality to human behavior, namely global warming. Men in white coats filled up TV screens, wagging their fingers and expressing their disappointment in our collective efforts to preserve the planet. I of course, knew better. I am a man of science, not white coat material but a learned man, nonetheless. But in my thirty-four years of existence, I have come to know of realities that might perhaps push the frontiers of human existence as we know it. I could still see the sun when the pavement received its first ...

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“Heat” by Shelby Wagner

Submitted to Contest #77

She was swimming in sweat. She was standing under a large shaded tree, wearing navy light cotton shorts with a white tank top, and fanning herself furiously with a discarded paper plate. And yet, she was damp from the roots of her red hair to the little cracks between her toes. She hated the way they slipped around in her sandals any time her weight shifted. She was barely aware of her jaw jutting out, the way Peter said it did when she was less-than-amused, but she was acutely aware of the pain in her lower back. It was miserable standing f...

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“The Disappearing Sun” by Zachary S

Submitted to Contest #77

Lee woke up exhausted but eager to start his vacation. The college classes he took  were extremely difficult and went on for too long. He rubbed his temple, thinking about the stressful tests, the labs, the poetry readings. There were so many times he would stay up late at his desk sipping an energy drink while trying to finish work.  But, it was all over. He could relax now with a stress-free summer. He glanced at his clock, noticing that it was ten in the morning. Rubbing his eyes, Lee slowly lifted the blankets off of himself ...

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“Lady Jane's Legacy” by Jamie M

Submitted to Contest #77

Another day of errands to be done. Jane had become very bored with the routine of playing an errand boy in her life. She was in the heat of summer in the middle of a city she longed to be free of. The traffic, noise, bustling of people; she rarely found the advantage that had once been dreamt by the families who moved to this once undeveloped land. She, herself, had moved here for the opportunity that was promised in the newspaper.  She had grown up on a farm in the countryside of the Cotswolds. A place where so few families had ...

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“A Reason to Snow in Summer” by ForeverThando Mnguni

Submitted to Contest #77

The room I walked into was dim, no summer lighting source could penetrate the curtains that were closed so carefully stretching out at each end of the curtains, as though reaching somewhere it knows it cannot get to. The bed wasn't inviting but I made the bet to sit and adjourn the meeting I was called in for."Hi how have you been?" My aunt asked."Fine. I've been fine," I responded.Although it was human decency to always start a discussion with caution I was camouflaged."Good," my aunt responded, "that's good." She took a mome...

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“HOLES” by Mike Williams

Submitted to Contest #77

As Mike stared out through the kitchen window, his thoughts drifted as he watched the cardinal on the snow- covered bird bath. Now, eight years later, Mike was holding a golden ticket in his hand. Depart Kennedy International Airport July 23. Arrive Santiago July 24. Mike had never even known that Latam Airlines was an airline company. Latam Airlines was flying him to Santiago, Chile with all expenses paid. It was a dream-come-true in many aspects. It had all started eight years ago. Mike worked four consecutiv...

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“Snow Day” by Alex Hotsenpiller

Submitted to Contest #77

That summer was the hottest on record, it the town of Jitterbug, the kind of hot that rose up from the group in waves and made your clothes stick to your skin from the moment you set foot outside. It was the kind of feet that burned your feet right through your shoes. “You could fry an egg on the sidewalk,” said Ms Palenski. “It’s hotter than Satan’s house cat,” said Mr McLeary. “It’s just plain old hot!” said Suzie-May, who was seven years old and missing her front tooth.  But old Miss June just smiled and said “It’ll cool off soon eno...

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