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

Posted in Summer on Oct 26, 2022

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“A Storm in the Light” by Eric Deitch

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Mother Nature is one heck of a woman. A comforting caretaker, helping you through the day, but she also has a bit of a temper sometimes. She gives you life but can also easily take it away from you. She can be hot one minute, then cold the next. Hard to predict at times, but you always feel her omnipresence: either for good or bad. I bring this up as there have been several times where she has tried to put a stop to my life: through no fault of her own, of course. One hot summer, early August, to be exact, I was working as an environmental...

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“The Tracks in the Snow” by Amanda Nowlin

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“Mom, is it going to snow today?” Alex’s four year old son, Ever, asked for the third time that day.“No, baby, not today.” She answered as she put another plate into the dishwasher. Never mind that it was the middle of June. She had tried explaining the seasons and the weather conditions needed for snow to form too many times to count. Her preschooler, however, remained unimpressed with her scientific explanations and continued his hopeful inquiry day after day. And never mind that even if it was the middle of winter, they lived in Southwest...

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“The boys of Summer” by Richard Hawkins

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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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“First winter” by Russel Lad

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The day started as usual with the sun rising over the horizon meeting the fluffy clouds, the fresh summer breeze, the morning birds singing their song. This was another day a grateful and splendid day… Yet I feel so empty so eager for something else to happen. I walked up every morning to the hill that separates two villages to meet my best friend Robert. There we roll down like two idiots to the bottom of the hill and compete who could walk the furthest in a dizzy state. He would win most of the time. That was 3 years ago. “What has ever ...

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“Goblins like Coconut, but dislike snow” by ILARIO UDINESI

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It would have been a wonderful day in the reserve -- except for the goblins. Coconut. The signs in the reserve said that coconut exposed in the open air for more than ten minutes would attract goblins. Of course, we didn’t believe this because there are no goblins in the cold climes we come from, and aren’t goblins anyway mythical creatures that appear only in the pages of fantasy books. Despite our disbelief, we were careful. We laid out the cheese and the charcuterie, the vegetables. In my mind I made a ment...

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“Snow!” by Shannia Haynes

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The last bit of sunlight shone on Luna's pale-ish skin through her bedroom window as the sun sank painfully slow behind the tall forest trees , signalling the end of yet another summer day. Luna sat on her soft , queen-sized bed reading a book and occasionally glancing through the window. She turned another page and swept her hair away from her face , her grey eyes sparkling and her cupid's bow lips turned up in a bright smile as she read each word. Her room was so silent that only the turning of the book pages and her even breaths could be ...

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“Summer Snow” by Christian Singer

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What in the world? Rubbing her eyes, Maggie admonishes herself for all the late-night cleaning and tidying the house. They’re falling faster now. This is not possible. Stepping out the back door, she marvels. Lifting her hands and feeling the fat flurries, she closes her eyes, hugging herself. How could it suddenly be this cold and snowing? Amy bounds out the door and whoops. “It worked, Momma, it worked! It’s snowing!” “What worked?” “You told me to ask God for the things I desire. He did it!” “You asked for snow in August?” Maggie sees...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 159 stories

“A Storm in the Light” by Eric Deitch

“The Tracks in the Snow” by Amanda Nowlin

“The boys of Summer” by Richard Hawkins

“An Unwelcome Homecoming” by Kate Reed

“Summer Stroll” by Priscilla Castro

“Beyond the Space” by Simona Erminaite

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

“Last Gasp” by C P

“Eduardo” by Laura Endeacott

“Snow Lady” by Jovan Ivančević

“When Hell Freezes Over” by Max Cochran

“First winter” by Russel Lad

“Goblins like Coconut, but dislike snow” by ILARIO UDINESI

“Snow!” by Shannia Haynes

“Summer Snow” by Christian Singer

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about two people going sledding for the first time in many years.

Start your story with someone looking out at the snow, and end it with them stepping tentatively onto a frozen surface.

Write about someone who gets stuck in their workplace during a blizzard and decides to explore rooms they aren’t normally allowed in.

Set your story in a remote winter cabin with no electricity, internet, or phone service.

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