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

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“The Conundrum of Living” by Zilla Babbitt

In winter one forgets summer ever existed. One forgets how to live. Can a man who is warm understand one who is cold? No, he is warm. He is in a different universe entirely. Can a dead thing feel pain? No, it is dead. It is in another life. Can winter feel warmth? No, it is dead. It is outside of warmth. On Planet Ten not only does winter feel only deadness and cold, it feels no joy, so fully is it dead. Winter here on Planet Ten is truly winter. Nothing m...

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“The Last Time” by Writer Maniac

Will tries to pull the door open, while I watch, slowly unable to feel my feet which are almost covered in ice. I shake the snow off, trying to get some feeling back in my feet. I rub my mitten covered hands together and put them on my face, attempting to feel some heat. He keeps pulling at the wood, and finally, with a jerk, it opens, pushing him on the snow-covered gro...

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“Regrets, Hallucinations, and a Winter Cabin” by ✯𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯

Your life is filled with regrets now. You are now stuck in a remote winter cabin, with no electricity, no internet, no phone service, no food, no water, no people to talk to. Just you and the winter cabin, strangled in the middle of the woods. Trying to survive. Now you wish that you never listened to that fake poster. But, you can't blame yourself. You needed money anyway. You needed to help your mother to be healthier. You had no money to do the operation for her. So you thought that the poster was your only chan...

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“Breezy Winter Vacation” by XANDER DMER

Here we go again... staying in the same old, dusty, creepy looking cabin. No Heat, No Electricity, and No Wifi, which sucks! so this is the only place we can stay in, while we have a cold, boring winter vacation. Mom always says that I cant use my phone nor play Video Games while we're on winter vacation. We have to spend time together as a family. There's nothing to do... I'm starving right now and we have just enough food that will last less than a week. We were going to stay here for five days, but the stay had to increase because a bl...

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“A Spark in the Cold” by Corey Melin

The time has come for Jake to head to his cabin once again. This time it is going to last for a while. Part of him wished it would be forever, but not possible in his current predicament. “One day it will be mine,” he muttered. He drove up into the hills, pondering if he would have to put his chains on since the snow was getting deeper and deeper.

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“On the Run” by Akshaya Sutrave

Author’s note: Personally, I feel this story would have been better with a few thousand more words, but that’s the word count limit for you. Everything here is completely fictional! And PLEASEEE critique it (I don’t mind how harsh or to-the-point it is, as long as it is constructive)The coldness of the snow stung my feet as I plodded through the icy ground. My feet sunk into the soft snow of the once green hinterlands of Tasmania. Chilling wind bit against my...

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“The Enigmas Of The Lake” by Orenda .

Snow came as heaven’s sunlit glitter to bring our world to a new shimmer. It danced in the night; a choreographed ballet conducted in the freezing wind. Kids imagined themselves roller-skating over the frozen surface of lakes and flapping their arms and legs on the snow heap to resemble cute little penguins. I cradled my hot mocha cup in my hands as smoky ghosts curled out of the liquid and dispersed in the air. My mind wandered around to the distant hills where the orange-gold stretched far and wide, the colours of...

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“A new beginning ” by Asha Pillay

Paula was enjoying the ride, it was a bright sunny day and the sky looked crystal clear. She could see the birds soaring up into the sky and she felt as excited as them, she was going to meet her parents. Last time she visited them was six months ago, she had such a busy schedule that it was difficult for her to take some time out, finally the project was over and she had a few days on hand and thought of spending them w...

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“Not All Stories Have a Happy Ending ” by Kate Reynolds

Content Warning: Includes blood and murders/deathsThe moon hung high in the sky, half hidden by clouds. It cast a dim light across the ground, making it seem like it was coated in a layer of frost.A lone figure was walking home, shivering from the stinging, night air. She was taking a midnight walk, wanting to get away from her messed up family, even if it only was for a few minutes. She was young. Way too young to be experiencing the things she was. But she was the sweetest, most...

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“A Time for Contemplation” by Moon Lion

Rachel shivered as she came out onto the balcony, tightening her thin cardigan around herself. She stared out the wide expanse of pure white, squinting because the whiteness of the snow burned her eyes. The sounds of scraping from the woods were the only thing that shattered this crystal moment. Everything was still, crystallized in ice and snow. Perfect. The branches on the trees were so excellently coa...

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“Snowy Forest” by DionTre Speller

I remember walking down a common hiking path up the snowy mountains in Montana at 3:00 in the evening. While hiking in these mountains sometimes it is hard to get a signal; but I was only going to walk this trail for 30 minutes or so and come back to my car. I start stretching by my car for a little while. I reach my hand in my coat pocket, grabbed my phone and checked the time. It was 3:13pm. I noticed a weather advisor...

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“all the things she said” by Masha Kurbatova

Work was ghastly. Roman needed a break. No better time than the winter holidays, when cheer sloshed through the city, unbearably wet and merry, like the snow melting on asphalt and mixing with confetti left behind by endless parades. He’d go up to the little cabin, he decided, up in the mountains, relax away from the forever-smilers and the always-happy. Clear his head. He’d given his boss a note. The ma...

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“The Revelation” by Daniel R. Hayes

“It’s time for dinner!,” yelled Bob. He fixed a wonderful pot of spaghetti with a side of garlic bread, and a fresh garden salad. He set the dinner plates at the table, and there was no sign of anyone. He yelled again, “Dinner, come and get it!” He heard no reply, so he walked over to the family room and found his wife Julie busy texting away on her phone. “Julie, where is everyone, didn’t you hear me calling?” ...

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“Mountain of Silence” by A.G. Scott

If a man dies in a remote cabin, and nobody remembers he ever existed, does he really die? Martin Roth etches these words into the jacket of the last book left in his once expansive library. The rest of the lot are hollow bindings strewn about—frayed, leathery carcasses curling in the winter sun that pours through the window by the hearth. Mr. Roth cannot catch, even if he is looking very hard, the tiniest glimpse of the warped floorboards beneath his feet. His world is empty books and stacks of paper surroundin...

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“Sweeping up the Past” by Natalie Dafoe

The first thing you notice is the sun's rays, peeking through the dusty white shutters. They don’t close all the way, and by the time the light rises into the morning, thick bars of brightness shine onto your ceiling. Your eyelids fail to block out the bright colours of the room, and when you’ve tossed and turned for half an hour in bed, you begrudgingly get up.It’s only eight-thirty-one, your clock chimes in. You think with how bright it is it must be closer to ten. The thought of getting up early on a Sunday morning ma...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 249 stories

“The Conundrum of Living” by Zilla Babbitt

“The Last Time” by Writer Maniac

“Regrets, Hallucinations, and a Winter Cabin” by ✯𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯

“Breezy Winter Vacation” by XANDER DMER

“A Spark in the Cold” by Corey Melin

“On the Run” by Akshaya Sutrave

“The Enigmas Of The Lake” by Orenda .

“A new beginning ” by Asha Pillay

“Not All Stories Have a Happy Ending ” by Kate Reynolds

“A Time for Contemplation” by Moon Lion

“Snowy Forest” by DionTre Speller

“all the things she said” by Masha Kurbatova

“The Revelation” by Daniel R. Hayes

“Mountain of Silence” by A.G. Scott

“Sweeping up the Past” by Natalie Dafoe

🌟 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.

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

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