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

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“LifeQuest” by Lisa Wentworth

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Week 11 Set your story in a remote winter cabin with no electricity, internet, or phone service. Fran was a sensible girl, not generally known for flights of fancy. Francis, or “Francis-Bread-And-Jam” as her mother lovingly called her, found an early love of stories in these books. In fact, she wasn’t a bad writer; won lots of awards and even scholarships in High School. But, alas, she got a sensible job in a sensible office, and writing took a back burner. Until Fran reached an age where she felt if she didn’t get away and explore...

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“A week at the cabin” by Taylor Zimmet

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"Whoever said it was a good idea to come here should no longer have a say on family vacations", I said as I sat on the sofa near the fireplace. Frozen. Probably not literally frozen but I felt like it. I never felt so cold in my entire life. I would have checked my mobile to see how cold it was outside, but there was no phone service or internet. Of course. Of course, they would take me somewhere that didn't have mobile service. "Mum and I thought it would be a good idea to get away from the city. Away from the drama of everything for Chris...

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“Snow Fight ” by Gwad Rètrö Rumerz

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22nd December 2020 - 12:00 PM – Moonlight County Kevin looked behind as he was running to the nearest neighbor he had in the region. He reached into his pocket and picked his phone, he had his neighbor, Andrew’s number on speed dial. He held the number one for a few seconds on the keypad of his Blackberry. The phone dialed the number but he heard a voice on the speaker saying, “The phone number you have dialed is not available at the moment.” He dropped the phone. He could see Andrew’s cabin insight He sprinted harder. The pain in hi...

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“Winter Escape” by Christian Singer

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After stealing away in the early dark hours, enough coffee to keep her awake for a week, and eight hours of unfamiliar roads, the traitor arrives. As promised, the unlocked cabin contains an enormous fireplace, a comfy couch, loads of blankets, a quaint kitchen, a medium-size bedroom with king-size bed and a closet just big enough for a six-year-old to stand in, and a claw-footed tub. With a sinking feeling in her gut, she walks out the back door. A hundred yards away she finds a tiny shack with a moon carved in the top of the door. She groa...

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“Resting Along Unfamiliar Trails” by Stephen Jones

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Rest. He had been saying that he wanted rest for years. But now, now that it was in front of him, he felt restless. His eyes searched the regular repeating lines of the horizontal logs that made up the cabin wall - looking for something to occupy his mind. His gaze rested on an old poster, hung under a pair of cross-country skis that paralleled the sloping ceiling - implied motion. The happy, illustrated faces of the skiers felt distant in time and disposition.His phone buzzed in his back pocket, but when he reached for it, it wasn’t th...

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“Peace at last... As shall it last! ... ” by Maissa Loueti

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It was when he decided he had enough... Enough of humans, enough of stress, enough of bragging and also nagging... He decided he needed the rest and so he started his quest. A quest in a desperate search of peace; And so peace at last... Staying in a far away cabin, a cabin in the middle of nowhere but still found somewhere. A cabin so empty he could hear his breathing echo, but it was not empty... It was filled to its fullest with his heavy steps; As heavy as the snow fall outside. It was winter time. It is a time when cosy and warm are mo...

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“Escaping Convenience” by Don Hill

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Watching the lower right corner of the computer monitor like a hawk eyeing a field mouse, it seemed to take forever for 5 p.m. to roll around. With a mere 8 minutes left, I started packing my laptop messenger bag when Marti craned her neck around and piped up, “John, what are you doing? You can’t start shutting down now.”“It’s almost time to head out. I have to pick up my wife and head to the airport,” I said.“It’s not fair to the taxpayers. You can wait a few more minutes,” Marti said.Oh, how I loathed my clock-watching boss. If it wasn’t b...

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“Nest” by Animesh Kulkarni

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Tiny freckles in the air started descending from the grey silent skies. The angry cold wind harrowing whole night long had turned into a tender breeze and with it came down the flakes gently; floating whirling and waving before settling on the barren earth that lay still in the gripping cold since last few weeks. The first flake commenced its last and long journey from the skies to reach the dark globe it had been seeing for long from heaven. It set out with a free fall hoping for a better destiny, unknown to it. All it could see was a blue ...

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“The Getaway” by Kathleen Slayden

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I hear the scratching almost as soon as I put everything away. The little rural store a few miles from the cabin didn’t have a huge selection, but it would do. I am starving when I return to the cabin, ripping open an extra-large bag of peanut M & M’s and eating a few before I carry the groceries in. When I returned from the store, I had tried to balance three bags of groceries on one arm, as well as the candy. The M&Ms slipped from my hand and spilled out, scattering everywhere. I left it. Maybe that was a mistake, I think now, as t...

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“What Is Brave?” by Naomi Scoggin

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What is bravery? Is it standing firm in the face of danger? Is it doing what is needed, even when your insides feel like they are crawling with terror? Who can say? ~~~ Ellen and Marie shared excited smiles. They were heading for the Lodge, the small hunting cabin that Ellen’s family owned on the far edge of their property. The cabin was completely off the grid – no phone, no electricity, no running water. The girls had even left their cell phones at Ellen’s house. They had decided to spend part of their Christmas break on an old-fashioned...

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“A Weekend Getaway” by Reija SIllanpaa

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“Here' we are.” James pushed the cabin door open. He stomped the snow off his boots before stepping in. “It’s a little more rustic than I expected.” Stella wrinkled her nose as she took in the hunting regalia and the old school furnishings of the cabin. When James had suggested a weekend away, this wasn’t exactly what she’d had in mind. “I know it’s not quite the Hilton or even a Travelodge, but you just wait until we get the fire going and light some candles and it will be so romantic.” “Never took you for such a romantic type,” Stella gigg...

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“Becoming Donna” by Lizzie Johnson

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Right. Well, I don’t know what I expected but this wasn’t it. It had just passed noon when I — through the forest and pulled up into what I guess you could call some remanence of a driveway. A vague path curved around a lone tree in the clearing, it was surrounded by long blades of grass that only recently seemed to gain the courage to venture into this bare area. The trail stopped just short of the entrance to the cabin, and as I parked the car, I looked up at the wooden structure. It was a cabin of decent size, though the fence around it, ...

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“Paul” by Johnny Manc

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The cabin was silent but for the soft crackling of embers in the hearth, and those glowing cinders gave scant light to the dark space as Daniel entered from the evening snowfall. He cleared his throat and wiped his cracked lips and long beard with a cloth that was once white. He shut the door behind him and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. Another wave of nausea came and he grabbed the doorknob to exit again, but the spell subsided. He let out a groan and felt the sweat on his forehead, the beads chilling him further. He had been ...

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“The Abandoned Winter Cabin ” by Daniel Harris

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The latest patient stretched her arms and felt her surroundings before remembering where she was, and what had happened the night before… but she couldn’t. “Ah, you’re awake” said the doctor “I was beginning to worry” The girl blinked a few times trying to remember who she was but she didn’t seem to be having much luck with that either. “I have to ask, why am I here, have we…” she quickly checked beside her bed for any unmentionables “it’s alright, I just don’t remember” “We haven’t met, but we were travelling together, I’m trained i...

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“Bad Luck ” by Alex Arias

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Bad luck was sort of Reg’s thing. He didn’t think Jess understood the scope of it, although she’d probably heard his friends joking around. You must’ve really screwed up in a past life, they’d say. Maybe you were a serial killer, or a terrorist. An unholy Pope, or a corrupt politician. Still, he wasn’t sure how prepared she was to spend a weekend with him out in a cabin. Something bad was going to happen. Many bad things would happen. It was fact. For all she had planned, he would be surprised if they got through half the list. Jess had t...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 246 stories

“LifeQuest” by Lisa Wentworth

“A week at the cabin” by Taylor Zimmet

“Snow Fight ” by Gwad Rètrö Rumerz

“Winter Escape” by Christian Singer

“Resting Along Unfamiliar Trails” by Stephen Jones

“Peace at last... As shall it last! ... ” by Maissa Loueti

“Escaping Convenience” by Don Hill

“Nest” by Animesh Kulkarni

“The Getaway” by Kathleen Slayden

“What Is Brave?” by Naomi Scoggin

“A Weekend Getaway” by Reija SIllanpaa

“Becoming Donna” by Lizzie Johnson

“Paul” by Johnny Manc

“The Abandoned Winter Cabin ” by Daniel Harris

“Bad Luck ” by Alex Arias

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

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

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