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

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“POWDERHORN” by Sheila Payne

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"Last call for boarding flight 301 United Airlines, to Grand Junction, Co." came over the speaker. Tina checked her ticket, Oh gosh! that's me. She quickly grabbed her carry on bag, from the chair next to her, and proceeded to the boarding gate. She showed the stewardess her ticket, and made her way down the isle to the seating compartment, reading the seat numbers as she passed, 101 window seat, here it is. She put the shade up and put her bag under her seat, thinking about who would be sitting next to her. I hope it's not some screaming ki...

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“Howling Wild” by A. A. Thakre

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“It’s anxiety, Avirath,” said the man without lifting his eyes. “Wha... H-how, how do you know? You are no doc, Pranay.” “You don’t need to be a doctor to grasp the situation.” Pranay fluttered through the pages. “The report concludes everything is normal. Nothing is amiss and yet, you insist it is. So, where does that leave us?” He waited expectantly. On eyeing a contorted face, he sighed and added, “anxiety.” ...

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“Folded Cabin” by Mriganka Bhattacharjee

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Reeking of soiled white, the windows, the doors, the thin walls were. The window glasses – cold, and whitely coated. Surely it was snowing outside, but to such an extend no one could imagine. No one, to be exact, it was only Jake, there wasn’t anyone else to begin with. Jake exhaled some cold air and rubbed his dry like ice big hands together, generating at least some warmth. His trivial endeavours of successfully making a lighter flame out, succeeded. The little heat burning close to his face felt m...

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“Beware Abchanchu” by Jenne Gentry

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Nikki Reeves was startled by a loud noise just outside of the small, rustic cabin she rented with a few of her friends. She hurried to the window to investigate. False alarm, it was just a branch breaking under the weight of the snow. She let out the breath she didn't realize she had been holding and went back to stand in front of the fireplace. The fire was starting to die down. It's crazy how fast fire burned through the wood. A city girl, Nikki's apartment had an electric fireplace. She had no experience with the real thing and it d...

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“Matches” by Elle Weaver

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“Whose horrible idea was it to do this?” I asked the air, my voice catching and dying on the recycled hot air. I leaned my forehead and cheek against the cool glass of the window, looking out at the craggy rocks capped with snow. Phillip turned his head to look at me for a moment before turning back to the road. “Yours.” I grunted low in the back of my throat and had nearly gotten comfortable with my shoulder under the seat belt when the car began to shake and jump again as we h...

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“Tomorrow” by Eman Bright

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Joe My leg ached badly.I had to limp behind her, I went over boundaries just to make her trust me wholly. I had to do it, in less than a day, the deal would be finalized and I would be rich as ever. I had to do everything to make her trust me. “I can see a little house ahead, maybe the owners would allow us to stay for the night,” she said, her condensed breath shown greatly under the moonlight. We trudge along slowly, tired from the chase of my men. I had to made sure she believed I was on her side. She was just too hard to kidnap...

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“The Lost Cabin” by Miss Boo

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The viciously bitter wind bit my cheeks. Hot tears stung at the corners of my eyes and I swiped them away. My fingers felt stiff and numb inside my brand-new gloves. The gloves brought to mind the past Christmas. My last with her. Good times. Happy times. I shook the memories away and focused my attention on the steep terrain ahead. The grey sky hung like a dirty curtain over the snow-white mountainside. The hardy hemlock trees, burdened by the heavy weight of a late winter snow, stood tall and p...

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“Fireplace Goosebumps” by M.W. Nel

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“So how long are you going to be mad at me?” Alistair picked up the two glasses of water on the counter and walked over to the sofa. Met with silence, the only sound he heard came from the crackling of the fireplace. “Oh, so now I’m getting the silent treatment as well?” Still nothing. With a sigh, he moved to the coffee table, placed one of the glasses on top of it before taking a seat himself. Taking a sip of water, goosebumps ran up and down his body. He was grateful for the warmth of the fire, but it didn’t do much to keep out the co...

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“Warmth” by George Puscuta

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The fire crackled silently and uncaring, laboring away as if he had a job to do and was determined to do so exceptionally. His had always been the fate of mystics as lovers, schemers and all-around dreamers had come to him through the ages. Yearning for his discretion, his wisdom, his presence to bring them warmth upon many such heavy nights. Tonight, his was the only real connection the creatures reveling in his benevolence had, to the outside world. A connection that broke the barriers of time and understanding, he had witnessed it all in ...

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“To nowhere” by Arch R

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The cold sets in like a mouse trap; quick and painful. Suddenly your limbs flail around trying to salvage warmth where it exists but it's hopeless. All you can do is sit still and wait for solace to find you. The silence hurtles toward you like a scream, ripe with the agony of all the things felt and unfelt. The loneliness casts a shadow that elongates, becoming twice the size of your body, making you seem insignificant in comparison. Lila was three days, two hours, and 27 minutes into her stay at a frilly cabin well-appointed in its A...

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“Angels In the Mountains:” by Grayson Killian

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The sun is shining through the window. You can see the dust floating through the air, the cabin smelling like oak from the Oaktrees outside. A hand trails over someone else's hand. "Goodmorning love" the husband says to his wife. " Goodmorning" the wife smiles at him as she is rolling over in his arms. "What shall we do today?", " I don't know, there is not much we can do here since there is not any electricity." The husband looks outside from the bedroom window to see it snowing. "Hey look it is snowing outside." She looks towar...

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“The Offering” by Marvin S

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Well at least they took that bag off my head. As he pulled himself back to his senses, it took the boy’s eyes a moment to adjust to the light around him, despite how dull it was. Once the image resolved it revealed the bare inside of a rickety wooden shack. Lit dimly by light pouring from cracks in the walls and ceiling, the only things Jarin could spot in the room was an unlit hearth, a small, rusted brazier lying in a corner, and the support column to which he was presently bound. This sure is fantastic.“Sure took your sweet time waking up...

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“The Cabin” by Alex Paul

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Ella woke up Saturday morning with a feeling of sadness inside of her. For a second she forgot why but then she remembered the note from her mom from the previous morning. It was for her and her dad, since she was an only child. It read “I need a break. Don’t try to follow me or look for me.” She hadn’t even signed it. This hurt Ella. She knew her parents weren’t getting along, but she didn’t expect this. Her dad did, though. When he read it, he had no look of surprise one bit. He didn’t even look very sad. This made Ella hurt even more. As ...

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“Bitter Snow” by Tom Housden

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“The forecast for today is for blizzard conditions, with temperatures falling well below freezing. To add to that, black ice will form overnight so the morning rush hour will be treacherous. The advice is to stay indoors, wrap up warm, and don’t travel. Talking about travel, over to Tom for the traffic news. Tom, what have you got for us?” It had started snowing as he headed to Winterfell. He had come up here for the weekend to get away from it all. Three days of peace! He couldn’t wait. The fields round Winterfell, The Snowfall Expans...

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“People We Knew” by Heather Ann Martinez

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People We Knew By Heather Ann Martinez The snow drifts rippled across the grass and embraced the trees for miles around. This was our last hope, a small cabin in winter’s paradise. We were somewhere in the northern Canadian tundra. That’s what our doctor called it. It was his cabin we would be staying in until we were well enough to come back to civilization. The man I met only twenty-four hours ago and I had what could be a potential cure for the nation wide pandemic. We were the lucky ones to have the right DNA, and we both had the e...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 246 stories

“POWDERHORN” by Sheila Payne

“Howling Wild” by A. A. Thakre

“Folded Cabin” by Mriganka Bhattacharjee

“Beware Abchanchu” by Jenne Gentry

“Matches” by Elle Weaver

“Tomorrow” by Eman Bright

“The Lost Cabin” by Miss Boo

“Fireplace Goosebumps” by M.W. Nel

“Warmth” by George Puscuta

“To nowhere” by Arch R

“Angels In the Mountains:” by Grayson Killian

“The Offering” by Marvin S

“The Cabin” by Alex Paul

“Bitter Snow” by Tom Housden

“People We Knew” by Heather Ann Martinez

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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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