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

Posted in Winter on Oct 25, 2022

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“Rufus ” by AJ Coetzee

Submitted to Contest #77

The old wood creaked from the frozen wind blowing into its sides. Steam from a warm mug of coffee wrestled with the cold air, doing its best to reach the heavens. Owen strolled to the table and sat down, wrapping his hands around the tingly surface of the mug. His wedding ring tapped the ceramic and brought forth a gush of memories due to the sound. Elizabeth… He could’ve swore he smelt lavender and roses in the air. The cold, lifeless air being recycled into warmth to be cast back from his nostrils into a frozen hell could testify to ...

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“Blizzard” by Jessica Teixeira

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The front door opens, the wind catches it and blows it open with such force that it rattles the cabin. The kids jump out of their seats. Jessica comes running out from the kitchen, holding a candle. Just as she steps into the living room, the gust of air blows out the candle. "Darn it," she says under her breath. "Sorry, dear." Mark says as he's walking in with his hands full of firewood, "the wind caught the door just as I was opening it." "Dad!" yelled all the kids at once, "You scared us!" Savanna pouted as she stood there, staring a...

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“Home Is Where the Hytte Is” by Diana Quill

Submitted to Contest #77

Thea was well acquainted with the sensation that is burning. From cold, from heat, from ice, from fire. It always hurt, but there was something comforting about the familiar sort of pain that came along with stepping on snow with naked feet, or holding impressively frosted hands too close to a flame. Physical burning, she was well accustomed to. Anticipated it with elated apprehension, even, because cold hands meant snow, and snow meant winter, and winter meant joy, just as much as heat meant sun, and sun meant summer, and fire, and if put t...

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“The Brutality within the Beauty of Nature” by Sam Reeves

Submitted to Contest #77

If you were to stand by my side right now and look out from the lightly rotting cabin window, over the forest that’s been blanketed in snow, you might think this place to be peaceful. Maybe even idyllic. You might feel warm and safe, sitting in that old rocking chair in front of the crackling fire. Paired with a warm mug of tea and that old tartan blanket thrown over your lap. You might watch the fresh snowflakes falling down, dancing through the air. Or, you might even grab a good book and really curl up in this little log cabin, miles from...

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“Comfort and Style” by Kate Cornwell

Submitted to Contest #77

I had agreed to come with Ethan because I needed a new life. I needed to get out of the rut working 8-5 had me in. I had been getting antsy for something different and when Ethan brought up the idea of living in a cabin in the woods, I jumped at the chance. My mother and I hadn’t spoken in years, ever since I originally moved to Texas to escape our constant bickering. She saw it as a betrayal of trust, of our relationship and everything she had done for me. Which, at the end of the day,&...

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“The Concert Dance of Snowfall” by Emmanuelle Shemko

Submitted to Contest #77

A coyote howls, having just caught fresh prey; a snow bunny struggles unsuccessfully, aching to break free. A sleeping brown bear is tucked away, snoring deeply, and she is curled around her year-old cub. Red-bellied robins sing songs about the liberty and freedom of flight.  The forest smells of dewy pine needles, of auburn sap before it is boiled into sticky maple syrup. This place is filled with youthful flourishing air that gently tickles the skin - it’s the nipping cold that awakens the body into recognizing the beauty of nature.&...

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“The Weekend Getaway” by Trishna Pandey

Submitted to Contest #77

As she was packing, nervousness and excitement stirred her stomach and made a growling noise. She wanted a chocolate to calm her nerves but refrained from the temptation. It had been many years since she took a break. She was looking forward to this time with Ranger. They had booked a cabin in the woods. The company had given them a sweet deal. A getaway but committed with all the amenities of the modern world. She was almost packed when her phone rang. "That must be the cab." She thought almost diving for the phone, not wanting to miss the ...

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“Snowball Fight” by Nate Crookshank

Submitted to Contest #77

As the door was pushed slowly open the strong scent of old cedar flooded Eric’s senses. The lingering dust hung in the air, dancing in the misty light which shone through the rippled windows.“Oh man!” Eric said. "This takes me back."The wind and birds, which could so clearly be heard outside, were suddenly inaudible after only two paces into the room. As Eric’s eyes adjusted to the interior he noticed the various eccentric decorations scattered about the old cabin. An ancient-looking floor rug made from a single piece of cow hide, a stack of...

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“entwined hearts” by AddieD ❤️❤️

Submitted to Contest #77

Carlie still wears his ring. Two entwined hearts with pink gems inside them.  Every day is a repeat of the next. Carlie wakes alone, the bed empty beside her. She cooks a small breakfast, barely enough to fill herself up, and walks to the balcony where he gave her the ring all those years before. As if the sheer force of her wishes will bring him back.  What has happened has happened, she tells herself. You can’t change the past or bring people back from death.  Yet something inside Carlie longs to find him, him with the de...

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“The Legend Of Lyre” by Annette Lovewind

Submitted to Contest #77

“Man I can’t believe grandpa lived here!” I say to Elliot as we walk up the stairs to the cabin.  “The man must have been so lonely. I mean no cell service out here? The dude didn’t even have internet.”  “I wonder how he even survived!” I say. “Old people, their wack man,” Elliot responds We walk into the logged wooden cabin. A spacious room greeted us. It had a blue couch with a plad blanket on it, a huge fireplace with a painting of a brunette, brown-eyed and skinned little girl playing amongst the flowers in a pink dress, th...

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“The families who created a home in Eden.” by Lunaria Dragonix

Submitted to Contest #77

I will tell you of a man, his wife, and two teenage children. Now this man had a dream and a purpose burning in his soul. To do the unimaginable, but when Donald Trump took over the Structural Leadership he lead the birth of the United Federation of America. Donald Trump with the help of Joseph Biden who took charge of the Federal Leadership created a better society and aided everyone to destroy the disease that almost destroyed them. You see this man loved spending his winters in his fathers log cabin growing up, a time they learned to live...

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“And you love trouble...” by Tia Jackson

Submitted to Contest #77

“God Alyx, why am I always breaking into places when I’m with you?”Alyx rolls his eyes “Well it was either break into this cabin or camp outside in the snow storm and I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of frost bite.”Grace smirks “Oh, you’re not a fan of anything”  Alyx glares at her, his emerald eyes catching the light from the first sparks of the fire he’d been trying to start “You could at least thank me for not abandoning you in the woods — which, for the record, I’m really starting to regret.” He turns his attentio...

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“THE UNEXPLAINED BANGS!” by Barbara Newton

Submitted to Contest #77

Deciding he had had enough of the craziness in the world, Charles took off for his family's hunting cabin in the mountains to be alone and just relax with his thoughts and nature. Along the way, he looked at the insanity all around him and couldn't wait to get to the peace and quiet of the cabin in the mountains. As he got closer to the cabin, he figured it would be a good idea to stop and get groceries for his initial restocking of the cabin, because he had no idea what awaited him there. As he drove closer, he started noticing ...

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“SLOW SURRENDER” by Jean Healey

Submitted to Contest #77

SlowSurrender                                                                     Jean.B. Healey  16/01/2021No movement. No breath. Why was she so still? Only recently we were snuggling up tog...

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“Tamarack” by Scott Skinner

Submitted to Contest #77

Leona was overwhelmed by the realization that Miller might have set the whole thing up on purpose. She thought that he was too coy about the episode and that he must have known what was going to happen. Ken’s head rested on her lap as she replayed the evening and saw every intention in Miller’s actions like fresh paw prints in white snow. She sat against the corner of the log cabin, not too far from the fire, on the floor. Ken laid on his side in the fetal position. He smelled like vomit, it seeped through the pores on his sunken face like t...

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