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

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“ALONE” by Pam Hicks

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Mandy drove up to the cabin and parked. She set and stared at the cabin, as hundreds of memories flooded her mind. The tears began to fall, her world had come to an end a week ago. She had nothing to live for so why live. She had decided the cabin was the best place to end it all. Mandy had always been a christian and she knew suicide was wrong but she really didn’t care what God thought anymore. He had taken all her reasons for living, so now she would take her own life. &nbs...

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“Nuclear Winter” by Chris Buono

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The nuclear winter had been happening for the last four years. It came right after the nuclear summer that lasted for about two years, from right after the bombs dropped until the winter came. I could feel the winds picking up as the already frigid temperature dropped. Tufts of snow were caught in a breeze to fly around for a moment before falling back amongst the other flakes. I noticed that the sky was getting darker and darker with each moment. I needed to find a shelter quickly. ...

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“The moral query” by Farah Naime

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I wake up with a stabbing headache and a blurry vision; the first thing I notice is the chilling cold hitting against my poorly clothed body, I blink several times trying to get a look around the room, but it’s almost impossible without my glasses and from what I can see I’m inside a barely lit cabin in the middle of a snowed forest. How did I get here? I reach for my cargo boot, where I normally keep my phone, thank God whoever put me here didn’t find it, I squint...

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“Away from Home” by Peter Alexander James

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The old wooden cabin bathed in a warm golden glow after Tim lit the last candle. The frosty blue light from the heavily falling snow outside was held at bay by the warm radiance coming from the candlelight and the crackling fireplace. A smile stretched over Tim’s lips only to be wiped away by Penelope pouring another glass of wine in the kitchen. As Tim walked over to the cupboard, he was about to say something, but swallowed it for the peace to continue. She emptied her glass and brought a steaming pot to the small wooden table in the middl...

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“A dream to the future” by Esther Ojifinni

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I sat by the fire and sniffed the warm air. It smelled of waffles and a brown mix that came from brown seeds. Something rubbed into my shoulder. "Hello Kitsune." I said. Kitsune sat next to me, the fire making her white fir turn orange. "You seem tense," She said to me. "I'm just worried." I said. "About what?" Kitsune asked me. "About us." Kitsune laughed. "I'm here, our humans are here, we live in perfect harmony. We'll never be apart! Stop worrying and just enjoy life." Kitsune leaned into me. "I guess you're right Kitsune. Life is perfec...

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“Misty Mountain” by Bojan Aleksić

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Misty MountainA lone figure was struggling to move through the thick snow upon Misty Mountain. The world was ruined long ago and only a few fortunate and desolate individuals survived the influx of the inner aliens. It had been more than twenty years since the invasion and nature had revitalised itself miraculously. It had again become pristine and the snow upon Misty Mountain was particularly sparkling that morning.Eventually, the man reached a tiny log cabin, which was leaning against an enormous oak tree, and entered it. The interior of t...

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“Cabin Ways ” by Christian Hinrichsen

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Cabin Ways jchinrichsen88a@gmail.com Jordero Mountains. Merrill and Asa ride a reindeer sled up the eastern slope of the Ever-met Mountains, a few miles north of Fort Kapaka. A Kapaka steers the reindeer carriage up the mountain slopes. The carriage arrives at a hunting lodge. Merrill wears a polar bear-fur coat over his chain shirt. Asa wears a similar dress over her studded leather hide armor as well. She fixes her red-brown hair as she is helped off the carriage by the Kapaka dwarf. The male Kapaka dwarf wears a padded armor shirt ...

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“Brad’s Cold Secret ” by Yolande Lesley Ann Leff

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“Why don't you go up to the cabin this weekend and get some decent rest. Just you alone. Your mother and I can take care of the kids. What do you think? I should have said no to my dad at that moment but here I am, forced into isolation. Although, I can’t deny that I’m rather enchanted by the silence. No phone, no internet, no electricity, just me and nature. Thankfully dad stored enough firewood two weeks ago for just in case otherwise I would be forced to chop wood in this unbearable cold and to be honest all I want to do is curl up with m...

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“THE SUCCUBUS” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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(SUCCUBUS: Is a supernatural entity in female form that appears in dreams to seduce men usually through sexual activity.)The clubhouse for skiing was on top of a hill in the Himalayas. I’m the skiing expert and needing to be here, I sent Arnold and Bernard who were my lieutenants to town downhill to get supplies. I was alone in the club house. From the chair where I was seated I could see a long way and it was all full of snow. I had muted the TV as I didn’t like the program and I could see the pictures of hospitals with Covid patients being...

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“Alone in the Silence” by Lisa M

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Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. Wake up. Start a fire. Heat water for tea. Sit. Write. There’s a rhythm to the routine. A stillness with the days now. The days seem to blend into one another. I thought about bringing a dog up here with me. I thought about the possibility of a dog. I thought that this might be the right time. But stopped myself. I realized that solitude meant just that— solitude. No people, no contact, no animals— just my own self absolutely a...

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“Haunting Memories: (Sequel) The Revenge” by Liz James

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Haunting Memories: The revenge (Sequel to haunting memories)Author’s Note: Readers, this is a sequel to haunting memories and this is 'kind of' related to the prompt...but I still hope you enjoy it! A part of it is* related! Okay, so I finally decided to write a sequel to ‘Haunting memories’. Like seriously I just thought of it, so before reading this you may want to read 'Haunting Memories Part 1' I had the story with me already but I didn’t actually know when to write it, so here it is!She had waited patiently for five years, five long yea...

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“TO SKI OR NOT TO SKI, THAT IS THE QUESTION” by DAVID A JONES

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Date Line: The depths of winter, late one evening. Location: A remote log cabin somewhere in the snow covered Alps. The Occupants: A winter holidaymaker musing silently to himself, after arriving for a skiing holiday with his wife. ‘What on earth am I doing here? Why on earth did I come here? Why on earth does anyone come here? I didn’t want to come, it wasn’t my idea to come to this wretched, little place in the middle of nowhere, where it’s far too cold. ‘I should never have let my wife persuade me to co...

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“Kristof” by Keith Edwin

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“What? Where? How did I get here? I’m so cold.” Kristof didn’t know how much time had elapsed since he passed out, it couldn’t have been more than a few minutes, but he awoke shivering and confused, laying in the snow by his car. He got up and noticed his windshield was covered in snow, like the rest of the vehicle. “But, but how? The note. I had a note. There was a note on my window. Where?” The note, the one written in his own handwriting, the one that he grabbed from under his wiper blade, the note was nowhere to be found. His teeth...

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“Escape” by Gwyn Everett

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Delirious with cold and shivering, we hiked the last twenty feet to the shack of the cabin at the edge of the snow capped mountain. Each inch was a mile in the heavy drifts. Howling winds picked up and Jax whimpered next to me, his lips blue and his eyelids heavy against the storm. His eyes were glued to the door with determination. I held his arm to guide him into the cabin knowing that if he fell where he was I would not have the strength to carry him. When we finally shuffled inside, it took all I had to not collapse. “Come on.” I no...

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“Stuck in the Middle” by Joe Swanson

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I can’t get out. I debated coming to the cabin, the weather forecast looked compromising, but then, it was a weather forecast. It was snowing lightly when I left. When I got to Atlas, the last harbinger of civilization near the cabin, the snow turned to rain. The temperatures have been erratic, and the rain is freezing as it hits the road. I slid several times, losing temporary control, and then I slipped off the road and into the ditch. There is no escaping. I am trapped in the snow. I decide, being close...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 246 stories

“ALONE” by Pam Hicks

“Nuclear Winter” by Chris Buono

“The moral query” by Farah Naime

“Away from Home” by Peter Alexander James

“A dream to the future” by Esther Ojifinni

“Misty Mountain” by Bojan Aleksić

“Cabin Ways ” by Christian Hinrichsen

“Brad’s Cold Secret ” by Yolande Lesley Ann Leff

“THE SUCCUBUS” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“Alone in the Silence” by Lisa M

“Haunting Memories: (Sequel) The Revenge” by Liz James

“TO SKI OR NOT TO SKI, THAT IS THE QUESTION” by DAVID A JONES

“Kristof” by Keith Edwin

“Escape” by Gwyn Everett

“Stuck in the Middle” by Joe Swanson

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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.

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