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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“Nuts” by Sue Marsh

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Nuts Suzanne Marsh Okay, so I don't have to be nuts to be heading into the Allegheny Mountains, it no doubt would have been better if I were. I needed a place to finish the ending of my newest book: Forty and Loving It. Then I remembered a hunting cabin that my family has used since the very early sixties. I called my dad: "Hey son, what's up?" "Not much Dad, but I was thinking that maybe I could use the cabin in Ellicottville. I need to finish the ending before the publisher decides to cancel the entire book." "Sure son, but you might wan...

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“Isolation” by Rajesh Patel

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This was a once in a life time social experiment I wanted to conduct since I have been on the work force. All my life, I have been surrounded with noise, pollution, traffic, and technology. Always on the move and always trying to keep up with time. I no longer wish to be slave of time. I want to be master of time. I want to breathe, see the time slow down, think about myself… A friend of a friend recommended me to go spend a month in this remote winter cabin. All alone. With no electricity, no internet, and no phone service. Basically, wit...

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“Shadow Man, Shadow Man” by Cali H

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CW: murder, mutilation Shadow Man, Shadow Man Please go away, Shadow Man, Shadow Man Please leave me be Shadow Man, Shadow man So mote it be. Hey Readers! Its Becky back to the blog and it may be my last. Should I tell you? Would you believe me? There are things in this world mother nature protects us from, things humans strive to find. Most lore's of the world are in fact true. But covered up in places that are mountains, deep sea, frozen tundras, deep inside the earth caverns. Places, people should not go. But we do, for th...

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“Room With Many Color's” by Sumaiya Shaikh

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“Hello, Cindy?” “Yes.” “I am Tracy- “ “Oh, hey Tracy, how are you? Long time, no see.” “Yeah, uh, actually I had call you for some reason.” “Okay!” “Actually, my daughter, uh, I think she is suffering from many problem’s, and I somehow know the solution too, like, she needs to love herself, but don’t know how to put it into, like how to execute it. So, I need your help.” “Okay, so I think you should…” I knew that she is the person who can help me. Well without confusing the reader I am going to tell you what’s going, who is Cindy, who am ...

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“The Police Came To The Conclusion That No Crime Took Place” by Florian Wolf

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For all it lays, the snow just twist the arm of her. Spending days - no, weeks - above the herd that did it last to her. Open and lost she moves around the snowed spire of the cabin she just bought. Still, the current stays, as the snow cuddles her arm. Sweeping snow, always pushing inwards from the outward, turning everything white that once was gray, but what will remain? She dreams her life away, every second a thing lays more on her as it already did in the past. No snow will make her disappear, despite being a dancing coward who t...

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“Retreat” by Claudio Murgia

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I needed time off technology and, consequently, human society. I needed to stay away from people but, I cannot remember why. It’s winter now and I am alone. I hear the wolves, or maybe it’s just one, but I am alone in this cabin. Did I mention that it’s winter and it’s cold? I cannot remember; I get confused sometimes. I came here in autumn. I was meant to stay for a couple of weeks. I don’t know why I am still here. Alone. I can hear the wolves sometimes. I think they are wolves. Or maybe it’s just one. I came here, away from everyone a...

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“A Place in the Woods” by Donald Bluhm

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The flames, bright orange from the sodium in the wood, danced and flickered in the field stone fireplace and told Jack Darcy that he was in the right place at the right time, that his decision was as sound as the bed rock beneath the cabin.He sat there in the rocker, in front of the fire, in a seat that sagged about six inches from level, and mused about fire's immutable connection to human evolution, and smiled broadly about his circumstance. Surrounded by hemlock logs that he had cut two dozen Springs before, logs he had shaved, shaped, as...

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“Rare Meeting” by Rachel Clark

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We were strangers less than two weeks ago. It was December 27th… or was it the 30th? I couldn’t remember the exact date. It was sometime between Christmas and New Year’s, that nebulous surreal time when the calendar dates lack meaning, and when the anticipation of a New Year and the pressure to change one’s habits or direction mounts steadily, pressing on the shoulders. A person should be completely prepared or risk losing that perfect 01/01 on the calendar, a clean slate shown in the four numbers. We met under tedio...

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“Block” by H.L Whitlock

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Her father warned her against going to the Cabin alone. He stood in front of her, kneading at his brow. “It’s unwise to head there alone Eleanor. Running that cabin in summer is a challenge. There’s no modern comforts there. But in winter? With no modern heating, electrics or phone signal? Anything could happen to you and we wouldn't be able to do a thing about it!” That was exactly what Eleanor needed. She accepted her father’s misgivings came from a loving place, but Eleanor was not about to let him stand in the way of her plans. She packe...

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“Tempest” by Luke Squires

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My legs were animated, moving as if they might be guided by ropes at the knees. I wore the only garments to my name- a monkey jacket, from my sailing days. A large, fur greatcoat that had been given to me by my grandfather. The old tan slacks I had been given in the army, and the boots I wore with them. This meager clothing stuck to my skin, as if sewed to the sweat that flowed through my chest. I looked as though I was wearing the carcass of some animal, it's beastly, leathery skins almost fusing with mine. The coat was a neutral brown pigm...

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“Perfectly Almond” by Emma Harris

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I stepped into the cabin and unwrapped my scarf from my neck. I hung it up and reached for my hat but paused and looked back at where I had hung my scarf. There were already clothes there. It looked like the snow clothes belonged to a petite woman or maybe a teenage girl. I couldn't understand why they would be here though. This was my cabin. It was also in a remote place in the woods so you'd have to be looking for it to find it. Here's the thing. About a month ago, I was pushed into quitting my job as a teacher and I was taken to a...

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“Alone in Snow” by Dilara Sesadi

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Snow. It had been a calming, cozy word not only a day ago. As my eyes moved from one tree to the next, they all looked the same, their branches heavy with pure white snow. The glass fogged every time I breathed out and slowly fades away, only to be fogged again. I could feel the pulse at the edge of my numb fingers beneath the gloves and my feet were hugged to my chest. Am I going to die here? The faint memory of me stumbling between the trees, my feet deep in snow, and bursting into the cabin that I didn’t even know existed, ...

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“My boy's girl” by Michelle Knight

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I sat there in the confines of my cabin, more like comfort of my cabin now. Surely a safe haven from the icy weather. It started out as mere drops of snow, highly expected, I mean, it's winter. But some two hours ago, it seemed to increase with fervour. So much so that the power is out, the internet is down too. And silly me, I'd forgot to pay for phone service before driving all the way out here. Now snuggling in my comforter, I choose to enjoy this harsh weather by escaping to another world, living the life of mere fictious character...

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“The Metro Stop” by HBR Patel

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Lost in his chain of thoughts, Ron missed his station. The metro stopped at the next station when he realized that he missed his stop. Ron was pondering on and projecting the time ahead. 'Hey, champ! your phone,' Said one of the passengers while handing Ron his mobile phone that he dropped. He was unaware of it while lost in his thoughts. 'Thank you, Sir.' Ron expressed gratitude. 'Seems like you are in some deep trouble, Champ!' 'No. What draws you to that conclusion?' 'Your face is saddened, and your eyes are drowning...

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“Cabin fever” by Kallan Hrics

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How did I come to be here? Well, let me prepare some tea and food while I tell you my story. You get settled by the fire; you must be frozen. It was some years ago, I am not sure how many — it could be five or fifteen; time seems not to move here. Like you, I climbed that rocky path on the north side. Did they tell you down below not to take it? Yes, they told me, too. But my sense of adventure — and my pride, it must be said — got the better of me. For half a day I trudged up the path, which, as you know, gets ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 246 stories

“Nuts” by Sue Marsh

“Isolation” by Rajesh Patel

“Shadow Man, Shadow Man” by Cali H

“Room With Many Color's” by Sumaiya Shaikh

“The Police Came To The Conclusion That No Crime Took Place” by Florian Wolf

“Retreat” by Claudio Murgia

“A Place in the Woods” by Donald Bluhm

“Rare Meeting” by Rachel Clark

“Block” by H.L Whitlock

“Tempest” by Luke Squires

“Perfectly Almond” by Emma Harris

“Alone in Snow” by Dilara Sesadi

“My boy's girl” by Michelle Knight

“The Metro Stop” by HBR Patel

“Cabin fever” by Kallan Hrics

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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.

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

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