Start your story with a description of the cold, using lots of sensory detail.

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“Hot Chocolate and A Clay Chicken” by Agretta Dittman

Submitted to Contest #227

It always starts slow. A chill crawling down your spine, blossoming across your skin. A metallic sting filling your nose and reddening your cheeks. The cold snatches the leaves off the trees as frost slithers across the pavement. It sneaks into your world until it spills between your teeth and rattles your bones. Winter is here, and she does not tolerate anyone being ignorant to her arrival. Margie was certainly not enjoying it as she stepped out onto the empty street. Snowflakes settled into her hair in the hazy shape of a halo despi...

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“The Lodge” by Vastine Bondurant

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Trentino, Italy, Post World War IIThe heavens rained white flakes, armies of crystal faeries drifting through the ancient wood planks where the roof had once been. Delicate particles landed on Antonio’s face, cold at first then warm, welcoming, melting.“Damn war.” He hunched against the icy darts pelting his neck.“Italian!” Her voice wafted from the shadows. “I am so happy to see an Italian!”Glad, surprised, to hear another person, here in this crumbling, proud, sad, lonesome fortress, Antonio whirled around, his pulse dancing.There she sto...

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“Winter Infection” by John Meyers

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Jack’s bones were cold. He questioned his sanity, crouched down behind a log, his breath visible. He couldn’t feel his toes, and his fingers were numb. The snow had melted under him, and he sat in a puddle of wet grass. Snow clung to the rifle in spots, and it felt like he was holding an icicle. He watched the blanket of snow on the field before him, hoping he would see some wild game. It had been days since he had a proper meal. Silence covered the field and the woods around him. The birds huddled in their nests, too discouraged by...

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“Beneath the Frost: A Tale of Winter’s Edge” by Trish Collard

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The world was wrapped in a shroud of frost, the kind of cold that crept under your skin and nestled deep in your bones. It was a cold that silenced the usual chatter of wildlife, leaving the forest eerily quiet, save for the crunch of snow underfoot. Each breath I took was a sharp sting, the air so frigid it felt like inhaling tiny shards of glass. The snow draped over the landscape, a thick, heavy blanket that muffled every sound. It glittered under the weak, pale sunlight, each crystal catching the light and throwing it back in a muted s...

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“The Wintry Wind That Blows” by Ruby Nivel Vega

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Dec 5 -It's getting cold. I'm not the biggest fan of the fall season, autumn to be more precise. Unless it's by name only, but second summer by experience. Then I love fall. Otherwise it's crispy cool winds that blow through my hair sends shivers down my spine. I can't stand it. You might as well call it winter's beginning. Cold is cold, no transitioning. Unless it's second summer of course. Not this year. Baby, it's cold outside! All warm memories of the summer have quickly faded away into the atmospheric distortion that fall brings. I've f...

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Start your story with a description of the cold, using lots of sensory detail.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 65 stories

“Hot Chocolate and A Clay Chicken” by Agretta Dittman

“The Lodge” by Vastine Bondurant

“Winter Infection” by John Meyers

“Beneath the Frost: A Tale of Winter’s Edge” by Trish Collard

“The Wintry Wind That Blows” by Ruby Nivel Vega

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Your character hates the holidays, and jets out of town every year — but a historic snow storm means that this time, they can’t make their escape.

Write about a character emerging from hibernation, whether literally or metaphorically.

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