Start your story with someone looking out at the snow, and end it with them stepping tentatively onto a frozen surface.

Posted in Winter on Oct 25, 2022

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“Able in the Evening ” by Randall Vance

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The loneliest building in town, on the precipice of an ever-expanding sea of frost and moonlight, stood a once lived in shack looking out at the untampered canvas. Madalynn got back at a quarter to midnight, her recently deceased father’s house held a blanket of snow on its small roof. Whenever they came to the gelid village Madalynn’s father would rent out a one-bedroom house that was the same size as their garden shed in Texas. The place came with a stove, a twin size bed, a window above the bed, a box of slugs, and an old frontier ...

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“Ice cube” by Serena Green

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She could still hear them chanting, even almost twenty years after it had happened. ‘Ice cube, ice cube.’ It didn’t help that it had become her nickname for whenever the whole family reunited at the cabin. Which was where she was at that exact moment: staring out the its window, at the snow cumulated overnight. It was a day between Christmas and New Year, when you can’t quite remember the day of the week. As for tradition, the whole family had spent Christmas’ Eve and day at the cabin, before going back to the city. ‘The city is the most mag...

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“A Fresh Start” by Virginia Parker

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Outside snow comes down heavily through the dark. Falling gracefully down, its slow dance-like descent only made visible by the orange light of the streetlamps that permeated the night. Inside an office building a man is finishing up his work. He glances at the clock to see that both the needles are facing the ceiling; midnight 12:00 “Guess it's Sunday now.” He says out loud to himself. He’s the last one there. He turns off the computer and picks up the folders of paper he'll be taking home with him and puts them into his briefcase. “It's a ...

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“HOLES” by Mike Williams

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As Mike stared out through the kitchen window, his thoughts drifted as he watched the cardinal on the snow- covered bird bath. Now, eight years later, Mike was holding a golden ticket in his hand. Depart Kennedy International Airport July 23. Arrive Santiago July 24. Mike had never even known that Latam Airlines was an airline company. Latam Airlines was flying him to Santiago, Chile with all expenses paid. It was a dream-come-true in many aspects. It had all started eight years ago. Mike worked four consecutiv...

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“Humbling” by Rob Stromme

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That sound. Crack! Sound waves wrapped around me like violent blanket as I watched the ground split apart and fall away from my feet. This scenario from two years prior was on repeat as I watched Haines, Alaska get nuked with a late season storm from the entrance of my Yurt. Snow fell like golf balls filled with helium, filling in any remaining exposed chutes high up in the mountains. I was back. Back for redemption. Back to prove that this particular line on this particular mountain in Alaska was not going to take me out. Narcissistic? De...

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“Nothing but White” by C.I. Koverty

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Nothing but white. Every direction Orna turned, all that she saw was an endless emptiness devoid of color or hope. The snow was so thick, funneling through the air so pervasively, she may as well have been blind. Sight had become a hindrance, her eyes growing strained as she attempted to peer through the veil of infinite icy shards that spiraled and danced with a mania that made vision an impossibility. Hearing had also failed her, the howling gusts of wind removing any possibility of her words escaping the void she was trapped within...

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“Principal Maigle” by Lunny Muffin

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“Utterly revolting” she sneered aloud. “Look at them, so unruly. The ins are going to the outs, and the outs to the ins. Ignoring all the arrows we put out there, like sheep just following each other. They are meant to be guidance for drivers not winter décor. The whole place is amok. That daft ground’s keeper should be out there.” she continued. She moved away from the second floor window, her face convoluted and contorted in patterns of abnormality to regular features. Her eyes were shielded by a purple plastic rim, that slanted slight...

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“A Two Day Snow” by Jonathan Piscitelli

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Michael watched as Scott walked up through the thickening snowstorm. Already the snow was starting to pile up on the old stone walls surrounding the Arboretum and was giving the grass a serious dusting. Michael hoped everything had gone well with Scott's trip down to South Campus. "Take your shoes off out in the hall Scotty-Boy!" Michael yelled as the door opened. "Yes, sir!" "How'd ev...

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Start your story with someone looking out at the snow, and end it with them stepping tentatively onto a frozen surface.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 233 stories

“Able in the Evening ” by Randall Vance

“Ice cube” by Serena Green

“A Fresh Start” by Virginia Parker

“HOLES” by Mike Williams

“Humbling” by Rob Stromme

“Nothing but White” by C.I. Koverty

“Principal Maigle” by Lunny Muffin

“A Two Day Snow” by Jonathan Piscitelli

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Write about two people going sledding for the first time in many years.

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.

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

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