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Write a story about someone who finds something interesting peeking out from a melting snowbank.

Posted in Winter on Oct 26, 2022

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“What Olivia Saw” by Blane Britt

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What Olivia SawMy wife, my kids and I decided to take a drive one winter weekend. I had rented a small cabin at Wind Creek State Park in Alexander City, Alabama. It had snowed the previous night, but all in all the roads weren’t bad at all. I knew once we reached the mountain area it might get a little difficult to drive. No problem for my all four wheel drive Cherokee jeep. I was in a hurry to get there because there were only so many bottles of Dr. Peppers on the wall that I could digest from singing. My wife who is a stern believer in con...

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“Secrets in the Snow” by Cara H

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Secrets in the SnowI“You trippin’, Mate?”Night nurse Ace Murray had stepped out of the Candlelight Ridge Care Center in London’s Crouch End borough for a breath of air and an argument with himself about whether he should have a cigarette. He had started smoking at twelve. He was now 51 and had a nasty chronic cough. With his long, slender body, shoulder-length black wavy hair, and pale complexion, Ace knew he looked like a vampire. He did not, however, want to retire to a coffin just yet. Ace was glad for security guard Thomas Octavian’s pec...

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“The Winter Ring” by Kiki Hearts

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I walked out of the reception hall and reached into my coat pocket to pull out my lighter and a joint. I couldn’t stand the people at the wedding reception any longer. The air was so cold outside that my hands seemed to immediately freeze. I dropped my lighter on the ground and noticed something glittering in the snow bank. It looked like it could be a piece of expensive jewelry and I wanted to find the bride and groom to give it to them to return to the rightful owner.I reached over and grabbed the ring from the snow bank and I was rig...

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“Cold” by Ashley Workman

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The sun glistened in the snow like bright gems, so brightly that it was often quite blinding.  After four days of substantial snowfall, the sun finally made its way through the dense grey clouds.  It was the first day in months that it was even warm enough to walk outside farther than to the car door.   Signs of melting snow were beginning to show as a sign of good faith that it was soon to melt into the ground and be replaced with lush, green grass and charming flowers.  I could hear my feet crunching over the snow ...

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“Life Goes On” by Cyan Villanueva

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There was something about the way sunlight hit snow. Something overly bright, and quiet about it. It was as if in that moment the world was still, and Walter could use a still world right about now. He usually resided in New York, where people were always moving. Always rushing. Walter often mused to himself about this, “Rushing to get to nowhere” he would say.  He works for a very successful stock company, and while he’s very good at what he does, he feels suffocated by numbers and the loudness of the city. So loud, sometimes he c...

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“Lost ≠ Unfindable” by Rebekah Christensen

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Nora inches the door closed as quietly as she can, wincing as something inside the house crashes.“NORA!” Screams her little sister, putting the emphasis on the second syllable, sounding eerily like their mother.Something clenches in Nora’s chest and she almost turns around, but then she hears something else shatter and she grits her teeth and forces herself to run. She runs until she can’t breathe and even then she doesn’t slow down, her heart pounding so hard her entire body goes thump, thump, like a flickering lightbulb. She does...

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“Hidden Within” by Sophia Linder

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Twelve days ago I promised my mom I would go on a walk with her to Central Park, and today was that day. I tried to sleep in as long as possible but of course, Mom barged into my room and threw some teal yoga pants and a matching t-shirt onto my bed, I rolled out of bed onto my neon orange rug, the fluff scratched my face and made it itchy. I stood up and stared at the pile of clothes for a while, then gasped them and angrily put them on. My twin brother, Finn, knocked on my door and slipped a note underneath it, it read:Have a fun walk with...

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“Forever Loved” by Luke Unsworth

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It wouldn't be until the late period of spring that Jackson would become concious with the fact that what had been discovered was the very thing he held so dear to hes heart. But you would have to venture even further back to fully understand the true nature of the event. It all began with jackson marsh a hard working and somewhat shy kind of guy had woken from a short but comforting sleep with two things on his mind one being it was Friday his last day at work and secondly he had a date with Molly Thomson his childhood sweetheart who Jackso...

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“Seven Destinations” by Andrej Spasovski

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"Dale McKinney liked to explore. He was a 23-year-old novelist always looking for ideas for his next big bestseller. His biggest dream had been to write a book so famous, it would become a major Hollywood blockbuster. Anyhow, by "explore", Dale is always on the lookout for something when he jogs. Every 7 months or so he likes to change routes. One day he went out for a jog at his latest trail. He had realized that he'd been jogging on this trail for 7 months. It was kind of a big deal when he'd change routes. The next day was a sunny March m...

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“CHILLS” by Kaitlynn Flint

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CHILLSThe snow had fallen for two weeks straight. Townspeople said it was a blizzard. For two weeks straight, it had snowed. No pause, no break. Day after day. Night after night. No one had left their homes. It was the worst snowstorm that the town had ever been through. When the wind stopped, the snow did too. Young Henry went outside for the first time in days, to get some fresh air and observe how the town was doing after the horrid storm. He was walking his dog when he noticed an abandoned car on the side of the road. From the thick laye...

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“Snow and The Stranger” by John Di Carlo

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Rush hour was over. Most passengers had stepped from the subway train, but their heat still clung to each carriage: abandoned benches warm to the touch and straphangers stretching for a lover’s hand.Maxim was fast asleep: body turned sideways, long legs entwined like an overgrown insect; deaf even to the bass throbbing through his headphones. Only the constant rubbing of a package, wrapped in yellow plastic and propped against his hip, made him stir. His eyes flickered open. “He said it’s yours.“ said the woman across the aisle.He pulle...

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“The Melting Snow” by Chris Valle

Submitted to Contest #35

It was a warm morning, and something I was about to find would change my life forever. The snow was just beginning to melt and the birds were returning to their spring home. I had been on my way to class in my usual hurried pace when I stepped on something buried deep in the winter snow and planted face first in the ground. "Ouch," I exclaimed, picking myself up off the ground. "Ugh, my clothes are soaked! What am I going to do, I've got class in a few minutes, my dorms on the other side of campus, and the professor hates when we are late!" ...

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“What's on your mind?” by Jennifer Nuttall

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Tina Campbell:Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I'd be writing this. I'm not usually the type of person that has anything interesting to tell the world. As I became an adult, I quickly came to realise that playing the lottery or entering competitions, albeit fun, would never garner me any success. I'm the second-place "best costume" at Halloween parties, the bridesmaid at weddings and the one who was at work during "The Unforgettable Night Out Where Loads of Cool Things Happened," which is constantly referenced to within ...

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“The Frosted Dandelion” by Rachel Bramble

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His hands and knees hit the freezing pure ground, causing a shaking vibrato throughout his small frame. He can’t see me...He can’t see me... Can he see me?He pulled himself into a tight human ball and slowed his breath to calm the untrained drummer that lived in his chest. Nothing else was at the forefront of his mind other than not being found, but just like his cat, he felt a curiosity bubble in his bones. He unclenched his muscles and lifted his head above the melting snowbank in front of him. His eyes meticulously scanned the white ...

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“The Door” by Claire Reck

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Henry knew that crying was for children. Children younger than the age of ten. Why, just last week he’d blown out ten candles, opened presents covered in dinosaur wrapping paper, and listened to his parents belt out their family’s rendition of “Happy Birthday.” It involved fart jokes and sound effects, the whole shebang. It was glorious, and Henry wished that it would never end. But of course, it did, and now here he was, a year older, the big one-zero, with nothing to show for it except a skinned knee, cut on his ear, and the words of Jake ...

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