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

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“The confusing truth” by Julia Smith

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“You have three days until we are taking her away. Amber’s mother has asked for her and her tracking chip has shown us that she is here. We will be back in three days. Goodbye.” The two men in business suits and ties closed the door and walked away. Madeleine turned around and Amber walked into the room.“What did you hear?” asked Madeleine “Everything! What have you been keeping a secret from me? I am your daughter, I should know this!” said Amber with an angry look on her face. “Amber, I am not your real mother, I have taken care ...

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“Treacherous” by Ira Brodsky

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Trigger warning: internalized homophobia, homophobic slurs Something had happened, some words between my mother and me that winter afternoon when I was eight or nine. Sleet had pounded the windows all day but now all was gray and still. The loud voices and insistent laughter from a TV talk show ricocheted against the walls with false hilarity. Maybe I wanted something or perhaps my presence had become a burden. Whatever the specifics, the exchange escalated. When my mother reached her limit, she resorted to Yiddish, frequently an exho...

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“the amazing discovery” by Gauvain Hardouin

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The Sun was high in the sky for the first day of spring. It was the first time many people came out since the beginning of the long and cold winter. Matteo breathed a sigh of relief , he had been worried to not see his friends for so long!. He had decided to go to a friend he had not seen in a while. He thought it felt good to be in the streets of Paris again. When he got to his friend's place they told each other what they'd done during that long time they'd been apart. Then Matteo proposed to go outside. They had to be careful where they w...

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“Let The Snowman Melt” by Tigmanshu Joshi

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In the brisk wind sitting there was a gloomy man. Silently thinking about all those things that are wrong with him. The paper wrapped can of liquor deliberately rested on the wooden bench next to him while he stared at the melting snow on the tiled foot path. It used to be a park filled with green foliage but now just a scene of white apathy which is slowly setting down by the warmth of the sun. The man was Alan Miles, married since two years with a beautiful woman Linda. Yesterday was their anniversary which he incuriously forgot. Linda an...

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“THE EYE-0PENING STARE ” by Michael Williams

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George, Al and Mike became good friends over a short period of time in Glens Falls, New York. Each had different backgrounds and interests. Office clerk, hospital laboratory and youth center director. Their points of origin were Long Island, Manhattan, and a small suburb of Glens Falls. Old wooden radios, playing his guitar and basketball diversified the three buddies. What they did have in common was patronizing the downtown watering hole known as “Orsini’s”. Midnight skinny dippi...

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“Trapped” by Olivia Graham

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WOOSH! The sleds were off, the race was underway. Scarlet inhaled the crisp cold air and as she exhaled she watched the cloud of her breath fill the air in front of her. Time stood still for a moment. Everything seemed to slow as she looked around at the other dog sleds tearing through the fluffy white wonderland around them at the speed of bullets. It was like this at the beginning of every race. The world around them that was so calm and motionless was now being disrupted by the stampede of sleds dragged by great powerful dogs. The owners ...

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“Spring Cleaning” by Gwendolyn Ober

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Spring CleaningRosy sunlight dripped behind misty trees as I made my way to the edge of the backyard and breathed in the wet, mildew of natural, earthy decay. Sharp chirps of tired birds ready for a rest followed my footsteps across the low the slippery waves of dirty white and leftover red from last fall. Mud squelched beneath humus padded beneath snow as I walked further into the trees, avoiding the deer droppings and orange snow. Hmm, the coyotes must have been hard at work this winter, I thought as I quickly passed the frozen ...

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“The Worst Day Of My Life . . . ” by Jeffrey Dora

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The snow alongside the road at one time - in the never-ending winter – was almost ten feet tall. The snowplows had pushed it off the road for months, piling it higher every time. A dirty white depressing fence. Now it was springtime. As the temperatures finally – finally -increased, almost all the snow had disappeared. They said it about spring every year, “I thought it’d never get here.” This is especially true for northern states. &nbs...

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“A Tiny Promise” by Unknown User

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“Cabin fever, that’s what this is”, thinks Jessie. She feels like little bugs will hundreds of tiny little legs are crawling up and down her skin. Her mind will not slow down, a little like a roller coaster rolling quickly from one thought and to another. Jessie likes roller coasters, but this is seriously messed up. The weather outside is a balmy forty-five degrees with the sun blazing away in the sky and she is having an awful time getting settled. Jess crawled out of bed that morning at 7:30 to have a fresh hot po...

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“A Land Entitled Spring” by Jessica Campbell

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It was a warm spring day, the first day of spring to be precise, I was walking home from work and I noticed something strange. In one of the snowbanks there was something glimmering in the warm sunlight. The snowbank was surrounded by trees with a light fog hovering over it, almost like it was guarding the hidden object, from anyone who might be looking for it. Slowly I started to walk towards the mysterious object, as I started getting closer I noticed it started to give off more of a glow. Finally, I reached the snowbank, I slowly started ...

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“A Walk to Remember” by Emily Gold

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Frostbitten air greeted Riley beyond the comforts of her front door. “It can’t be legal to up this early” Riley muttered to herself as she slammed the door shut behind her. Groggy and disorientated, Riley persevered down the street. Darkness vigilantly stood guard around her, keeping dusk at bay. Her watch clearly displayed six-fifteen when she entered the park, by all expectations, darkness should have been reseeding and light would signal the beginning of the day. And not jus...

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“Brainfreeze” by Adam Wootton

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The world was one enormous baked Alaska. Steam billowed up from every sun-dappled melting snowdrift which shrunk away to reveal the goo underneath. A sodden jam oozed out of the slush. Decomposing leaves and spongy branches and gallons and gallons of chocolatey mud. Sam watched all of this through the fogged-up classroom window like a chef checking his masterpiece through the glass of the oven. The teacher's voice droned on and on and the hot air from the heater blew into the bend of his knees, having the effect of heating his chair and lull...

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“Don't You Ever Make Me Do That Again” by Heather MacDonald

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It's spring, and Mum's red hat is beginning to appear in the frozen snowbank outside McCafferty's place on Fife. I remember when she lost it. It was January. We were walking home from the supermarket. I was trailing my little brother, Hughie, and Hughie was trailing Mum, each of us lugging a couple of bulging plastic carrier bags.Hughie had stopped whining, so I could hear icy snow pellets pinging against my nylon windbreaker. I remember watching him trudging along and feeling kind of sorry for him. At least I had boots and mitts. Hugh...

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“Flinging Spangles” by Patrick Bernardo Gleeson

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There are things that I’ve long since realised are to be expected in a town like the one I live in, one way up in the hills, nestled in a rather indefinable spot in the North of England. As consistent as water being wet, or grass green, winters here bring a ridiculous amount of snow. As the days turn to weeks and weeks to a month or even more, the biting wind brings about some shapeshifting urges in the snow: it twists and turns, lays white blankets on gardens, thin snowy caterpillars on window ledges and deep, alabaster banks against the wa...

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“Simon's Griffin” by RA Suresh

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Living at the Asheville, North Carolina mountains, Simon, the young man walks towards his house on top of the hill. The house is built with a pyramid structure on top and solid stone walls. He walks towards his house passing over a stream on which a wooden bridge is built. When he crosses the bridge, he notices a large gated entrance to the left and a small steel door to the right. The voice controlled large steel door opens with a creepy sound ”creekeeke” when he said “Open the Lab. Yeah it his favorite place in his house for making hi...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 88 stories

“The confusing truth” by Julia Smith

“Treacherous” by Ira Brodsky

“the amazing discovery” by Gauvain Hardouin

“Let The Snowman Melt” by Tigmanshu Joshi

“THE EYE-0PENING STARE ” by Michael Williams

“Trapped” by Olivia Graham

“Spring Cleaning” by Gwendolyn Ober

“The Worst Day Of My Life . . . ” by Jeffrey Dora

“A Tiny Promise” by Unknown User

“A Land Entitled Spring” by Jessica Campbell

“A Walk to Remember” by Emily Gold

“Brainfreeze” by Adam Wootton

“Don't You Ever Make Me Do That Again” by Heather MacDonald

“Flinging Spangles” by Patrick Bernardo Gleeson

“Simon's Griffin” by RA Suresh

🌟 Similar prompts

Before bed, you put your clock ahead one hour for daylight saving time. When you wake up, you realize you've gone forward a lot more than one hour.

Write a story that takes place at a spring dance.

You made a promise to yourself you'd finally do it on the first day of spring. Today was the day.

Write a story about someone walking through a park on a spring evening, told only through internal monologue.

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