You are the only one in the supermarket during a blizzard. Feeling creeped out, you decide to leave, when suddenly you find a baby abandoned on the floor.

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“Cardboard House” by Chris Flo

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I have been living on the streets for some time now. I believe it has been about 4 months. The way that I have learned to keep track of the days is that on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays the women’s shelter offers free showers. It is great because they also provide the travel size shampoo, conditioner, a bar of soap and a washcloth for the week. On Tuesdays, there is a drug store that offers lots of in store specials so my monthly check from the government can be stretched. Then, on Sundays there are many churches in the area that of...

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“Just Pure Luck” by DERRICK CHU

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WHOOOSH!! The wind blew closer and closer to the supermarket where I was at. I was hunkered down in the cash register area. Well, that is what I get for not looking at the news. I also should have noticed something was wrong when I didn’t see anyone at the supermarket. Even the cashiers left an hour early before their shift ends! The storm got closer and closer. It was the worst blizzard the world has ever seen. Everyone has evacuated to Boston. Only I was left behind. I finally had money for food, so I went to the grocery store. No o...

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“Under Attack” by Kevin Schenk

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Eggs, milk, radishes and cream. I might as well get sugar, we were low anyway. It should have been so simple, a quick in and out before the blizzard comes. Then all of a sudden this bastard hit so hard you could only see whiteness outside. It reminded me of the fuzz you see on TV, that static. It would just fizz and fuzz and the wind rustling and bustling outside in a whirl and twirl definitely sounded like the static. I stared out of the doors as I had took my basket for my shopping, it was just so perplexing. So sudden as well. I c...

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“A Cry in the Dark” by Janelle Curtis

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Death comes swiftly. It's that moment you dread for your entire life. You spend minutes a day thinking of how you will go, worrying about the pain. Asking the universe how much time you have left. But when it comes, you aren't prepared. It's that breath you take before the car crashes into the light pole. It's that laugh you share with a loved one before your heart stops, and they dance holding their drink for another five minutes before they realize you aren't there anymore. It's that natural disaster that stops you from finishing the dishe...

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“The Baby” by India Moon

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The bus rattled as it flew along the dark highway. The lights of the big city had twinkled into the distance.I was too uncomfortable to sleep. I hugged my backpack and rested my head. Out of the window, all I saw was my face reflected on the glass. The brightest lights for kilometers around were the dim lamps onboard.I was in my first year of college in Vizag, heading home for winter break. My parents lived in a small, frosty, town called Lambasingi, a few hours away. They had taken early retirement and moved there from Vizag, soon after I j...

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“The story of a baby and a blizzard” by Pamela Berglund

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The weather man had predicted snow for the weekend. We were only supposed to get up to 3 inches, which I figured I could easily handle. To tell the truth, snow, no matter how little or how much actually came down, could send shivers down my spine. As I layed down in my bed that Friday night, I brushed off my fears and tried to convince myself that we probably not get anything at all.w The next morning I woke up to see a beautiful white coating on the ground. I sighed and thought to myself that we had dodged a bullet. I had no...

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“Leave Me Alone” by Lilian Mbithe

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“What Parent leaves their baby behind!” I wondered. I glanced around and found that no one else was left in the supermarket. Even the cashier had rushed out when the blizzard started. In my forty years, I have never had children, this was a personal choice that I had made years ago and had lived by it. No matter how many times Ma Lona bashed me about me being irresponsible and selfish for not wanting children or how I would die alone without having children around to take care of me when am old, I stayed. No persuasion or guilt-tripping from...

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“The Gift ” by Egypt Belle

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“Ugghh, what a day!” Keemah bellowed. “This was the longest day ever”, she exclaimed. Keemah was a gynecologist at the most well- known doctor’s office in Fargo, North Dakota. It was 8pm on a Friday night and she was just knocking off from work. Keemah looked up at the sky and decided she better hurry up and get home before the blizzard got worse. “Beep beep” rang her door alarm as she clicked the button to open the door. Within 5 minutes of entering her maroon Grand Cherokee jeep her phone rang, “You have an incoming call”, her phone system...

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“Blizzard Baby” by Monica Chaddick

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Although the sudden snowstorm had turned into a blizzard, Rachel decided she might have time to stop by the supermarket before the roads became impassable. She knew that Tom would say something about her putting things off if he knew she were taking this chance, but she just found going to the supermarket such a freaking pain in the rear. Pulling into the parking lot, she gave a little cheer. There were only two cars in the entire parking lot. One must belong to the cashi...

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“Ignorance is Bliss...” by Chub Chub

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“Come on, really?...” He remarked as he patted the vehicle with his back hand. “What kind of person parks in the middle of the street.” He walks past the empty street in frustration. He had a bad day already. His favorite game ‘Dark Abyss’ has been down for maintenance for two days. Both days he waited in his basement apartment doing nothing. The wind picked up and he hugged his winter jacket to keep the cold at bay. He did not realize the snow was really falling when he left his place. &...

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“The End/The Beginning” by Sasha Lee

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For a while now, I’ve known death was coming for me. In a thousand lifetimes, I’ve contracted a thousand terminal illnesses. You start to recognize the signs early: weight loss, fatigue, pain, sallow skin. Even just a Bad Feeling, like something isn’t going right anymore. A lot of people think that’s just what getting old feels like. They’re right, but they’re wrong, too; that’s what the start of dying feels like. The beginning of the end. I’m trying the chemotherapy. I hate it, and some lives are so shitty to begin with, it’s a relie...

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“JUST SO” by E. Zane

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I finished dusting my bunny figurines and folded the microfiber cloth two times over, three times across. I placed the cloth in a drawer. Each precious, porcelain figure had a special place on the oak shelf I had cut, sanded and mounted myself. The figures had been procured from every antique shop, estate sale, and flea market north of Oatden. And now they were here, on my shelf. They were perfectly positioned, a precise balance of figures facing left, right and front, colors and shapes in direct complement. Everything was just so, the way I...

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“Manimals” by Madisson James

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“For the last time Anthony George Williams III, get off the dining room table and stop wielding that fork- YOU ARE NOT A PIRATE!” Mrs. Williams ran around the long oblong table trying to snatch the coat tail of her youngest son. It was a futile attempt. George ran around on the top of the table keeping just enough space between himself and his mother. He was squealing with pleasure the whole time. And why not, George was six years old now and he was the king of the castle, or the pirate ship…or whatever other type of vessel he imagi...

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“Sid the Snow Removal King to the Rescue!” by Jennifer Lynn

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“So what? Just cuz I’m a black homeless junkie, you think I killed that white bitch? That ain’t my thing, man. You know me. Can I go now? I wanna see the baby.” Shantell bolted up from the old squeaky green chair and stalked over to the large office windows. “Sit down, Shantell! We’re not done yet!” Her older sister barked her reply. As soon as Shantell sat back down, Desiree’ continued, calmer now. “I didn’t say that you killed the baby’s mother, but I gotta say that it doesn’t look good for you. Sh...

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“"WHERE'S MUMMY?"” by Claire Tennant

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You know that feeling you get at times; an inexplicable sense of foreboding? You shake it off, telling yourself to grow up and to be quick about it. A few deep breaths and again, you tell yourself 'you can do this' and walk out head held high, trying to look confident. Yeah? You have been there too? Well, I felt like that on a day when it was not going to go smoothly, in fact, I never want a repeat performance. That morning, the weather forecast girl on TV said “be prepared for storms” and being a woman of indepen...

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You are the only one in the supermarket during a blizzard. Feeling creeped out, you decide to leave, when suddenly you find a baby abandoned on the floor.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 197 stories

“Cardboard House” by Chris Flo

“Just Pure Luck” by DERRICK CHU

“Under Attack” by Kevin Schenk

“A Cry in the Dark” by Janelle Curtis

“The Baby” by India Moon

“The story of a baby and a blizzard” by Pamela Berglund

“Leave Me Alone” by Lilian Mbithe

“The Gift ” by Egypt Belle

“Blizzard Baby” by Monica Chaddick

“Ignorance is Bliss...” by Chub Chub

“The End/The Beginning” by Sasha Lee

“JUST SO” by E. Zane

“Manimals” by Madisson James

“Sid the Snow Removal King to the Rescue!” by Jennifer Lynn

“"WHERE'S MUMMY?"” by Claire Tennant

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Twenty minutes before you are about to get married, you find your mother and your fiancé kissing passionately.

Every year, one person is sent to the moon. This year, though you hid in terror, it is your turn to enter the rocket.

You thought he was dead, but there he is, right in front of you on the street, smiling at you.

"Come with us,” two burly men in gray suits say, grabbing you by the arm and handcuffing you. “You know what you did.” But you have no idea.

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