This story is one of the January Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. I hear his footsteps long before I bother to speak. Link has never been a big guy, but his steps have always been loud, and they’re even louder out here in the snow-covered woods. “You’re following me,” I say […]
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“Everything’s magical when it snows. Everything looks pretty.” –Lorelai Gilmore While I agree with Lorelai Gilmore on a lot of things, finding snow magical is definitely high up on the list. Although I can’t smell when the snow is coming like Lorelai, my obsession with snow is just as strong as hers. However, I don’t […]
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War raged in every direction. Colin had never seen such savagery. White crystals poured from the sky, delivering icy kisses to ashen faces. Frosty grenades exploded with malicious force. Running for his life Colin fell in the slush, the hand of the enemy above, poised to deliver a death blow. Then, just as despair crept […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end December 31st. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and submit it below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be featured […]
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.snow by TakeMyWorldApart This poem by Jason Williams seems to perfectly state the loveliness of the first snowfall: Everything gets covered, As the powder falls down. The snow seems to be discovered, As kids start to leave town. The rushing and running, As kids go out and play. Just to view the fun, That would […]
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Just when you think you’ll never hear a newscaster use “it’s a hairy situation” to describe a jackrabbit assault, it happens. They have come. Wait — did she mean “harey situation”? Either way, there is most certainly a jackrabbit apocalypse upon us. They show up out of nowhere, just sitting there looking like snow… and […]
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