Stories tagged “bad weather”
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Involuntary Crash #1
The plane’s instruments had failed. Seeing as how it was in the midst of one of the worst blizzards ever recorded, this was not entirely surprising. Such was life in the Northwest Territories. The small community of Wekweètì, situated about one...
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Regrouping
The wind protested through the compromised fuselage of the plane. Craig rubbed his head, steadying his Arctic-proofed tundra jacket. “Medicine all right?” he inquired. Timothy rifled through some assorted debris until he found four small ca...
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Falling…
The three of them strung a fluorescent yellow rope between them, each one bearing a box of the precious medicine. They trudged in the midst of the miry snow, unsure as to which way was up. The compass was, for the most part, a loss, having taken critic...
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A Doctor's Duties
Cold wind, bitter as black coffee and sharp enough to draw blood, swept through the midnight forest that lay betwixt Farmer Geonnes’ and the village called Arborford. Above, a shadowed sky twisted, writhing as if alive. Perhaps it wasn’t ou...