Stories tagged “blizzard”
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Through the Frozen Hell
Deafening winds carried the blinding sheet of snow over the blank white oblivion. Though it appeared untouched, something small and brown struggled through, its prints concealed moments after every step. Weary, empty black eyes attempt to search throug...
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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 Wolf In Sheep's Uniform
The police car skidded on the ice and nearly went off the road. Mac pumped the brake and turned the wheel into the skid then straightened up. The wipers beat furiously but he could barely see more than two feet in front of him. “I thought we were...
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Born of the Snow's Crystal
Anati pulled the collar up closer around her neck in a feeble attempt to restrict the last of her body heat from escaping her coat. It’d been blind luck that lead her to this cave in the middle of a storm. Escaping the whispers of the snowbound w...
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Blizzard
It wasn’t often that the winter sky glowed with lightening flashes. She thought this blizzard would be like the last “blizzard”. But this one started only moments ago and the pavement protected by the car was already covered. “I...