Deep Freeze

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

Francine sat at her laptop typing an email to her old friend – the usual stuff about grandchildren, her book club, recipes. Mid-sentence, she stopped abruptly; what was that word? It was there a second ago and now it’s gone. She quickly reread the last sentence, certain the memory would return. It didn’t. Francine’s shoulders slumped, and she sighed deeply, feeling strangely lost. Looking out her bedroom window, she was stunned to see it was encased in icy webs; March 27^th and winter was still hanging on. She felt a chill, like the deep freeze of her mind was just beginning.

NAR©2026
100 Words

This is “White Out Conditions” by Bel Canto

27 March 2026

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