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No Fire, No Warmth

Weekly Contest #343

CW: Themes of child death, hypothermia, and themes of grief-induced delusion. No Fire, No WarmthAs far back as she could remember, which was never too far back, she had always had puddles at her feet.She had often asked her father about it. Most times he just stared blankly through her, not answering. Other times he would mumble that it wasn’t cold enough.They lived in a cabin high in the hills where it seemed like it was always winter.She couldn’t remember a day when there hadn’t been snow on the ground, or a chill that went all the way thr...

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