Tag: snow
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THE THAW
After the suicide season over Christmas, when the lack of daylight drove depression rates soaring, the thawing of the winter snow was always the next busiest time of year. Anders Sand had already cleared two cases in the past week, bodies unearthed from the retreating white blanket: one a climber who had been missing for…
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ANOTHER YEAR
Back on the usual spot. It’s nice to get out of the dark box in the attic. The first minutes were rough as always – turned upside down, shaken around, played with like a toy, before being settled on the mantelpiece. The youngest is tall enough to reach me now, so I had a couple…
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ORBITAL
Five hours she had been stuck on the orbital road. They had barely moved an inch while the snow continued to fall. The glowing streetlights fought off the encroaching darkness, the car’s heater battled the creeping cold and the radio staved off the loneliness. Some had abandoned their cars and started walking. She had too…
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M IS FOR MOON
Håkon Berg had called Anders Sand just after midnight. This far north Sand was in the Arctic Circle. The moon, even in April, was almost a permanent fixture in the sky, the sun only breaking the horizon for a few hours each day. Only by the clock face on his ‘phone could Sand tell the…
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G IS FOR GATE
Dahlia Larsen hurried through the gate. Her breath froze in white clouds as she crunched through the snow. She lifted the heavy garbage skip lid and threw the black plastic bags of rubbish inside before heading back. Sorrisniva, the igloo hotel in Alta, in the north of Norway, had closed the previous week as the…
Iain Kelly 