Frozen by Lesley Whyte

The gardens are quiet, still, frozen. Everything glitters in the frost. It looks magical.

This, she thinks, this is what heaven would look like.

She moves slowly along the path, enjoying the soft crunch under her boots, looking around in wonder at the arctic paradise she has stumbled across. She never wants to leave. She'll never leave this place.

Ahead is a fountain, the water turned to ice in a single moment. She reaches out and touches it, half-expecting it to burst into life at her touch.

Something moves.

She sees it out of the corner of her eye and her head flicks towards it.

There's nothing there.

A shadow, she tells herself. A leaf falling from a tree. Something innocent, something completely out of the extraordinary. The gardens are safe, peaceful, perfect. Nothing dangerous could exist inside its walls. It's simply not possible.

She shivers and huddles inside her coat. It didn't feel cold before. Something has changed.

Something...something isn't right.

There! Again! Just a flash of something, just beyond her eyeline.

A dark spot, moving.

Moving fast.

Moving towards her.

Frozen by Nick Trussler

Her body lay already frozen on the ice when the doctor approached. She was about eight years old, dressed in a winter overcoat that was too big for her. Her lips were already blue and her blonde hair was stuck to the ice. It made it difficult for the doctor to turn her on her back without ripping her hair out. A small breath escaped her mouth. Despite the futility of it the doctor bent over and blew hot air into her mouth and tried to shake her awake. Her lips were frozen. The doctor picked her up with some difficulty, for someone so small she was surprisingly heavy. He walked along the ice trying not to slide, treading carefully. The sudden sound of the cracking of ice sent a shiver down his spine, leaving him frozen on the spot.

Frozen by Carolyn Glass

She stares at him, speechless, how had it come to this? They had been happy at the start, a perfect couple, he was a little older but nothing worth mentioning, but of course that was in age only. When she realised that he was middle aged in his 30’s she should have run a mile, but she just didn’t see it.

Now here they were, him talking about retirement, she realising she had a lot of living to do. She had been building up to this for some time, she needed to get out before it was too late, that was when she thought of the almost empty chest freezer in the garage.

Day Two

And today's prompt is...

Frozen