Given the simple prompt "hello winter", nine writers were given the task to create a new short story to be put into this collection. This unique group of stories were all crafted in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and brings writers from two continents and five states together when we all must stay safely apart. Short stories included in this collection: "The Essential Guide to Happiness" by Mindi Dickstein, "Teddy" by Ronald Keaton, "The Snow Queen" by Theresa Heskins, " Le Cygne" by James DeVita, "In the House She Was Given" by Mallory Jane Weiss, "Capricorn Rising" by Nikhil Mahapatra, "A Winding Stairwell" by Ben Asaykwee, "The Similid" by Joe Jurek, and "The Lighthouse Teacher" by Sam Collier.