Heat Wave Novels & Stories

A soft voice, just barely audible, floated between my conscious and unconscious state. ‘Winter. Winter, don’t worry. I’ll always be here for you. Stay strong, Winter. Stay strong…’

Not even a cold shower was helping. I opened the small window, and hoped that the cold winter air would help, but it was to no avail. I needed something more. So I sent him one last text with another plea for help. ME: Draven, I feel like I’m on fire. This is the worst heat wave yet. I took a cold shower, even opened the bathroom window for cold air. Nothing is cooling me off. Please help me. I heard him curse from the other room, and then my phone pinged.

Dave explains as you follow him down the stairs. "What do you mean, they're causing a heat wave?" you question, confuse. "Of course, not on purpose. I think it's because of the un-fated she-wolves that it happens the way it does,” Dave draws his own conclusion. The moment you got outside, you felt it creeping up into your body again. "Oh, no." "Crap. You better run. I’ll do my best to fend off anyone coming after you,” Dave says, but before he could finish, your scent hit him. "Run!"

I said brightly into the phone. “Cassandra,” she said, her voice light and airy. “How IS the weather there, dear? I saw on the news that the coast was expecting a heat wave. Is it awful? Tell me. Is it like living underground in fiery pits of hell?” I chuckled. The weather had taken a strange turn and it was unseasonably warm for this time of year. It was the sort of heat we usually only experienced in the dead of summer. But it wasn’t anywhere near ‘the fiery pits of hell’.

Drawing up alongside Evelyn, Lily summoned the executive lift. Only as July rolled in did New Yorkers come to realize Nature had more deadly designs. Among the driest on record and with scarcely an inch of rainfall the entire month but with a consistent humidity near forty percent, the blistering ninety degree temperatures quickly became triple digit heat indices near noon, lasting for hours at a time. To combat the heat, both she and Lily had taken to pinning their wet hair up on the top of their heads and leaving it—Evelyn’s drying into the enviable cascading waves like Hedy Lamarr and Lily’s curling into golden looping ringlets so that Justin had taken to calling her Shirley Temple, much

💦Shared Ride, Shared Heat💦 “Fuck, it’s hot tonight.” I fanned myself with my hand as I climbed into the back seat of the Uber Pool, the Miami night air thick and sticky even at 11:45 PM. My tight black mini dress clung to my curves, the hem riding high on my thighs from the movement. I had been out dancing with friends, but they’d paired off with guys at the club, leaving me to head back to my hotel alone.

Chapter 17… The sun hung mercilessly overhead, casting a scorching blaze upon the earth. With each step, the heat seemed to seep through every pore of my skin, enveloping me in a suffocating embrace. The air felt thick and heavy, as if I were wading through molasses. Sweat trickled down my back, forming rivulets that soaked into my shirt, clinging uncomfortably to my body. My throat felt parched, each breath I took like inhaling hot coals. The horizon shimmered with waves of heat, distorting the landscape into a mirage of illusion. In this sweltering inferno, time seemed to slow to a crawl, each moment stretching out endlessly beneath the relentless sun.

] [ARCTIC SNAP CONVERGENCE COUNTER: 03 HOURS, 00 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS. [WARNING: REVERSAL FROM METROPOLITAN HEAT TO SUB-ZERO SECTOR TEMPERATURE WILL BE SUDDEN AND SEVERE. FIELD TEMPERATURE IS PREDICTED TO HIT -20°C BEFORE DAWN.] [HOST IS ADVISED TO LOCK DOWN CORE VENTILATION PERIMETERS PERMANENTLY.] I sat up instantly, throwing off the sheets. *Three hours.* The oppressive, suffocating heat wave that had plagued Oakhaven was about to violently fracture, and the true apocalypse was throwing down its icy gauntlet ahead of schedule.

Sharon The heat was insufferable. It had come out of nowhere, blasting through the city and melting everything and everyone in its path. It had even reached all the way out to the suburbs, stifling my entire life. As if it wasn’t bad enough with the lock down, now we had to suffer through unbearable heat on top of it. I wasn’t sure how I was going to survive the rest of the summer. I was already covered in sweat. I could feel it trickling down my spine and falling between my butt cheeks.