"A forewarning! A Nor'easter is approaching, a ripple effect I never had imagined as a black ash cloud hovered above the City's outer edge. I suspected something wicked was coming and noticed a steady stream of white snow falling, as a winter scream rang out. Footprints of evil were upon the City's boundless sounds of human life. As an overperfumed smell slammed into the City, I recognized the danger signs, but was too young to see the truth. Mother's voice was brisk, crisp, and stern, but I heard a different sound, a sound of...SNOW IN THE CELLAR" --P. [4] of cover.