Carolyn Ermel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Always the Same” by Carolyn Ermel

Submitted to Contest #54

Devin Miller should have just stayed home today. After all, it’s not like he needed to be in a coffee shop to write his stories. It was a cliched, tired trope, that all authors go to coffee shops to work on their stories, and it simply wasn’t true. If he had just stayed home, he wouldn’t be here now, slumped over in a booth with his laptop shielding his face and hot coffee dribbling onto his lap. This “change of scenery” approach had never worked for him before. His office at home suited him just fine, with his many bookshelves cem...

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“Nulvhenen” by Carolyn Ermel

Submitted to Contest #24

Translations:Nulvhenen - "Worlds End"Mal hallan - My heartShemel - SisterThere was nothing to do but sit and wait. And that, they reckoned, was probably worse than being dead.The Forest of Sleeping Giants was dark and dreadfully still. For three days it had rained continuously, a band of storms with harsh winds and warm rains that seemed never-ending. The woodland critters had long been flooded out of their hovels. Those that had wings or made their nests in the trees fled the canopy, leaving behind their newborns to die. Not a whisper of a ...

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“Tethered” by Carolyn Ermel

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #15

"So, you're a killer?"Death wished he had ears so he could plug them. This was the one question he hated being asked the most. You would think that after two millennia, he would have gotten used to the cold accusations and criticisms of mortals, but the truth was it still stung.Everyone feared him because of his name, and everyone hated him because of his job. What could he do to change that? Absolutely nothing."No." Death said calmly. "I am not a killer.""But you're Death," the girl refuted.She was a young, feisty Soul, recently acquired fr...

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Author bio

Simply, a young woman with stories to tell.

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #15
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