Elaina Wyrd

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Hello, Stranger” by Elaina Wyrd

Submitted to Contest #37

When I got the call, it wasn’t anything like the movies. I didn’t even know I’d gotten a call until after I was already sitting in the lobby, searching desperately for something to take my mind off of my surroundings.“Hello, this is Aaron Burnap with Crescent Skies Memorial Hospital. If this is Io Williams, emergency contact for Nina Williams, please call this number as soon as possible.” I let the phone drop from my ear. A few years back, I’d used my real phone number to enter some raffel at my old job, and ever since then, I’d been plagued...

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“At First Sight” by Elaina Wyrd

Submitted to Contest #36

Dear Diary— Oh, dearest, sweetest, most wonderful Diary! I write to you in such excitement. Please, you must forgive my handwriting— it is taking all of my energy to sit still, and I have none to spare to steady my hand. How I long to dance, or to sing to the air! But first, this. I must detail today’s events while the memory is still fresh, so when I’m old and grey and no longer quite so spry I’ll be able to look back and feel this way again. What is a memory but a door to the past? This should help to keep the hinges oiled and the han...

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Author bio

I have a bad habit of only writing when I shouldn't (like right now, for example, I have a week's worth of video lectures to watch). Hopefully, this will force me to develop a routine of sorts rather than writing only to procrastinate. Would love any and all feedback! <3