Elizabeth Louis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Automanagerie Prologue” by Elizabeth Louis

Submitted to Contest #59

The cadence of excited colloquies infused with a music box chiming issues from a polite line. The tune is Smetana’s Vltava, though I can’t say how I came to know it. Women in prim laced-up dresses, soft pinks and lavenders, giggle softly. Men, dashing in black tailcoats, tip their top hats, exchanging How do you do. A sign, dazzled with illuminated round bulbs, reads, THE AUTOMANAGERIE--Clockwork brought to life! Tickets Here! I stand in this line, heart palpitating, as I try to peer past the broad brims and billowing cloth roses. Daring to...

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“Love Letter to a Tree” by Elizabeth Louis

Submitted to Contest #57

Standing tall, limbs so high off the ground, impossible to see from below, a legion of Sequoias are poised in eternal solute. Their rust-red skin is rough-yet soft, living- yet still, and incomprehensibly soothing in a way that takes me back. Closing my eyes, I can almost hear a song, soft vibrations, earth-deep. How many millenia have they bared witness to? Floods, earthquakes, fires, births, deaths- how many souls have they shared the earth with? If you had a face, you would have clear, hazel green eyes, sharp with knowledge and gra...

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Author bio

I'm an English major who has always wanted to get into creative writing more. Ultimate goal is to write a novel that I would want to read.