Elle Becker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“The Rain” by Elle Becker

Submitted to Contest #112

We stood at the window, watching the first monsoon of death this season. “Do you remember when the rain wasn’t poisoned, Ellie?” Daisy breaks my thoughts of him…I shake my head to clear his name, then look down to my sweet, six year old sister. I’m like a mother to her at nineteen, since our mother died five springs ago, caught out in a freak monsoon. Nobody saw it coming. Not like we have weathermen anymore. “Kinda,” I said. I was only nine when we came inside. It’s really not that different, except I miss playing in the rain, when I was y...

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“Killer” by Elle Becker

Submitted to Contest #103

I thanked the cops politely - though all three of us knew my words were hollow - then showed them to the door. A gust of wind hit me when I opened it to see them out; little ribbons of earthy, frigid air, lacking in moisture and mercy. The shadows on the lawn were long and thin from the bare trees in the yard. They stretched toward me, the branches like pointing fingers, accusing.I watched the officers silently leave through a dirty window pane as my breath fogged the glass. Awkwardly, they’d replaced their caps and shuffled to their police ...

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“American Wake” by Elle Becker

Submitted to Contest #101

“Will you have another cuppa? … Emma?” My Mum’s voice snapped me from my daydream, and I looked up at her. “Sorry, I was miles away. No, I thank ye. I was actually in a mind to take a wee stroll up the village,” I said, and so she’d let me go I quickly added, “I want to see who’s coming tonight.” I knew my Mum was wild for any gossip of who was attending tonight’s “American wake,” proudly hosted by our family, but really for all eleven of us emigrating from our tiny village of Killyderg, in Derry, Ireland. They were called American wakes ...

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Author bio

Elle Becker is an Arizona native. Though she's lived in other amazing places, the desert called her home. She's usually found at her laptop, writing for Medium. She finds that writing smooths out the scribbles in her life. When not writing, she spends her time with her boyfriend and family and gets outside as much as possible. She enjoys painting, reading, and kicking some serious butt in Scrabble. She also loves all dogs and is looking forward to being a crazy dog lady someday. Elle loves to hear from you - email her at ellebecker@therarebirdwrites.com