Éloïse Gélinas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Sickly” by Éloïse Gélinas

Submitted to Contest #100

There were sheep grazing in the rain behind the gothic mansion on top of the hill. The estate was unsettling at best, but Frank Wallace had been a policeman for twenty-five years, and ivy-eaten stone walls and decrepit towers did not impress him at all. Frank turned off the lights and pulled himself out of his patrol vehicle with a grunt, his back sore from the drive. The middle of nowhere was no place to keep a house in his mind, but the worst was to imagine that more than a single lunatic had chosen to live here, namely the odd lady in he...

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“The Triplets’ Sweets Shop and their Extravagant Lollipop” by Éloïse Gélinas

Submitted to Contest #95

“For the love of sugar, Amandine, what did you do to my Choice!?” Melusine’s voice is so shrill, Amandine doesn’t understand how the rows of full glass vials on the shelves don’t shatter. Her sister’s shriek startles her enough to forget about the last drop of flavored DMCE (Decision-Making Concentrated Extract) dripping from the flask held out between her fingers. It drops in the funnel underneath her, and a burst of gelatinous mixture instantly erupts on her face. So much for her new goggles. Scandalized, Melusine drops her little...

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Author bio

Animation Grad Wannabe Writer CrossFit Athlete Unofficial Multilinguist "I don't know how to use my life" - Nathan W. Pyle