Emaley Rose

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Life and Times of June Parker-Jones” by Emaley Rose

Submitted to Contest #146

“Did you know,” said the girl, “ that octopi can unscrew the lids from jars?”“No, I didn’t,” I replied, even though I did. “Where did you hear that?”“I just read it.”“Oh.”, I said.“It says here that a human brain has eighty-five billion, five hundred million more brain cells than an octopus brain. Brain cell is another word for neuron.”“It is.”Her eyes narrowed. “You know the word neurons but you don’t know about octopi opening jars?”, she asked.“On second thought, maybe I have heard that somewhere before.” “Interesting.”I cleared my th...

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“Max the Dying Girl” by Emaley Rose

Submitted to Contest #117

(TW; suicide, child loss)Everything was ready for the ritual. Almost.Ms. McHale was ruling the kitchen with her usual fastidious fervor--ordering around aunts and cousins to hang streamers and blow up balloons and set the table but never once allowing any of them to stir the big red pot on the center burner of the stovetop. The brewing had gone off without a hitch. Now all she had to do was keep it at a consistent temperature. And she had to find Max. Max had disappeared early that morning without ever saying a word to anyone. Now ...

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Author bio

18-year-old writer from right outside of NYC :)