Emaley Rose

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Truce” by Emaley Rose

Submitted to Contest #280

Oh, I'm sorry, am I interrupting something? No, Sister. Then shut up. I've had enough of the whispering. Yes, Inspector, as I say, they're here with me now. They were the last ones to see her, aye. Half nine, they said. No. Well, you have to understand, Sir, we're quite short-staffed at the moment--we've nearly two hundred children at our facility. That they are, Sir, aye, desperate times. Yes, we'll be expecting you. Yes, of course, Sir, they've all been sent back to their rooms for the time being. Mm-hm. Yes, Sir. Thank you very much for y...

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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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Author bio

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