Emerald Lace

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Dreaming of saving Lillivale” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #127

           She stood barefoot on the scorched ground trying to take a clean breath through the rancid, billowing smoke and watched as the last of the monsters fell into a pile of ash at the end of a fiery blade. The warriors should be thrilled, as they had won the night, but she felt deep in her soul that something was coming for them all.  Rampage, her most trusted follower, came to stand next to her. H...

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“Kitsch Bar ” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #126

Jason walked in after a long day of work and plopped his butt on the bar stool. He rolled his exhausted eyes at the loud celebration carrying on all around him. New Year’s Eve. Like it was any different from every other day---the world turned and time moved forward. Same ‘ol. Same ‘ol. He glanced up as his neighbor took a seat next to him. His name was something foreign, and Jason racked his brain to figure it out. Rayu...

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“Memories of Time” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #125

The freezing salt-water splashed his face as he pushed his tired arms through the surf. He’d been swimming for what seemed like forever---his heart was racing and breath struggled out of his lungs. The soaking wet tuxedo he wore only managed to make it harder for him to propel himself through the water.  Thomas had been traveling from his home in England to a new adventure with his bride-to-be, an American woman...

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“Endling” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #124

           Frayed around the edges, crinkled through the middle, and faded with time, dirt, and blood, the map sat next to her on the edge of the rooftop as she looked through her binoculars and kicked her feet in the hot summer wind. There had been a time when the city below bustled with life, but now there were only rotting cars, rolling fields of trash, and tornados of smog as far as the eye could see. When t...

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“outcast” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #90

CN: death My bare feet sink into the soft, chilled, packed earth and the magic from the soil soaks into my weary bones. I take a deep breath of the fresh mountain air---healing my anxiety as it flows into my lungs. Closing my eyes, listening to the young bird song and the crackle of foliage with each step I take. On the wind there is a chant so rhythmic it calls to my soul and I lift my skirt to walk more quickly towards the roar.  I’d run from this place, these people when I’d been old enough to think I ...

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“Under the shade of a tree ” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #90

May 1925 She stood in the small clapboard house and watched as he planted the baby tree in the backyard. John had bought her that tree so that it could grow with the new baby they were going to bring into the world. Sarah rested her hand on the mound of her growing stomach and swore there had to be more than one inside. John wiped the soil onto his pants before he walked back into the house. He’d been a beautiful man with flame-red hair of the Scottish and eyes dark like his Italian mother. They’d met in grammar sc...

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“The Last days of Craig Rose” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #89

“Hey, Princess! You ready to go?” My dad stood in the doorway as the nurse unhooked me from dialysis.  “Yeah. I needed blood again today.” I frowned at him while grabbing my coat.  He rubbed the back of his neck. “So, Dr. Malcolm said. I’m sorry. We will find something to help you, Princess. Come on. Let’s go home.”  My dad helped me into the truck before climbing into the driver's seat. Craig Ros...

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“Worse than Hell” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #89

Faith. It was all we had as we climbed onto the plane and flew into the night without a clue what awaited us. My heart raced as I hooked myself to the line. The red light so bright it washed over each of us like the reapers cape. I brushed my sweaty palms over my clean uniform and clasped my straps for dear life as another burst of fire peaked through the door. The aircraft shook with the impact, and it was time to fly....

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“Snake King” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #88

        Today his blood would pour from his body in an effort to appease the Gods. It wouldn’t work, of course, because they had made the Gods unhappy with all the destruction of their world around them---war, conquest and building of giant pyramids to honor themselves or the Gods had sucked the life from the Earth, and they were paying the consequence.               He would die for nothing, other than a reason ...

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“Go out with a Bang” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #88

  Laken I paced back and forth waiting for my father to come home from leading our people in the final battle of a hundred years war. He’d told me not to worry for him, but of course, I had no choice to do otherwise. I’d begged him not to leave us, that his generals could handle the decimation of the demons on their own but alas he patted my head and said, “Laken what is the fun in that?” ...

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“Stellan the Mighty” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #86

    Deep inside the bright, sunlit woods stood a cabin made of black and twisted branches. The stone chimney pumped out blackened smoke most of the day. No one dared bother the inhabitant of the cabin as he toiled away under the heat of his fire. And that’s the way he liked it, for he did not need interactions or paltry problems of the creatures that stirred outside these walls.      Stellan The Mighty, the last o...

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“Moonbeams” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #85

1821 This had been her family’s land since the moment they’d snuck aboard the boats for the new ground and hid away from the religious zealots. They had made friends with the Indigenous people since they were both outcasts from the colonizers. It was their place where mother earth spoke to them and where their magic was free. She’d come from a long line of hereditary witches and was proud to bri...

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“I Was Charlie ” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #84

Day 365 I can see them crawling along the rough, gray walls like giant spiders with three heads. They taunt me, scream at me and watch my every move. Sometimes, they are black with huge, silver spikes protruding from their spindly bodies. And other times, they are yellow with shiny bodies that I can see my reflection.   My once brown hair is now matted with streaks of white sewn throu...

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“Being” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #83

Born of primordial chaos, It stepped out of the ancient sea and onto the primitive land. The Being looked around, confused at the sights and sounds that assaulted its new senses. The ground beneath Its feet felt course and was a clean, crisp tan in color. The water was warm, crystal clear blue, and full of prehistoric single-celled organisms. The air smelled sweet of flowers and salty water. Being stumbled inland towards two tall omnipotent beings. One had dark skin with black hair that curled down to its feet, and the other h...

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“Cottage by the Sea” by Emerald Lace

Submitted to Contest #83

He stood on the edge cliff near the sea while the storm whipped around him, enraged and hostile---matched his mood. The lightning struck from the sky and met violently with the sand on the shore beneath him, causing the ground to shimmy under his feet. Maybe he should get in his lorry and head back towards his cottage on the west end of town. He’d left his job to pursue the craft that flowed within his heart, and when th...

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Author bio

I've written a total of 18 full length novels and have a bunch of WIP's waiting for their day in the sun. I love bringing joy to others through my words. Emerald Lace is my pen name for here only. All stories are a copyright of me, myself, and Emerald Lace.