Emilia Horton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2023

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“Dreamt Apparition” by Emilia Horton

Submitted to Contest #206

It was midnight when she had heard the first sound; a swift movement of air that did the bells attached to her dreamcatcher ring. At first, she didn’t think much of it, but they grew persistent with time. Yara was sat behind the desk of the small office she had built soon after she had moved into the property. It was a one bedroom house, the last in a row of seven. After her house, there was nothing but an empty open road that led to nowhere. The owner had to leave promptly, and the price was well within her budget. She had accepted th...

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“The Bus” by Emilia Horton

Submitted to Contest #205

The bus 6 came at 6:36, as it did yesterday and the day before. As it did each morning. Anne stepped in the bus, smiled at the driver, the same old bald man wearing his white polo shirt, two buttons undone in summer and buttoned up in winter. It was winter now. The last button dug in the fat of his neck. He did not smile back but watched her tap her bus pass against the machine. She ticked her foot, 3, 2, 1 and there it was, the two beeps. She walked to her seat. It wasn’t carved to be so, but it is where she always sat, in the middle, in fr...

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