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Emily Kilgore

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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I sit on the edge of my son’s bed, the sunlight filtering through the curtains, casting warm patterns on the floor. Today is his eighteenth birthday, a day I should celebrate with joy, yet I feel the weight of my secret pressing down like a heavy cloak. The serene front I’ve put on for everyone is cracking, revealing the turmoil beneath. I’ve done everything to make things right in the eyes of society — work endlessly to ensure others dwellings are liveable, water is functional and electrical won't catch fire during bad weather....an handy-w...

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The Echoes of the Mountain

Submitted to Contest #271

The Echoes of the MountainThe sloped hillsides and valleys below are bathed by the suns golden light. Leaves falling gently with the breeze. An perfect start to change of seasons in the small rural town of Dunlap. The air was rich with the scent of lavender, cedar, and pine. Surrounded by majestic peaks outlined by trees, ravines that held harbor to the creeks that flow year-round, the local communities built during the rise of the lumber industry long ago, now is home for those yearning for peace away from the hustle and bustle of urban lif...

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