Emily Pickett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Unit 363” by Emily Pickett

Molly Prichett and her brother James drove in silence on the way to the storage facility. Their 83-year-old grandfather had just bit the dust, keeled over, kicked the bucket, died-as they say. Their family had done the traditional mourning period followed by the nasty business of distributing dear ole grandad’s…stuff. Grandpa Pritchett was in layman’s terms, a hoarder. He was also a self-proclaimed inventor. Every time an infomercial came on Grandpa Prichett would yell, “I thought of that 28 years ago!” Those in the family would nod and...

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“Dear Diary” by Emily Pickett

Submitted to Contest #55

Carrie’s heart raced as she felt her iPhone vibrate in her hand for a second time as the text message came through. She already knew what it had said. She had gotten a glimpse of it as her phone’s facial recognition software confirmed her identity just a few minutes before. It was almost as if Steve Jobs himself was sending her a message from beyond the grave saying I know what you did. It felt like she had been standing in that bathroom stall for ages when a familiar voice rang out from behind the locked stall door. “Carrie?! Your moms call...

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