Emily Waldner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“An Empty Grave” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #100

Eva and her grandmother began to place down the clay plates around the small, wooden table prepared for two. The sunlight streamed in through the thin scraps of cloth that shielded the window. “Eva dear,” her grandmother said to her as she sat down at the table,”Where were you yesterday? You did not tell me that you were going to anyone’s house” Eva went pale and didn’t look at her grandmother as ...

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“Come Forth” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #99

Bethany was a small village. There lived people that were quite close to Jesus: Mary, her sister Martha, along with their brother Lazurus. Their brother spent all day working the fields, even on extremely hot days. He pushed himself every day for the sake of his sisters because, even with all of them working all day, they still could hardly keep food on the table. One day, as Lazurus was coming back from ...

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“Well Done” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #98

She looked back. Nothing could be changed now. She couldn’t return. The road ahead was winding and long, straight and narrow. The voice in her head said it would be okay, but she didn’t know how to trust it, or if she even could. Sophia looked up. The sun was bright and shining. She began to get a little anxious, and swallowed hard, trying to get rid of the fear creeping in the back of he...

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“Man In White” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #97

It was a bomb. Not a particularly big one, but one big enough to shatter a window. The war had been going on for a couple of years. People had to move every few days because of bombs destroying their new place of shelter. Even if it wasn’t a house, eventually, they knew, it would be destroyed. Charity’s family had thought they would have been able to survive underground with the millions of others taking...

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“In This Small Town” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #96

The small town of Aville was not used to strangers. Being placed so down south, away from most villages and towns. Most people wouldn’t even be able to cross the minefield of heat before coming to this windy town. It was always windy. Storms were horrid and did so much damage to property that some people had to go underground to the shelters, strategically placed there just for safety. Aville was located in between a very cold place, and a very hot place. The uneven heating resulted in an extremely windy forecast. A...

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“A Clear Choice” by Emily Waldner

Submitted to Contest #95

“You don’t think she’ll do it, do you?” Marie stood far off, standing before two great doors. Both were open, calling to her. The first one was fiery and bright and holy, the other was cooler, yet empty, dark and calling, begging for Marie’s attention. “I don’t know..her eyes seem to be drifting to the Holy Entrance..” The two doors stood open and clearly presented a decisi...

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Author bio

Hi I'm Emily! I'm a Christian and I believe that all people can come to Christ. I'm writing these stories to help provide the loaves and fish.