Emma Bolado

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Corduroy and Rosemary” by Emma Bolado

Submitted to Contest #34

The doorknob rattled softly. Shooting up, my eyes were fixed onto the door. The noise stopped. I slowly sunk back down into my hair-ridden bed. The sound kicked back up again, but this time it was followed by the white door opening. I darted toward the door, ready to guard what belonged to my best friend. Her scent turned my stiff position into an ecstatic tail-wag. It was a mixture of sweat, her most recent meal, and what can only be assumed is rosemary. Despite her youth, the first thing I saw were eyes that were sunken and lived in. Her f...

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“The Border” by Emma Bolado

Submitted to Contest #27

She shifted to the opening of the cave. The fragrance of fresh air was something she missed throughout the winter- wet but fresh. The frigid air through her nose alone made her want to go back to her babies, but with one last look at the mass of warm bodies, she knew what she had to do and what she had to risk. This winter was especially harsh as the little food she had, gone to her babies. When she glanced down, all she could see and feel was her ribcage. She wasn’t gauntly thin, but thin enough to slightly lack her usual abundance of power...

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“Coping Mechanism” by Emma Bolado

Submitted to Contest #23

She turned to the passenger window. She knew what she did but she needed help. The fog on the window made the world seem like a kaleidoscope of white, grey, brown, and green. Fallen ice clung to the bottom perimeter of the window. It glistened as the glow of the passing cars illuminated it. She was already bored out of her mind not to mention the constant awkward tension made mere seconds feel like minutes. She took her puffy black coat sleeve and wiped the fog off the window leaving a small circle of clear glass big enough for her face.&nbs...

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Author bio

Ninth grade writer~