Emma G.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Can You See the Color?” by Emma G.

Submitted to Contest #244

I wake with a jolt as my TV blares the jarring tone of the Emergency Alert System. Still half asleep, I get myself out of bed and trudge into the living room. It’s only four thirty in the morning.The screen cycles through the same message over and over: THIS IS A NATIONAL ALERT. DO NOT LOOK AT VIRAL PHOTO IN CIRCULATION. EXPOSURE TO VISUALS MAY RESULT IN PHYSICAL HARM.Viral photo? I don’t know what it’s talking about. Is something going around on social media?Curiosity getting the better of me, I grab my phone off my bedside table and am abo...

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“The Infinite Versions of You” by Emma G.

Submitted to Contest #156

Don’t you remember being nine years old, chasing each other around the playground at recess as if we were the only two kids in the schoolyard. Everyone used to tease us, saying we were boyfriend and girlfriend. They were wrong, we insisted. You and I were just friends. Best friends. Until your family moved away, and all that you left me with was a hug in the backseat of my parents’ Subaru before disappearing from my life for good.Don’t you remember when we were ten and spent our afternoons wandering through the woods beh...

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“Choose Your Own Adventure” by Emma G.

Submitted to Contest #156

When you think about it, life is really no different than a choose your own adventure game. Sure, maybe we’re not choosing whether or not we want to travel back in time to meet the dinosaurs, but we do get to choose whether or not we want to break up with our partners, move to a different state, or have a cup of coffee in the morning.We’re presented with millions of choices everyday from the moment we take our first breath. Some decisions lead us down mundane paths while others force us into situations far more exhilarating....

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Author bio

They say to write what you know.