Emma Wilcox

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“Remember When” by Emma Wilcox

Submitted to Contest #227

I hate holidays and my escape from Christmas dinner was carefully planned. I had a plane ticket to a warm beach on standby and a fake work emergency in my back pocket. I would be spending the absolute bare minimum amount of time in my parent’s house. That was before everything went to shit though. I am the last kid to arrive back home and it is intentional. I recognize Kai’s battered pick up in the driveway and hear Simon’s booming laugh as soon as I step through the front door. But Mom and Dad are nowhere to be found. Without even g...

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“She Makes You Miserable” by Emma Wilcox

Submitted to Contest #179

I hadn’t offered to help Nico set up for his New Year’s Eve party, but he had a way of roping me into things. I had just walked in the door from an early shift at the coffee shop, still sweaty, sticky, and smelling of espresso, to find him standing on a desk chair to hang up streamers and balloons. “Oh hey!” He grinned when he spotted me walking past him for my bedroom. Nico and I had met freshman year of college, seated next to each other in a freshman, intro-to-college kind of class. We were roommates the next three years and just kept l...

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