Emmett Wrighter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (18)

18 Stories

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“Screamers” by Emmett Wrighter

Submitted to Contest #60

No one knew why the screamers screamed. On a good day, when the wind blew in the right direction, you could hear them a mile off. That was when it was time to move, or else they’d come for you with their eyes dripping blood and throats gone raw. Whatever terror they saw, you’d have to be careful not to catch it too and if you looked into the eyes of a screamer, you were lost. People had theories and rumors, of course, but no one really knew was it was like. Something just snapped and you started screaming like the rest of them until you we...

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“Quake” by Emmett Wrighter

Submitted to Contest #60

"You said you'd teach me the true meaning of wrath," the man with the gun said. Disgust curled each word before he spat them out through gritted teeth. "Is this what you wanted?" His hand did not waver as he kept the gun fixed on the woman in the shattered doorway.In another lifetime, he had called her beautiful.He remembered the time before the earthshakes began to last days- weeks, even. When anyone could risk traveling up into these high-risers and not just the fools who had something to prove. A life where fragility and delicacy were che...

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“Reluctantly New” by Emmett Wrighter

Submitted to Contest #59

The door swung open to let in a breath of fresh air and a man leading a woman by the hand. Somewhat self-consciously, by the way her lips twitched up in a smile that was only half-natural, the woman wore a makeshift blindfold. It threatened to slide from her eyes and past her nose, so her free hand pressed to the cheap pink fabric to hold it in place. “-and just wait until you see the upstairs bathroom,” the man continued his gushing ramble as he stepped over the threshold. Dirt trailed from his worn tennis shoes and worked its way into th...

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Author bio

Writer. Larper. he/him 25 Denmark Student at the South Gate School of Creative Writing I focus on a mix of genres and mediums with a heavy basis in traditional fantasy.