Emmy Gregory

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“La Douche” by Emmy Gregory

Submitted to Contest #239

La Douche Decision-making is a skill that needs to be honed. You know who’s honing away at it at 5:30am? The person who wants your clients. So if you also want them, you better get ready to hone even earlier than that, my friend. Rules of the jungle. At 5:28am there were two different decisions for Heather to make: which shower gel to use, and whether to pay any attention to the strange tut sound she was sure she had just heard behind her. Cleanliness is next to productivity - isn’t that the saying? - so, shower gel it was. The purple one...

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“ProposalPlan Ltd” by Emmy Gregory

Submitted to Contest #237

The room looked like a cross between a student bar and a nuclear bunker. There was a coffee table in the centre, surrounded by the kind of solid oak chairs that cost a fortune but still look like someone found them in a skip. Ursula perched awkwardly on one of the chairs, sipping at her watery cappuccino. The young woman returned with a bright yellow mug of tea that was almost as big as her head. “So. Welcome. Who the hell are you, by the way?” “Ursula Clubb. Events coordinator at Queensford House and Gardens. You may be familiar with us: a ...

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“Survivorship Bias” by Emmy Gregory

Submitted to Contest #236

CW: Car accident / Fire / Infant death We were just outside Birmingham when I decided to get more comfortable. We had a Peugeot 505, a big boxy beast of a thing, with eight seats and a heavy-eyebrowed glare on the front. More than enough room for five people – well, six, if you count Alice, who wasn’t really much of a person. I sprawled myself across the back row of seats. I’d managed to nab a couple of beach towels for a blanket. I could just about lie flat if I tucked my knees up a bit. But it wasn’t going to be easy to relax. I was no g...

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