Erin Hamilton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“A Late Night at My Grandfather's House” by Erin Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #234

        My movements were mechanical as I stepped into the too-quiet house. Keys in the dish on the counter. Shoes wiped on the door mat and kicked off onto the place on the boot tray that has always been mine. Jacket shrugged off, hung from the hook that once read my full name in bubble stickers. Only three letters are left, now: S_m__t__. Simple, automatic, routine. Nothing has changed at Grandpa’s house in twenty-five years. Nothing until tonight.        &nbsp...

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“The Final Show” by Erin Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #203

        There are a lot of things that ghosts will tell you about being dead once you’ve gone and done the damn thing; seeing as most dead people are old, it doesn’t me that they love rules. Like my grandma – with her plastic-covered couch, her dishes and furniture reserved for responsible grown ups only, her many parables about the dangers of a young lady not knowing the proper and polite way to stand, sit, talk, sleep, breathe – the old fogies of the great beyond love having a good list of ‘do’s and ...

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“A Eulogy For My Still-Living Best Friend” by Erin Hamilton

        “I feel like I’m writing a eulogy,” I say, off-handed, the moment after Eloise takes a sip of her coffee.               Predictably, Eloise snorts, then rushes to cover her surely-stinging nose. I laugh, and she flips me off. When she walks up to the counter to get more napkins, though, I feel my smile slipping. I was only half-kidding, after all. I’m aware of the notebook in my purse like it’s a loaded gun I don’t know how t...

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A lover of stories, in whatever form I can get my hands on.