Hope Emilia

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Shuckers ” by Hope Emilia

Submitted to Contest #80

Trigger Warning: The following submission shares the fictional story of a school shooting survivor. There is no gore or overly explicit details of the death. However, it does feature an emotional view that may be intense and upsetting. I didn’t think I’d ever be here. If you asked me where I would be in five years, a year ago, it would not have been here. I don’t think anyone ever expects or even wants to be in a position like this. If you do, you’d have to be a real psycho. For me, I think the worst part is all the attention. I’m shy, I...

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“Goodnight Josie ” by Hope Emilia

Submitted to Contest #77

Trigger Warnings: Themes of drug use, alcohol abuse, and emotional upset. “Goodnight Josie!” “Goodnight!” Josie called back, waving her arm above her head as her friends drove off into the night. She watched the tires of the old van kick up sand and rocks as it rocked back and forth through the desert. She turned back to quietly creep up the driveway, hoping that she was sober enough to sneak back in without being noticed. Josie made it to the front door, fumbling with her keys and even dropping them, in her drug-induced...

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“Ghost Left and Ghost Right ” by Hope Emilia

Submitted to Contest #76

Trigger Warnings: Cursing. Themes of mental, and emotional abuse. Murder, death, and beyond.“I don’t understand.” “Me neither.” “What’s going on now?” “I don’t know.” “That’s dumb, why?” “I don’t know.” “You never know these things.” “How am I supposed to know if you don’t know either?” “I don’t know, you should know!”“Stop it already! I’ve had enough of you and not knowing.” “Fine, whatever. We should look in the other room.” “We already looked in there.” “Well, maybe we should look aga...

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Author bio

Hello, my name is Hope, I'm 22, I'm tired, and I'm always writing.