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Lili Erika

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

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Jungle Fever

Lili Erika

Submitted to Contest #314

It was the hottest day of the year, but her body froze as she replayed the scene from last night. Harsh words thrown like knives, tempers hotter than the air - yet her blood felt as if it stopped flowing. By the time Alana had woken up, he was already gone. She lay on top of the thin duvet alone, her pajamas ripped off in the middle of the night during a bout of heatstroke. The holey, pilly sheet was already too much against her skin, glued to her back as she tried to stand up. Sigh. She had hoped to wake up with a fresh mind, but she alre...

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The Voice Inside

Lili Erika

Submitted to Contest #313

A: Wow, so this is what happens when two souls passing circling one another for eternity finally meet. We found each other at last. I could sense the faint outline of who you were from the messages you’ve been sending me. You’re not just a mirage, right?Because it feels like a match made in Heaven, and I don’t want to be disappointed. B: Hi. I’ve been circling, swiping on an infinite loop, trying to find the perfect match for a while now. I’ve been disillusioned by so many potential choices. For some reason none of them have clicked: they w...

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Shattered Lens

Lili Erika

The library was dim and drowsy, echoing with the occasional wheeze of a broken air conditioning unit and the ragged sneezing of someone three desks back. It was just after seven, but Harry had been drifting in and out of sleep for an hour, slumped against the wooden chair like a marionette with its strings cut. The night before had been long, soaked in neon lights and liquor, photographing Sigma Phi’s formal — a ritual equal parts revelry and hallucination. A few molecules may have been ingested. His phone buzzed in his lap — screen alight ...

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Dear Abby

Lili Erika

Submitted to Contest #273

Dear Abby, I see him in my dreams. His face appears, brown dreaded hair and soft eyes staring down at me; when I’m in the grocery store, the park and now when I shut my eyes. Every man over 6 feet, every worn leather jacket, every 4runner I see causes my heart to seize. It takes me back to the pure moments - of inexplicable laughter, hours spent cooking, minds read with a single glance. But these hallucinations also take me back to that night - of darkness, verbal ammo fired, the line disconnected. I know what I have to do, but my hands tre...

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Dear Dad

Lili Erika

Submitted to Contest #258

Tim McGraw was serenading us through the speakers, small beads of sweat dripping down our foreheads and into the creases of our smiles as Mom and I talked with our mouths full of BBQ ribs. It was the night before I left for college, the car was packed, and we were having our final hurrah of summer together. Between bites of cornbread, she was imparting her wisdom to me at breakneck speed - just in case she had forgotten anything over the past eighteen years. “Remember, pour seltzer water into a red cup at a party. No one will ever ...

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