Nikki Elbertson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Planet Nine” by Nikki Elbertson

Submitted to Contest #268

“Ooh, I got a good one!” Matchmaker 3791 shouted from her desk. “It’s a widower wishing to reconnect with his high school sweetheart.” She rubbed her hands together like a giddy child. “Maybe I’ll have them seated next to each other on a flight to the town where they grew up. He will be on his way to his daughter’s wedding…and she…hmmm…” Matchmaker 3791 paused and looked up. “Any ideas why she’s going back?” She looked around the room as everyone else read their daily assignments from their screens. “Hello?” Teacher 516 rolled his eyes. “Dif...

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“Triple M Day” by Nikki Elbertson

Submitted to Contest #266

Olivia turned off her alarm, hopped out of bed, and exed out yesterday’s calendar square with her magenta glitter pen. Triple M Day finally had arrived, and she was ready. She rubbed the ladybug locket that hung from her neck, as she examined the items on her desk next to her laptop: candles, tea, essential oils, the book, and of course, the checklist. Today was Olivia’s first day off in almost two months. On weekends and most evenings, Olivia worked at her family’s vintage store, Another Woman’s Treasure, allowing her parents, now in their ...

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Author bio

Nikki Elbertson is a thrift-store enthusiast, jewelry crafter, fitness instructor, recipe modifier, and published writer of scholarly articles and book chapters, curricula and professional development, and personal essays. Most of her writing occurs in her job of over two decades at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, but she carves out time for fiction when she can. She lives in Connecticut with her son and husband.