Emilou
Joined May 2010 and calls http://em1k0.wordpress.com/ home.
37 stories, 313 challenges, 76 comments, and 15 friends
My name is Emi. I welcome any constructive criticism because I know I need it. I love to read and write, among many other things.
Stories
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A Visit from a Friend
A young woman sits in the drawing room, gazing out the window. She doesn’t move as the door opens and a middle aged man sweeps in. “Well now! When did my squirrel come home?” She continues to observe the rosebushes, refusing to acknow...
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Front Row Seats
“There was a murder across the street? Seriously? I don’t buy it.” She looks skeptical. “It was just a robbery, right?” “Come now, that comical joke? You can see the cops. And see they are carrying out a body now....
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'Tain't Impossible
A wide swath of black tar spreads across the deck of the ship, leading back to its origin at the feet of a clumsy deckhand. “She’s been purty fur twenty year! Yew’d better git her inta tip-top shape afore the Cap’n sees that! If yew...
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Five months
The semester starts. Fresh faces, students eager to learn or resigned to their fate, they don’t know anything. Yet. Give it time. Say, five months. You will see these same students, eyes now bright, mind brimming with knowledge. They walk out the sam...
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Never the same
Poetry should, by necessity, be written in pencil. Poetry changes evolves grows, even as it is created. To put a poem in pen would be to pin down a butterfly. Still pretty, but never the same.
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Don't say it!!
“What’s up Sam! You know today is friday th-” “STOP!!” I am cut off by a scowl. “What’s wrong?” I look blankly at him. “You can’t say it Max. Not today. You’ll jinx it.” “Oh,...
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Never leave
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Death or Glory
“You are sure we won’t accidentally maim ourselves? This seems like the kind of thing that requires adult supervision.” I look down at the box, reading the instructions for the millionth time. “You forget I am an adult… my...
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Don't worry about it...
Don’t worry about it. famous last words. The kind that should stay unsaid and unheard. He threw the rock it went far and high, he watched as it flew towards the sun, in the sky. Then, like magic, it seemed, a bright thread of light fell from the ...
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The Last Acrobats
The tattered tent stands on the hill, silhouetted by the full moon. The breeze twists the torn and shredded remnants of a pennant, which once read CIRCUS. Years ago, it was the main attraction in town. On Friday nights, everyone would go to see the str...
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Hope
I glance across the table, expecting to see a familiar face, and instead, see an empty chair. The teacher is still talking in the background, but I find it hard to focus on the assignment with the chair mocking me, making his absence painfully obvious....
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Waiting
I feel like I’m going insane, or at least stir crazy. There is nothing to do, and nowhere to go. I’ve been trapped here about a week. Where is here, you ask? An empty room. One well worn, wood-panelled floor, and four boring beige walls. Be...
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An Ocean's Fury
In the middle of the ocean, a fierce storm rages. The roaring wind makes the ocean churn and boil. Raindrops fall from the sky like marbles, turning the once calm surface of the ocean into something resembling a liquid cheese grater. There is sporatic...
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One more minute, then the end
Leaning into his shoulder, she looks up through the trees at the night sky. They had been sitting together for hours, watching the stars whirl by overhead. She turns her gaze to him and smiles. “Only a few more minutes, I promise.” Her voic...
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Not yet...
A friend invites you to come to the movies. You waver at first, not knowing any of the other guests very well, but agree to go when you hear that Tom is coming. For the rest of the day, you can’t concentrate on anything else. That night, you sit ...
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Game Over
Dang it/Dammit/God bless it. That’s the third/tenth/fifteenth time I’ve died/started over/reset in one morning/day/evening. I really need to get better at it/do something else for awhile/get a life. I look up from the computer, and see/noti...
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Before
Once upon a time, there was just me. Life was good, but boring as all get out. I always wished for an iota of excitement, anything to relieve the tedium and monotony of everyday existence. Then I met you, and everything changed. To quote a cliche: be c...
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Legendary Chess
It all started one Saturday morning, in Central Park. Several tables were already taken by old men, who were playing games they had started 40 years ago, at the same table they are sitting at now. A teenage boy walks up to an empty table, and starts se...
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Alexandria
The city was in chaos. Flames were leaping from ship to ship, consuming everything in their path. Sails and hulls were ablaze, ships slowly sinking into the sea. Sailors were panicking, leaping into the water, desperately trying to make it safely to th...
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Credits
It was like the scene at the end of a movie- a couple, walking peacefully down the street, while the world erupts into chaos behind them. They don’t look back, but walk to a waiting car, ready to start a new life together. Then, if it was a movie...
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How much longer...
The hustle and bustle of the campus dies down as the bell rings. The metaphorical bars slide across the doorways, locking students inside. The teachers reluctantly stand, mentally preparing themselves for the barrage of sarcasm and disrespect they have...
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Procrastination...?
Looking up at the clock, I sigh, and put the book down. I pick up my pencil, once again mentally preparing myself for another foray into the literary minefield that I call an essay. It appears as if red ink has been thrown carelessly over my carefully ...
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A Reputation to Uphold...
I step back, and take a look at my work. Not bad, if I do say so myself. A little different than my usual, but still recognizable as mine. The painting spans the entire side of the building. The police call it graffiti- I call it art. A forest now grow...
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Awake
I look at the small orange bottle on my nightstand. Hopefully I will get a decent amount of sleep tonight. Within five minutes I’m out like a light… It’s late, and I’m hungry. I go out into the hall, and see a sign: FREE DONUTS ...
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If Only
If only you knew how much… (lalalala… 60 characters yet?)
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Disappearing Boy
I can’t believe it. She’s here. I start to make my way through the crowded room. I’ve never been a fan of parties, but I heard that she would be here, so I came. She looks over at me and smiles. My heart almost stops. She recognized me! Then ...
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Wedding Day
I’m nervous, my hands are shaking. I’m getting married- to the Devil.
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The only problem is,
Once you regret, it’s too late. ____________________________
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Trust Me
I sit in the black duffel bag, dying for a breath of fresh air. The darkness is suffocating, and I’ve been in here for what feels like forever. When he pieced me together from junkyard scraps and wiring, he didn’t care that I was claustrophobic. La...
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Haunted
I sigh as I get in bed and pull up the covers. It has been a thoroughly exhausting day, and I’m in dire need of a few hours rest. As I roll over, I notice a light on downstairs. I could have sworn I’d turned them all off, but so far, itR...
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