emma jo_234's published ficlets
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A History (Of Lies)
In the lobby of the hospital, the officer began asking questions.
“What’s your mother’s name, girls?”
Dallas spoke. Dallas …
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Let Him Be Okay
Dallas didn’t say much, but I knew she was worried.
Dallas was the strong one, the twin who knew how to cheer me up and cal…
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I Still Love You [Ana Cristina's Apology Challenge]
this is just to say -
i never told you
that my heart still beats for you
that i still smile when i think of you
that i’m s… -
Aftermath (A True Story)
I wasn’t sure why I was so upset. I hadn’t witnessed the boy getting burned – I’d been way down the hall.
So how come it bo…
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Cry (A True Story)
An hour later, they let us back into the school.
The seventh grade was instructed to go to their sixth hour classes. On my …
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Take Me Home (A True Story)
The teachers ushered us outside onto the soccer field. Immediately the entire seventh grade split into cliques, some people i…
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Introduction (A True Story)
It was finally, finally Friday. And I couldn’t be happier. It had been a tough week – frustrating school projects, piano le…
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Give Me Answers (A True Story)
Like I’ve said before, school’s nothing but routine, the same stuff over and over, day after day. Most afternoons, I arrive i…
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Poison [A Sequel to my Entry for Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
If I didn’t hurry up, I was going to miss the bus. And yet I stared at the slice of mirror, transfixed as though I’d just wit…
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Barely There [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
A crisp wind pierced my skin as I strode down a narrow side road, quickly so I wouldn’t miss the bus. I closed my eyes, tryin…
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On Growing Up
Growing up.
Someone please tell me what it means to grow up. How is it different from growing down? Out? In? Sideways?
S…
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A Show On the Road
I could only gape. Tears of anger, confusion, and fear were welling in Dallas’s eyes, smearing her thick rings of eyeliner. I…
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Where I'd Be (nowhere)
just one of the things we agree on
there are many more, you see
we both love blue skies and days at the beach
together, we fe… -
Sirens (New Series)
“Hannah!”
“What?” I called, not taking my eyes off my Spanish homework. God. I couldn’t understand this stuff for the life …
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A Day of All Days
Today is the day.
Whole lives will be changed. The battle with my sworn enemy will determine my country’s fate. “Victory!” ...
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Abigail, Her Father's Joy
“She’s got blue eyes like the sea
And a smile just like me
(Or so her mother says)
But that’s not why I love her
_No … -
An Awesome Answer
I just couldn’t do it.
“You have to,” Jess hissed, prodding me irritably. Her patience was about evaporated. I supposed I …
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Dance
Dance, beauty -
fling your arms up to the roof of the world -
and your slippered nimble feet, they flash
like mirrors slive… -
Can't Take It Away
you can take away my riches
you can take away my pearls
but no matter how hard you try
you can’t take away my world.‘cause …
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Color My World
Now spread out – the pencils
Now twirl – ruby-red
and color it – for
the sky – instead.Now peer out – the window
stare int…
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