Aubrey Rebecca

Joined December 2022

28 stories

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My writing lives in the liminal spaces where memoir meets myth, where contradictions—grief/joy, addiction/love, beauty/ruin—tangle together. A Sagittarius, I am always exploring, searching for the story beneath the story. IG: @tapestryofink

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Remediation Required. Honorable Mention in The Forgotten Room Challenge.
My hangover throbs behind my eyes, and my breath tastes sour. I take a swig of water and collapse on the couch, craving rest and relief. As soon as my eyes close, time and space melt away, and I am falling.
By Aubrey Rebecca3 months ago in Fiction
The Topography of a Third Date. Winner in Maps of the Self Challenge. Top Story - November 2025.
We are lying in bed—tangled sheets, sweaty hair. He runs a finger along the scar in the center of my forehead. I always forget it is there.
By Aubrey Rebecca3 months ago in Humans
My Autumn. Winner in The Sound of First Frost Challenge.
You loved to climb the maple, We called it your tree, We had been so willing To give you everything, As if we knew,
By Aubrey Rebecca3 months ago in Poets
Safer Inside. Honorable Mention in Through the Keyhole Challenge. Content Warning.
It started with a knock. Tap, tap. Mac, who had been sitting on the couch moments before, started shaking, his face ghostly pale. He raced to his private bedroom closet, closing the door with a snap.
By Aubrey Rebecca4 months ago in Fiction
By The Skin on My Palms
I am a Sagittarius, an archer, bow drawn taut, scanning the horizon. . I perch, then wander, forever moving,
By Aubrey Rebecca4 months ago in Poets
The Wedding I'll Never Forget
Best day of my life, His voice, her scream, my breath. Their blood was mine. Yes.
By Aubrey Rebecca4 months ago in Poets
Reflections from Your Bedside. Top Story - October 2025.
The woman in the next room calls me “mother” as in “Thank you, mother,” when I fix her TV. She calls you my baby, as in, “How is your baby today?”.
By Aubrey Rebecca4 months ago in Fiction
Average Joe
“Look at him, my golden boy, even then taking care of his sister,” my mother crows downstairs. Someone has arrived for coffee.
By Aubrey Rebecca5 months ago in Poets
An Elephant's Memory . Runner-Up in A Knock at the Door Challenge.
Tap. Tap. Tap. I hear the sound, but do not register it, too busy staring into the mirror, searching my bloodshot eyes, trying to locate myself in there. I press my hands into the cold porcelain sink so hard that my wedding band is pinching my finger.
By Aubrey Rebecca5 months ago in Fiction
Letting Go
Rushing air on veins, threatening the home I know— I cling then drift away.
By Aubrey Rebecca5 months ago in Poets
My Exhale. Honorable Mention in Falling Leaves Challenge.
One leaf remains, I— Bated breath, frozen hands--wait, Rush, snap, gone. Silence.
By Aubrey Rebecca5 months ago in Poets
Between Time. Runner-Up in The Road Drops Here Challenge. Content Warning.
There was no stench of death when I awoke, I hadn’t known. - I only knew someone had opened a window, let the autumn air waft in,
By Aubrey Rebecca5 months ago in Poets