Elle Marie
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Western NC-based gal who writes sometimes. I like plants, cats, and going to pretty places.
Stories (12)
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Quittin' Time. Winner in The Shape of the Thing Challenge. Content Warning.
Tessie’s beer wasn’t cold enough, the evening was too got-damn hot, and she wanted a cigarette like nobody’s business. Since only one of those problems offered an easy solution, she threw some cans into the freezer box while she wrangled the hens for the night and locked the coop. After a whole 10 minutes, the beer was still lukewarm, but it was enough to sip on resignedly.
By Elle Marie4 months ago in Fiction
Countdown. Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Charlie suddenly noticed that the empty screen above the orange button in the center of the panel, which was now glowing, registered “1:00” and was counting down. From behind the glass window, he saw that the girl was pounding on the large industrial door, screaming words he could not hear.
By Elle Marieabout a year ago in Horror
The Exchange. Runner-up in Small Kindness Challenge. Top Story - September 2024. Content Warning.
Misty’s car made a gut-wrenching grinding noise as she pulled into the parking lot, pulling into a shaded spot near the back. The grinding, which happened just about every time she turned the wheel now, had become so loud and anxiety-provoking recently that it eclipsed the fact that her AC had conked out before summer even started. But now, sitting in the muggy shade, beads of sweat appeared almost instantly and unbidden on her top lip. Her muscles groaned, and her bowels cramped as if someone was tightening a vice. Her phone lit up with a text message, predictably from Cole:
By Elle Marieabout a year ago in Psyche
LSD, John Lennon, and Lime Popsicles. Content Warning.
“Bottoms up,” I joke as we press small slivers of blotter paper against our tongues, swallowing them before hustling down the metro stairs to catch the L train. There’s just enough time to make it to Central Park before the acid kicks in. This is how A. and I are ringing in summer solstice of 2021.
By Elle Marie2 years ago in Wander
Foolish Things
I read this challenge prompt with a lazy sigh. Less than a month into creating this Vocal account, scarcely a few weeks into the new year, and already I gotta talk about my aspirations? Clearly I’m up to it, otherwise I wouldn’t have opened a word document in the first place, nor would I be typing about it now. True confession, I still don’t exactly know what aspirations I’m going to write about (and here we are, one paragraph in).
By Elle Marie2 years ago in Writers
Something In the Water. Runner-Up in the Whodunit Challenge. Top Story - January 2024. Content Warning.
Sascha was the first to find the fish. At least, she thought she must be. The sky outside was still a bruised purple, light gradually seeping through the horizon. No other patients had been in line at the nursing station when Sascha went for her morning meds. She did not know what time it was, only that she had been lying awake in the interminable darkness of her room for longer than she could stand it. Deciding to wander the halls instead, it was by coincidence rather than intention that Sascha was the first to arrive for her medication. The morning nurse had chirped merrily at her, some praise for being an early bird, and did not ask her to wag her tongue when she lifted it after swallowing.
By Elle Marie2 years ago in Criminal
