STORY STARTER
Submitted by Miki
Your character wakes up at the same time everyday to the sound of someone calling our their name. As the days go on, the voice only gets louder.
Write a story about the voice, what it sounds like, and where it wants your character to go.
“Emily”
_“Emily”_
it is quiet and hard to say
if someone is calling my name or if
I am just
imagining it.
_“Emily”_
this time I know I heard it because
it is louder and it
urges me to
remember.
I
don’t
want
to
remember.
_“Emily”_
this voice
causes something in me
to ache.
_“Emily”_
it says my name so loud that my ears rings
and not with physical pain—
—but rather the pain
of recognition.
_“Emily”_
this voice is digging up memories
I feel floods behind my eyes and
a sharp piece of glass
lodged in my throat:
on the brink of slicing me open.
_“Emily”_
my head is throbbing
invisible fists from inside my skull
pounding their way
out.
_“Emily”_
I tried so hard to
forget her.
thinking about her
makes me want to bring that knife to my neck
again
she is not here to stop me
this time.
my heart burns
when I think about my mother.
I will join her soon.
