Emilie Turner Author
“Hello?” "Good. You’re awake.” “Where am I?” “You’re safe.” “That’s not an answer.” “It’s the only answer that's needed.” “I can’t feel my legs. Why can't I feel my legs?” “Your motor control will normalise.” “Who are you?” “Elias.” “What's my name?” “Charlotte.” "Why doesn't that name mean anything to me?" "I don't know." “Why… Continue reading The Awakening: A Dialogue Only Short Story
TOLD AS A HOW-TO GUIDE Step One: Name It Do not call it what it is. Names have power. Names have edges. Call it something else. Say it softly until you believe it. Until it stops sounding dangerous. Say it often enough that it becomes truth. Step Two: Find Somewhere Dark Enough You need shadows.… Continue reading Hiding Secrets: A Short Story
“My aim is to put down what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way I can tell it.” Ernest Hemingway I recently lost my access to a computer. When I had my second child it became increasingly difficult to sit down at a computer and write - I quite frankly… Continue reading From Pen to Paper: Conquering the Challenges of Writing a Novel Without a Computer
Flight 237 was a red-eye flight, headed from Brisbane to London, carrying 237 passengers, including crew members. The journey was expected to be a routine one, just another flight for the crew and a long trip for the passengers. As the plane began to take off, Sarah felt her seat neighbour tense, clearly an anxious… Continue reading Flight 237: A Short Story
My next blog post is actually going to be the first chapter of my new project! It's taken a lot of time and planning to be able to start writing but it's exciting to start fleshing out the characters in their world. I started this project after a competition I entered a while ago. It… Continue reading Unveiling Shadows: A Captivating Journey into the Pages of a New Novel
Dear bestie, There is no one quite like you, a friend so loyal and true. You are a light that guides me through the darkness that can cloud my view. Friendship is a precious thing, a bond that we hold dear. It helps us through the ups and downs and wipes away each tear. In… Continue reading My Best Friend: A Poem
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. Amber eyes stared deep into my own hazel eyes, burrowing deep into my soul. My hand brushed the broken mirror, enraptured by the sight in front of me. The girl in the mirror was beautiful, elegant and perfect. She was everything I wished I could be.… Continue reading The Broken Mirror: A Short Story
Just ducking in today to say Happy Easter! Or Passover or whatever you may celebrate over this holiday period. I’m taking a break this week from the blog since it’s been chaos around the holiday time for me and the family! Will be back next week with a short story post for you all. Hope… Continue reading Happy Easter
He wasn’t coming back. I knew he wasn’t, but I wanted him too. I was desperate for him tocome back, back to my arms, back to me… My love was gone, pulled away from me. He had been conscripted to go fight in the war;there was no way out of it. He was yanked out… Continue reading Gone: A Short Story
Whispers echo through my mindbreaking down a shattered wallI built it once to save myselfa promise I would never fall. Little words can mean so muchand tear out a person’s heart'I love you' means the greatest thinguntil the meaning comes apart. Through my twisted thoughtsnot a single truth passesand every moment moving fasteras the life… Continue reading Haunted Dreams: A Poem
Emilie Turner 