Emily Schauer

Published writer and editor specializing in young adult and adult fiction, copywriting, and poetry.

Recent Articles

Explore my most recent short stories and published articles

Short story • 23rd January 2026

Trivial Emotions

You know how it goes with first loves, don’t you, doctor? Very quickly this person becomes everything to you after a while of them just being there. It may get unhealthy... but for a time you’re both young and certain there isn’t anything better. (4,001 words)

Short story • 28th December 2025

rust.

You arrived maybe a month ago, though it could be either less or more. It’s been difficult to tell time recently. Summer in this seemingly barren place is suffocating, but the suffocation is the good kind. (1,202 words)

Short story • 11th December 2025

The Woman in White

The darkened graveyard holds its breath when she takes her first steps. (2,382 words)

Blot Magazine • 7th December 2025

Getting Into the Swing of Things

Tips and tricks on how to keep up motivation in school, exercise, and creativity when life gets too busy

Blot Magazine • 7th December 2025

Music as Art, Art as Community

In a world so divided, see how music can be used to create unity.

Short story • 30th September 2025

All the Stars in Heaven

Once upon a time, there was a lovely yet proud maiden living in a village outside a vast rainforest. The villagers spoke of her beauty everywhere she went, saying that it rivaled that of the gods. The maiden, though knowing she should quell such conversations, couldn’t help but agree. (1,482 words)

Short story • 5th May 2025

Eyrie

It took somewhere between two thousand and three thousand heartbeats for the alarms to stop. Another thousand heartbeats for the yelling to die down. And finally, exactly six hundred and fifty seven beats for everything to go back to the way it was before. (2,675 words)