Beth Cheatham

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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“Spring Break-Out” by Beth Cheatham

Submitted to Contest #156

I read the words as big as life on the front page of my college magazine and sank back into my khaki green hammock: Spring Break-out Goes Paige Perfect.Oh God! No!It was anything but perfect. My roommate, Valerie, had left me with the chore of watching lab rats for the week while everyone else seemed to be on their way to Cancun for spring break. The job would be simple, she'd assured me, but she had lied."All you have to do is feed them a cube of "Magic.""What's 'Magic'?" I asked."It's a little treat that helps calm them so they don't go nu...

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“Enough is Enough” by Beth Cheatham

I opened up my Insta and saw her-the other woman."She has good hair, beautiful teeth and skin that sits perfectly between blizzard-white and over exposed-native," one co-worker noted."I believe the word your looking for is 'sun-kissed'" another co-worker agreed. "No sign of a tanning booth here."I look again."Thanks, Jer, I really appreciate your affirming her tan," I say."Sorry, I'm only going off her face, I can't see her body.""Don't worry," I tell him, "I'm sure it's as bouncy as her hair and as full (in all the right places) as her lips...

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