Beth Hitchman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“Warton” by Beth Hitchman

Submitted to Contest #3

It feels a bit intimidating, standing in front of that beautiful English country-side cottage. The one where I grew up. I get that sweaty, nervous palm feeling. You know the one. I had hoped to stop and stare at the ghost of my childhood without having to meet the people who live there now. It’s always better to keep memories unoccupied by the people who live now where they did, less messy this way. There is no car in the driveway. I am hoping this means that I can stare for as long as I like. A cool breeze on a medium warm day makes my skin...

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“When Life Gives You Lemons” by Beth Hitchman

Submitted to Contest #2

‘Proceed to ceremony Number 7194.’ This is it then; no longer a student clone waiting to be selected. I have arrived. The short ceremony is a welcoming of sorts to the New World. As my bare feet pad across the cool metal stage, I catch glimpses of myself in the polished parts of the black walls. The sombre room is reserved for initiating new life, an inauguration ceremony designed to welcome fully developed clones into a life shared with humans. The raising of clone and human youths has always been segregat...

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