Beth Mason

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Train” by Beth Mason

Submitted to Contest #164

Where I come from, the train is the only way to get anywhere.   Within the towering walls of our great city, the train is our freedom and our captor. Each day, we wait in scattered crowds at the station, our fragile bodies shivering as we bundle ourselves up in the scraps of our coats against the blistering chill that always hangs in the air like a noose. We fix our eyes on the distant tracks, listening with strained ears for the eerie whistle drawing closer and waiting, waiting, waiting for the flash of glistening steel to emerg...

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“How Slowly Thaws the Frozen Heart” by Beth Mason

Submitted to Contest #108

   They’d always called her cold, even when she was a child. Detached was what they really meant, but there were implications to that word and how it would apply to a child as young as nine that no one wanted to face.    Cold was a simpler definition. Cold could mean shy, or uninterested, or antisocial, which were all perfectly normal (if undesirable) things for a child to be. It didn’t hold all the nasty assumptions detached held, even if it meant the same thing in the end. Cold was easier to live with,...

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“Blood on O'Connell Street” by Beth Mason

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #101

There was blood on O’Connell Street; I saw it walking home. I didn’t notice it at first. You don’t notice these things all at once when you live in the city and you’re just focused on keeping your head down and not looking anyone in the eye. But all it took was looking up for just half a moment, and there it was. Even in the swarm of the early evening, when tourists nervously wander along in bunched-up groups of three or more and gaggles of college students gather in ragged crowds outside of nightclubs and local pubs, the trail stood out ...

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Author bio

I'm a casual writer and lover of short stories. When I'm not navigating college life, I'm burying myself in books or daydreaming about plots I'll probably never get around to writing. All feedback is appreciated!!

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #101
Blood on O'Connell Street – read story