Clementine Beck

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“The Problem with Eyes” by Clementine Beck

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #20

Once you begin to strip off, everything becomes okay. You do it systematically, layer by layer: first the cashmere sweater, brown and low-hanging; then the black cotton jeans that hug your skinny legs and always, always feel just cool enough against your skin. After that, off come all parts of your underwear, and the knee-high woolly socks. There. You pull a thermometer out of the bathtub. Thirty-eight degrees? You decide it’s perfect for today. Steam is tickling you face, just the way you like it. The surface of the water is almost glassy, ...

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“What James Dinn Knew” by Clementine Beck

Submitted to Contest #15

When I tell my third patient of the day that he has three months left to live, I want to kick myself in the groin. I am a liar. James Dinn will probably be dead before the end of the month. But he doesn’t know that, so he goes ahead and asks all the classic questions.“Is there a cure at all?”We’re talking about stage three lung cancer, sir. In my mind’s eye, I see the blooming, blackish-grey tumour on the CT scan.“There is a new treatment being developed in Los Angeles,” I finally say. “Some doctors are quite optimistic about it. Worth a try...

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Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #20

The Problem with Eyes – read story