Hannah B

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“No Year Ends in June” by Hannah B

Submitted to Contest #154

“We’re running out of time.” But I know that. He tells me again when my silence fails to give way to the fight he wants, or to the decision, or to anything, and then he says, Look at me. He begs. I can’t – no – that’s not true. I don't. I find an ant wobbling across the ground and I watch it. We can’t rid the house of them. Every windowsill, every place where wall meets floor, I’ve traced over and over with peppermint oil, and then with salt, as though an ant could be treated the way a foul spirit might be treated. When we still cooked in ...

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“Potholes” by Hannah B

Submitted to Contest #85

They say it’s the freeze-thaw cycle that makes the roads fragile and sends the concrete crumbling down toward the rivers. It opens up craters in the cliff-side highways, catches half-frozen tires and launches drivers into a frenzy of frayed nerves and foul language. And Gina always forgets. Zones out and lets her guard down, like she’s somewhere with an actual road-maintenance budget, only to be slammed back to reality. She’d thought, for second, that this time was it. That her elbows would freeze up, forget to keep the wheel turning, and s...

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“Beth Ann” by Hannah B

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #68

Ruthie knows she should be scared, crouched here behind the teller desk while some beautiful lunatic waves her gun in the air – and lord, what would the pastor say? – but in truth, she is taken by the sight of her. Transformed, transported. Devastated.“You hear me?”Ruthie fights back a smile and the pistol barrel aimed at her head seems to fade, until there’s nothing but the pretty face behind it. There’s a bandana tied above her nose, obscuring her lips, her cheeks. But her eyes shine fierce and bright, like the bottom of a well when the su...

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Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #68

Beth Ann – read story