Hannah Grace Botkin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2021

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“When We Survive ” by Hannah Grace Botkin

My nostrils are burning. The fumes radiating off the Tarmac are making my eyes water. I’m under my bird pre-flighting the nose gear—my shoulder blades pressed into a plastic creeper. I can’t rub my eyes again without coating them in grease. Someone runs by me, nearly tripping over my foot. I try to roll out from under the bird and hit my head. Before I can stand, Ray grabs my arm and yells something. I can see his mouth...

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“The Traveling Carnival” by Hannah Grace Botkin

I’m falling. My body jerks forward. I wake to my brother, Jasper’s face in mine, still grasping handfuls of parachute silk with white-knuckled hands. “You can’t keep doing that,” I say, trying to steady myself. Jasper lets go of the side of my hammock, the quick release of tension causing me to sway back and forth. He smiles. “We’re here,” he says. “Where’s here?” I ask.

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“The Guitar Player” by Hannah Grace Botkin

“Thanks a lot,” I say. I sigh and bend down to pick the crumpled one-dollar bill that landed in front of my feet on the sidewalk. I’m not homeless by the way, I just like to sit on the street corner to play my guitar. The streets are littered with leaves that scrape along the asphalt in the crisp autumn breeze. Sometimes when I play, I watch them float and dance as though they’re moved by the music. ...

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Author bio

Senior Creative Writing Major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. I work as a Prose Editor for Grimsy Literary Magazine and as a writing tutor. All my writing is peer-edited by my yellow lab service dog, Gatsby.