Hattie Genette

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2022

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“The Sad Drunk” by Hattie Genette

I thought alcohol was supposed to loosen your tongue. Especially the kind of schoolies' trip parties. Smooth out the stunted ‘ums’ and ‘ers.’ A kind of grease for the mouth that leaves laughter smeared around your mouth like oil.A few paper cups of beer. The odd shot of vodka. It has all my friends wrapped around each other on the couch, words drooling down their chins as their faces melt into that weird place between crying and laughing. They look like wax dolls left to sweat in the sun.“I love you! You are the bes...

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“How the Good Live” by Hattie Genette

The winter frost followed us whether we travelled over land or sea. Even now from where I sit writing this, I can see it barrelling towards us in an avalanche of clouds.When I was first given this mission by the Bishop Gaius, I hadn’t realised the journey would be so arduous. No, I didn’t even think when I accepted the task inside that stifling abbey of his that I would have to endure three months crossing the known world on foot and another in a boat that could barely stay afloat. But I suppose all pilgrims face such trials, and o...

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