Hayley Hitchens

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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“Primal Daze” by Hayley Hitchens

In the beginning, it was energy. Energy of the sun provided enrichment to earlybacteria. Then plants, herbivores to eat the plants and carnivores to consume the herbivores. In between, humans evolved from ape-like creatures of habit, play and foraging. “Come on Elias! My grandma walks faster than you!” “I’m coming!” He shouted, shifting under the ungodly weight of his pack. Elias was unaccustomed to backpacking, much less hiking in the forest. His mother had signed him up for the Boy Scouts i...

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“Small Drops of Rain Falling” by Hayley Hitchens

Pa was a poor corn farmer. Mama sewed together skins so that we didn’t go around bare-cheeked, only barefoot. My feet were tough as a washboard by the time I started walking. Dirt had long worked its way under my bitten nails. We lived on a modest seventeen acres in the southeast of nowhere. The ground was barely fertile for the few crops Pa tried to grow. I assume my mother took pity on him. Her given Apache name was Ch’igoná’áí meaning sun. The indaa called her Helen when they took her from her westerly homeland. The white man t...

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