reedsymarketplace
Hire professionals for your project
reedsyblog
Advice, insights and news
reedsylearning
Online publishing courses
reedsylive
Free publishing webinars
reedsydiscovery
Launch your book in style
Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2025
Submitted to Contest #313
Dollar and Whiskey JFK International Airport, September 1987 Marek Zielinski clutched the strap of his worn leather satchel as he stepped off the plane. The smell hit him first-sterile, with a strange sweetness in the recycled air. Then came the noise. A man shouting into a payphone. The rapid clicks of heels on tile. Children’s laughter. An announcement in English that zipped past him like a gust of wind: something about baggage claim and Terminal B. He understood none of it. His English was minimal—textbook phrases and phonetic guessing...
Oops, you need an account for that!
Log in with your social account:
Or enter your email: