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Submitted to Contest #70
My brother was acting strange. Seated at the table for our regular Saturday dinner, my brother, Caesar, was quiet and looking at his plate. He’s been picking at his food for the past 20 minutes. Not really talking, except when asked. And even then, he would give one-word answers. Strange, Caesar is more animated than that. I looked around the table. Seated are my parents, my sister, Nicky, and her husband, Dylan. My boyfriend, Justin told me he’d be late because he needed to finish something in the office. I caught Nicky’s eye. S...
Submitted to Contest #66
"It doesn't count if you are already planning your defeat," my sister told me three days before my wedding. "Sofia, I am not planning anything. I want him to think that I am clueless, when in fact, I am planning his demise." "Demise? Really, Andi. Are you planning to kill your fiancé?" she asked me, looking incredulous. "Okay, maybe demise is a strong word. But he is going down. If Francis thinks he can lie to me about meeting his ex-girlfriend, he is wrong." I seethed. Francis and I have been together for five years. He proposed ...
Submitted to Contest #56
Of all things that I thought I would be doing on a Saturday afternoon, tailing my best friend’s husband was not one of them. When Sheila, my best friend picked me up from my apartment, I thought we were just going out for lunch.Boy was I wrong!Sheila told me that she found incriminating text messages on her husband’s phone and that he’s meeting a woman at a restaurant for lunch.I rolled my eyes. I love her with all my heart, but she’s too suspicious sometimes. She thinks that Henry, her husband, has a wandering eye. He’s really a sweetheart....
Submitted to Contest #54
It was one of those days when everything had to go wrong. I woke up with a really bad hangover from celebrating my best friend’s engagement the night prior. I was trying to remember what time I had gone home when I realized something horribly wrong.This is not my bedroom. I looked around and saw my clothes strewn about the room. I pulled up the blanket closer to my chest, just in case my partner last night decided to wake up.I don’t usually do this, going home with a man. In fact, I have been single for the better part of five years. I went ...
Submitted to Contest #52
I felt someone looking at me. It sent shivers down my spine. It’s been five years, but I still remember the terror, that feeling when you know that you are about to die. Maybe I’m being over dramatic. But, I’ve known that fear. I’ve lived with it for five years.I’m in the middle of a busy restaurant in Manila, waiting for my husband for our lunch date. Samuel, my husband of barely a year, was in a meeting in another part of the city. We try our best to have these lunch dates even though we are both very busy. Our careers are very important, ...
Submitted to Contest #51
I never thought I’d be back here, in the same spot ten years after I left. But here I am, looking to see if things are still the same, while hoping that things had changed somehow.Just like I did.I’m almost afraid to knock on the door. I am not sure what kind of welcome I will receive. I left without saying goodbye. There were so many things going through my head at the time. Words were jumbled in my head. Ten years ago, all I wanted was to escape.I felt trapped. I felt powerless. I felt like the pain would overpower me and make me do someth...
Submitted to Contest #50
I feel like crap. I looked around my apartment and I tried to remember what happened the previous night. I remember drinking with my best friend, Danny. Then we got into an argument. I stormed out of wherever we were hanging out and went to another bar? I can't be too sure. But I definitely remember drinking a lot. Even now, I still don't remember just what the hell Danny and I argued about. Was it about Adam, my lying ex-boyfriend? Or maybe it was about Hallie, His lying ex-girlfriend? I remember yelling. Lots of cursing. I vaguely re...
Submitted to Contest #49
I hate hospitals. I look around the small waiting area and I can see that I wasn’t the only one. No matter the reason, hospitals always have the air of tension and uncertainty. The reason for my vigil is nothing bad, per se. My younger sister is about to give birth. And as excited I am to welcome a new member of the family, I cannot help but feel tense. I saw my mother praying quietly in the corner of the room. No doubt asking God and all the saints in heaven to keep her baby girl safe. Athena is a strong girl, having married right after col...
Submitted to Contest #47
You looked out the window, and for the first time, thought how wrong the weather forecast had been. The weatherman said that it would be sunny out. A perfect day for a picnic, to spend time with family and friends. "Family and friends, my ass," you thought. You were alone in the world. You looked around your small, dark room. It's messy, clutter everywhere. You felt like the wall is closing in on you. You blink back the tears. It’s too early in the morning for that. You sigh. You take a deep breath. You count 1-2-3. You got up out...
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