Menu

Prompts

Directory Contests Magazine FAQ

Apps

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

Bestseller Podcast Book Cover Art Success Stories

Tools

Book Promotion Sites Book Review Blogs Booktube Channel Guide Book Title Generator Character Name Generator Independent Publishers Literary Agents Literary Magazines Pen Name Generator Plot Generator Publishers Directory Short Story Ideas Writing Contests Writing Exercises Writing Scholarships

Menu

Prompts

Contests

Stories

Blog

Directory

Contests

Magazine

FAQ

Maxwell Smith

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (1)

Comments

Library

0 Followers

0 Following

1 Story

13 karma pts

?

The Key to Happiness

Submitted to Contest #22

Parties are really not my thing. I never planned on being out for New Year’s Eve, but Taylor always knew how to persuade me into doing things I didn’t want to do. As my best friend, she always knew the right thing to say. And it didn’t help that I’d been in love with her since the day we met. My first day at Alder Middle School, she beat me up on the school bus for taking her spot. I admired her deep blue eyes and rainbow Converse while she slammed my up against the bus window. Our moms, clearly unbeknownst to us at the time, were in the sam...

4 likes