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Submitted to Contest #77
My sister is as persistent as they come. She is acting like a teenager since the time we came back to our hometown; almost after a decade and when my five year old son Nathan, teams up with her I cannot escape the trap they have set for me under any circumstances! “Please don’t say ‘no’”, they pleaded in unison. “Nathan, you can go with aunt Jen. I don’t feel like going anywhere today,” I say in my defense. And then he uses his ultimate weapon- puppy eyes. “I really want to go mommy,” he blinks his thick long lashes. “With you”, he said in...
Submitted to Contest #58
Trigger warning: sexual violence It’s been an eternity since we last saw each other. Alright, not eternity but only three months. People might think I am exaggerating, but since we got married, which was 5 years ago, we have never spent even a single night without each other. My husband needed to leave us for a few months in order to pursue his dreams. The Culinary Arts Academy in Switzerland required him to stay there to complete his studies. We could not go with him because I have a job here in Maryland. Sometimes I felt like leaving every...
Submitted to Contest #57
“I thank God I’m alive…” I am not that big a fan of Frank Sinatra but this song and these lyrics make my eyes brim with tears. I swig the drink in my hand trying not to shame myself in public and ask Rosa for another round. “You okay buddy?” she asks while handing me over my drink. “Just one of those days, you know how businessmen’s lives ar...
Submitted to Contest #55
Trigger warning: suicide Am I supposed to be watching this? I don’t know if it’s normal for dead people to watch themselves, dead, like this. I have no clue because obviously, I am dead for the very first and last time. It’s funny how I thought that I will be at peace when I finally get rid of all the burdens my life on earth had to offer me, but I guess it’s certainly not the case. I took my life about an hour ago, and here I am looking at my dead body just as they show in movies- My wrists slit open, the bed all soaked in blood, and...
Submitted to Contest #53
My ears could not believe what just passed through them. The Popsicle I was eating began to melt, its contents trickling on my feet leisurely. “Look at yourself, stop stuffing your mouth every half an hour. Workout and cut down some weight.” My mother’s words echoing in my head. My mind stopped functioning and things around me began to get blurry, my eyes welled up with tears. I don’t remember how long I have been sitting there, but judging from the Popsicle, it was long enough because only the stick was left in my hand. I hustled back to my...
Submitted to Contest #52
My feet were stuck like they are exclusively being pulled by gravity. I wanted to run towards him and hug him, real tight, tell him how much I missed him. Either this or I would simply walk back to where I came from and pretend that I never saw him. But that won't work; he is standing there right in front of me, smiling at me. All these years I spent fixing my life together after that horrific incident, putting all the pieces together, thinking he was dead. All that effort I made to get my life back on track seems worthless. I only gulped d...
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