🎉 Our next novel writing master class starts in –! Claim your spot →
Advice, insights and news
Free 10-day publishing courses
Free publishing webinars
Free EPUB & PDF typesetting tool
Launch your book in style
Assemble a team of pros
A weekly short story contest
Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020
Submitted to Contest #65
Here I am floating above my grave. Here I thought I was going to go to Heaven or Hell by now. I have been dead for a month now. My grave is pretty though. It is pretty regular. It is a gray headstone that says Hayley Barns 2003-2020 Beloved daughter and friend. It is decorated in white roses. They are my favorite flower. I died pretty young, but I was expecting. I was a stage four leukemia. I don't feel any pain any more. The only thing that sucks is I haven't moved on. I am know stuck through another Halloween where I can't enjoy candy. I m...
This story is about my father and step-mothers first date. I ask them how they meet? when I was brought back into my father's home I was very curious about my new family. My birth mother had run off with my brother and I when I was three years old. My mother was a drug addict and neglected my brother and I. When I finally found my father I found out he was married and had three other kids. I was so excited to meet them and know their stories. I think it is fun to ask couples about their first dates and how they meet. You should try asking th...
Submitted to Contest #64
We pulled up to the college campus. We had arrived earlier than expected. You are staying in the Orange dorm at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Why I open up the trunk of the van I have you go up ahead, and open the door. You are so excited that you practically run the whole three flights of stairs. You see that your room is already decorated. Than someone walkout of the bathroom. He/She stares at you confused for a moment. To clear the akward air you state your name and that you are the new roommate. You reach out your hand waiting f...
Submitted to Contest #63
"I am so excited Jordyn," I spoke so eagerly with my sister as I reached my hand to the door handle. I could already smell the new recipes of what was freshly baked this morning. However, today I was not here today for the shops cookies and cakes. I was here for their new line of drinks. This was my only afternoon off and my only chance to visit The Mad Hatter. My sister was less excited about the drinks than I was. She was more interested in the girl who made them. I don't care That I get to be a third wheel. It is fun sometimes. My sister ...
Skyla Abrams has not written a bio yet!
Oops, you need an account for that!
Log in with your social account:
Or enter your email: