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An Odd Spotted Elephant Who's Named Spot Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a spotted elephant whose named Spot. His parents had named him that because when the stork brought him, (which is where all babies come from), it accidentally dropped him on the ground and he rolled in some meezols bacteria and so when he got to his mamma's, he was covered in spots. Later as he grew up, the other elephants would tease him because it made them seam bigger, which is really important to all male elephants. The...
The Stranger Who Had Predicting Powers Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a 12 year-old girl named Sue. She was named after her daddy's sister who was part Apache Indian. She got a lot of kidding from the other children in school saying she should have been born into the, "Sioux" Indians. Some other students said she had a boys name according to Johnny Cash's song. When they laughed, she would laugh to make them think it didn't bother her, but when she got in her moms car to go home, she would brea...
An Old Acquaintance Brings Back Memories Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a 38 year-old woman named Cherry. That was really the nickname her friends called her because she she was so sweet. All the guys would say, "If you were any sweeter, I would eat you!" That made her blush. She was the secretary at a huge Church. It's called Dan River Pentecostal Holiness Church. She loved her job.When she attended her 20th college reunion, she didn't recognize many of the people there, but they all recognized ...
Dr. Brains's And His Awesome Time Machine Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a mad scientist named Dr. Brains. The reason he was mad is that he was constantly trying to come up with cures for different ailments such as cancer, head-injuries and muscle diseases. After going through a lot of trial and error, which was all errors, at long last he succeeded at creating some kind of machine which was able to travel both forward and backward through time. That took an awful lot of clock-rearranging and stuff, bu...
Here's A Super Tale Of A, "Superman" Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a mild-mannered newspaper reporter named Clerk Can't. Actually, that was what everybody in the mail room called him because none of his stories were interesting to anybody but him. The other reporters would write about stories of interest which affected the people of Danville. Yet Clerk was always writing ridiculous stories that he thought would interest the readers, but they did not. He was constantly being fussed at by his bos...
Here's How A, "Mad" Doctor Got Happier Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a mad scientist named Dr. Derange. The reason he had originally gotten into medical school since he wanted to be a pediatrision. That was because he liked to, "major-in-minors." His problem was the only, "minors" he was good at working with were back during the times he would panhandle in the mines. That's where he learned the best way to handle a pan and say, "Now, that pan is, 'mine.' " Yet later he learned how to put han...
Werewolf Or Wear Clothes Is A Decision Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a young man named Laurence who had a crush on a cute girl named Belle. Actually, the first time that happened was in the Walmart parking lot. He accidentally, "crushed" her with his shopping cart against the canned vegetables causing the whole shelf to come crashing down on her, breaking her right k and right medditarcel.Since that relationship didn't start off on the right, "foot," literally, Laurence wanted to start off on h...
Submitted to Contest #314
How A Dachshund Saved The Day For The Pack Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a cute, little dachshund puppy who was named Veinorshnytzel. That means hot-dog in German because they originated in Germany, but her family called her Veiner for short. Besides that, she was shaped like a hot-dog. That means half a dog high, a dog-and-a-half long. Her life was quite difficult because all the other dogs were constenly picking on her saying lots of hateful lines such as, "I'm gonna put you in a bun!" "Ther...
Submitted to Contest #313
Are You There, God? If So, Please Say Something! Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a really nice person named Sam. With long hair and a high-pitched voice, but liking cars and cowboys, people didn’t know if it was a guy or a girl. Life was especially hard for Sam because of all the talents God had given. Being really athletic, could beat most of the guys in almost any race. On the other hand, one of the favorite past-times was house-keeping and cooking. Yet watching cheerleaders do their tumblin...
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The Horse Who Brought Remorse By Force, Of Course Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a mad scientist named Dr. Paine. Actually, he had a really hard time getting people to come see him for some odd reason. The worst part about it was that he had so many doctors in his family tree. Yet for whatever reason, that tree, "wooden" work for him. His sister was a farmer named Dr. Pepper. His aunt was a heart surgain named Dr. Love. His neece was a horticulturalist named Dr. Pepper. His aunt was a padi...
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How Forgiveness Was Found In A Bookstore Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there was a bookstore called Books A Million. It was run by a young lady named Suzan Ellaneous. Since she wasn't married, most of the customers called her, "Miss Ellaneous." Her 14 year-old niece helped her when school was out. Her name was Caroline Steak, but people called her, "Miss-Stake." That was a fitting name for her since it seamed that was what she made a lot of. Suzy's friends called her Suzy Q, although nobody knew what ...
A Struggling Author Learns How To, "Auth" Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a great artist named Vincent Van-Stop. Well, actually his given name was Vincent VanGo The 26th, but he didn’t want to be affiliated with that crazy painter. His girlfriend, Trixie, told him she did not want to have his ear as a present. She loved the mountains and would much rather him take her up there where her ears would pop because she had an exceptionally strong attraction towards, “mountain-ears.” She also liked, ...
Satin Is Under Your Feet, So Stomp Him Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va. there lived a guy named Sam who wanted more then anything in the world to be a published author. He had a gift for writing funny stories which would make a lot of people laugh who read them. The problem was none of the publishing companies he mailed them to wanted to publish them because his style of writing wasn't what they were looking for at the time. People told him he needed to keep on trying until he found the right people who woul...
This Is How Frank Found The Perfect Doctor Once upon a time in a huge metropolis called Danville, Va., there lived a man named Frank. Nobody knew what his given name was. Whatever it was, he really hated it. People called him Frank because he was always really, "frank" on what he had to tell people. Another reason was that one of his favorite thing to eat was, "franks" and beans. He was also really, "frank" about the things he wanted to tell people. His favorite monster was, of course, " 'Frank'-enstein." Plus he loved the song "...
An Adventurous Baby Chicken’s, “Tale”Once upon a time on a farm in Danville, Va., there lived a little hen. All the other animals were constantly teasing her because she couldn’t lay any eggs. She tried so hard, but she just could not get a visit from the old girl, Mother Nature to furtelize her eggs. All the other birds on the farm were constantly making fun of her saying, “Fertility is not for you! Now, we don’t mean to sound so, ‘korney,’ but you should go find a nie, ‘Colonal’ to mate with! Your favorite baseball must be Tie, ‘Cobb!’ Onl...
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