reedsymarketplace
Assemble a team of professionals
reedsystudio
The writing app for authors
reedsylearning
Writing courses, events and memberships
reedsydiscovery
Get your book reviewed
reedsyprompts
Weekly writing prompts and contests
Writing courses, events and conferences
Upcoming events
Live Editing #4 with Noah Charney
January 26, 2026
Previous events
Raising the Stakes: Build Tension on Every Page
January 19, 2026
Level Up Your Writing in 2026
January 18, 2026
First Impressions: Rocking the First Line and Paragraph
January 12, 2026
Learn how to succeed as a writer from the best in the business.
Every writer needs a Studio
Check out our writing app for authors!
Menu
More apps built by Reedsy
Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020
Submitted to Contest #316
423 Words Suzanne Baldacchino Wednesday nights were sacred.Not hymn-singing, incense-burning sacred — unless you counted the monthly uncorking of a bottle of Chardonnay as a kind of holy communion — but sacred in the deeply human, stubbornly unshakable sense of ritual.For the last ten years, on the first Wednesday of each month, the same five people had gathered at the same corner table at La Sicilia wine bar. The table was tucked beneath a low brass lamp that cast a warm, honeyed glow over their faces, softening lines, smoothing flaws. The...
Submitted to Contest #296
1164 words The Price of Mercy Suzanne Baldacchino The Price of Mercy The cold air smelled of damp earth and rotting wood as Rebecca Hayes crouched behind the rusted chain-link fence, her breath forming pale clouds in the darkness. The old warehouse on the edge of town loomed before her, its windows shattered teeth against the night sky. Inside, muffled yelps and growls sent shivers up her spine. She wiped her palms on her jeans and pulled a pair of bolt cutters from her bag. "Last time, Becca," she whispered to herself. She'...
Oops, you need an account for that!
Log in with your social account:
Or enter your email:
3 likes
