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
Unreliable Narrators: When Your Storyteller Gets It Wrong
November 02, 2026
Beyond Book One: Writing a Bingeable Series
November 03, 2026
5 Ways to Write More Creative Sex
November 09, 2026
People on the Page: Crafting Characters Readers Care About
November 10, 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 Aug, 2020
Weekly Contest #255
This isn’t a story with a moral. In fact, it isn’t important that you know any of this. You might just leave worse off than you came, knowing nothing more than the face I am a pitiful, hapless person. It is an account of what happened to me yesterday at dinner. I was on a date. Like every other I can recall within the past, say, five years, it wasn’t going so well. Some nice restaurant called La Famiglia’s. Pricier than I’m comfortable with, but not so pricy I can’t pretend it isn’t a big deal when I offer to pick up the check. We began and...
Oops, you need an account for that!
Log in with your social account:
Or enter your email: