Prompted Issue #01

Could you write, edit, and submit a prize-winning short story in 168 hours? Pick up this issue of PROMPTED and discover what's possible when writers face a deadline armed only with their talent, craft… and a writing prompt.
Write about a group of sisters or a group of brothers.Write about somebody who knows they'll probably fail at something but does it anyway.Start your story with someone making a cup of tea.
Each story is inspired by a one-sentence prompt and written in a single week—demonstrating the power of inspiration and the places our imagination can take us with the slightest nudge. Featuring winning works from the world's most popular weekly short story contest and guest edited by Dawn Raffel (author of The Strange Case of Dr. Couney and former editor at The Literarian), PROMPTED is a new literary magazine from Reedsy.

In this issue:

Chris Kelley's AFTER THE ROCK · Stephanie Kaye's MYTHES · Shuvayon Mukherjee's THE HEART SPECIALIST · Zack Powell's LOVE AIN'T BLIND, GRIEF IS · Adam El Nabli's INSHALLAH · Howard Halsall's CIGARETTES: A ROMANCE · Jay Wayne's MY FELLOW PASSERINE · Thom Brodkin's HOME OF THE BRAVE · Allie Erickson's A MAN'S MAN · Amanda Lieser's BIRTH MOTHER · Dena Linn's THE PROBLEM IS · Christian Jerome's WHEN THE SEA TAKES YOU, I WON'T COME WITH