Prompted, Issue 04

The fourth issue of Prompted highlights twelve prize-winning stories originally written for Reedsy Prompts, the world’s most popular short story contest. Guest edited by David Restaino (associate fiction editor at The Maine Review and a London Library Emerging Writer), this collection introduces a new cast of characters who brave perilous storms, sleepless nights, unexpected romance, apocalyptic threats, and more in the name of hope and connection. In this issue: Madeline McCourt’s DANGER: UNSTABLE GROUND • Niamh O’Dea’s DO NOT TOUCH • Don Fazio’s LOST AND FOUND • K.A. Murray’s THE PARTY • Honey Homecroft’s PARADISE LOST • Eliza Levin’s LOVE.EDU • Scott Christensen’s LIABILITY IN LINGOTTO • Melissa van Rensburg’s INJURY TIME • Mallory Jones’s GOLDFISH • Lonnie Russo’s MEN ON THE MOON • Aaron Chin’s THE GINGERBREAD COOKIES • Elizabeth Hoban’s YOU