This periodic magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to The Ink Well community that stood out and were awarded a Curie vote. Thank you to all authors in The Ink Well for sharing your creative work!
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The following are just a few of our favorite stories from March 7 to March 13 /2025.
Featured Author: 
@marriot5464
Understanding A Pot Of Banga Soup
Mama Ekaette shook her head. "No, my secret ingredient is understanding all these. It's understanding that the soup has a process. Just the same way everything in life whether soup or success must follow a process."
David let his eyes drift to the wall behind her as he let all that she said sink deep. "Who taught you how to cook like this?" he asked.
Featured Author: 
@mosin-nagant
The Old Man and The Soup
The old man was still trying to guess who the person named Burk was. His age had eaten away some of his memory. He was still trying to remember until his forehead creased in the dark hallway of the room.
"...Burk The fast," continued the voice on the other end of the line.
"...remember?"
"...the war on the Hill of Ave Mantiaz?"
"...Burk?" the old man now seemed to be smiling in the dark.
Featured Author: 
@wrestlingdesires
Don't Worry, They'll Never Find Out
Ted nodded. "I don't think they'd have cared if there had been an accident."
Billy offered Greg his hand. "Come on, take my car, and leave it at the starting line. I'll stay here, and Dad can drop me off at my car. Ted told me you guys have to be home soon."
Greg sighed with relief. "Thanks for this, you're literally saving my summer."
Featured Author: 
@perfect20
REVISITING THE PAST
“I’m not trying to buy your house; I just did that to get your attention. I’ve been searching everywhere for you, Stacey, he said softly.
“I truly am sorry for how things ended up in the past. I know you must think I ran away, but my mother secretly and forcefully sent me abroad. When I came back a few years ago, I looked everywhere for you, but I couldn't locate you.” He spoke with regret in his eyes.
"All I just want is to be a part of my child’s life and yours too, he said at last, taking my hands in his.
Featured Author: 
@yeleisma2023
I, another character in the stories
I was sure I could wake up at any moment, but I didn't give up on continuing in that wonderful slumber. I felt the need to ask about the many other friends who couldn't be there and how they always managed to come out on top. I also have a bit of Wendy in me; I care about others. I make sacrifices, if necessary, to bring joy to their souls. I like them to be in harmony and live life to the fullest.
By chance, Sleepy, one of Snow White's dwarfs, was exhausted among some tree branches, and Happy was coming over. He wanted to greet me. He'd heard that I enjoyed laughing and that since I was a child, I loved singing and being happy, just like him.
Featured Author: 
@trexane
The battle for earth
“We need to get to that ship now and take it down. It’s the center of their operation” Justin said to Emily, who was engaged in battle by his side.
“We are very occupied here. We need to deal with the threat down here” Emily replied.
Just as she said that, the corpse of the dead minions started resurrecting, and suddenly, thousands of dead monsters were back to life.
“What the heck. We are in the soup” Emily gasped in fear.
Everyone was discouraged and shocked by what just happened.
p.s. You can see the past magazines here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128,129,130, 131,132,133,134, 135, 136, 138, 139,140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155,156,157,158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177,178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184,185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
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