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!
Important Note
The following are just a few of our favorite stories from April 6 to April 12 2022.
@hazmatDesigned on Pixellab
He was running towards the opponents goal post when he changed a glance at where Megan was sitting and he saw she wasn't even concentrating on the match, she was smiling at something Sam was saying. Furious, he gave the ball a very wild kick.
Goaaaal, and the ball ends up in the back of the net. What a shot, from more than 30 yards out. Ronnie comes back to save his team the commentator was shouting. -
@warpedpoetiche fairies did not speak the language of the humans but the old woman could talk to them through incantation in the ancient language of written signs. She did not know why humans stopped writing words but she knew words had power, especially written words. It was her discovery of the written word that her juju grew strong. It is the only time she had ever seen the earth angry and rising up in fury. They had to sign an agreement in blood that the power is never to be used for evil. Before then though, she had bound the fairie folk to her for eternity.."-
@vincricMoments felt like hours and finally I saw them picking off the bodies of my fallen brethren. I thought it was finally my chance to escape, but then a glimmer in the corner of my eye caught my attention.
On the chest of one of the invaders who held the strange tool that reaped many lives of my clan, a gleaming star was shining. The firelight reflected off the surface of the beautiful object on his breast that shone silver and white.
It was a treasure! -
@hazem91
Photo by Bothayna Aloulou
I look at the lighter going on and off in my hand. What if he's right? Maybe it does only work in my hand. Maybe the fire isn't even coming from the lighter. Do I have a superpower? Acquired after some accident with fire or something? The train of thought takes me back to an old memory.
I was a child helping my father on the farm and I miraculously survived a horrifying fire without any significant physical damage. Maybe I should tell them that story when my turn comes. -
@abmakkoAs Franklin picked up the bottle of drink and attempted to open it, he observed something suspicious on the bottle, because he worked in a bottling factory, he saw that the bottle cap was tampered with and not sealed properly.
Franklin took another look at James but this time with a very suspicious gaze as he suddenly dropped the bottle.
"Is there a problem?" James asked with haste.
"No... No problem, I just remembered I forgot something very important and It's getting late but I'm very interested in your services, I would come back here as soon as I'm done"
"Oh... but you just got here and you've not even had your drink" James rebutted with panicky eyes that darted frantically across the room. -
@the-last-elfAgain I was swept off my feet, this time I was taken to the past.
-Do you recognize this scenario? The voice asked
~Definitely, this is the home of my uncle and that is me when I was much younger.
-Do you remember the attrocities you committed on this day. If this is brought up when your screening begins, it disqualifies you from being King.
~It is a part of my life and nothing can be done about it.
-What if I told you that I can erase this part of your life, and no one would ever know that this happened.
~And live a life of lies, that is not a noble act.-
@chincoculbertShe looked at Jake and saw the sadness in his eyes, He knew what was going to happen to them. It felt like a dream, they had never for once thought that their love would lead them to this point.
She'd been tempted to lie to her father the king and denounce the love she had for Jake, maybe only then would he let him live. But she just couldn't, there was no way she would live without him. She was ready to face it all, even if they had to be the Romeo and Juliet of the present generation.-
Thank you for reading our short story highlights magazine!
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
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