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 september 14 to 20 / 2022.
@drstrings"It's 2019," Benny replied. On saying that, the man put his hand on his red cheek and gasped. He then began to walk round the stump with his head down as he muttered some words. "Is everything alright, Sir?" Benny asked.
Now the man stopped and came close to Benny. He put his right hand on Benny's shoulder which apparently made him uncomfortable. "What is your name?" he asked Benny quietly.
"I am Benny," replied Benny. "And you, what is yours?"
The man then took his hand off Benny's shoulder and placed it on his chest and replied;
"My name is Leonardo, but I'm known by a lot as Leonardo da Vinci. I'm an artist."-
@lordtimotyLittle did she know, not speaking would destroy her. Her phone began to chime as she was leaving her bedroom. A lunch date, no doubt, and the latest gossip. She tensed, but, knowing she could not open her mouth to greet the caller, and then to entertain them with sensational stories, she let the phone ring out. She stooped a little lower as she made her frantic way about the house, trying to find her teeth. She was not in any state to reason, had she been, she may have looked under her bed (not that she would have found her teeth there, but it would have indicated a thorough search). -
@pjpavanPajopara, being in town, begins to look for a place to stay for several days and to look for a job while he is in town, in order to be able to resupply himself with food, he saw that several days passed and nothing to find a job, he had no choice but to start making key chains and sell them himself, Pajopara had already made 100 units and began to sell, the first day of sales was not as he expected, the next day he began to sell quickly and surprised that he almost ran out of key chains, at night he made twice as much as he had made the first time.-
@seki1After handing the ropes to another frantic pirate, I went to a spot near the back of the ship where the crew was gathered. It seemed they were under attack immediately I shivered, pirate battles were written to be quite deadly but I didn't see any other ships.
"What's attacking the ship?" I asked another pirate who was standing next to me his name registered as Long Jaw and he was the 3rd in command. "It be a blasted whale lad. She be coming to keep us from getting the treasure, but we'll outrun her y'see."
Typical pirates , always running after treasure, I decided to scan the water and then I saw it. A big blue whale watching and following us intently.-
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"Stop talking, Chris." A voice broke into the flow of 8-year-old Chris' monologue.
Chris pursed his lips and furrowed his thick brows. But hardly a second had passed before his lips started moving as if of their own volition.
"As I was saying, I do not get the point of not using calculators for these dumb math problems. Also, my mom says that I should express myself no matter what. Adults will always try to shut me up, but I have to get my voice heard. So-"
"Really, Chris, enough is enough. Come to the principal's office and call your mom and dad. "
Chris crossed his pudgy arms and ran his hand through his sandy hair, stopping to tickle his elvish ears. His teacher, Ms. Higgins, took him by the elbow and dragged him to the principal's office. -
@diikaanThen she felt a tap on her shoulders, turning around she found herself uncomfortably close to Gab. Almost lost for breath and about to flash him a smile of assent, the next thing she heard was
"I'm sorry Gini, but no one wants to play this stupid game of yours" Gab blurted
"why not" Gini stammered, shocked
"because we're tired of you always trying to order us around like we're small kids and behaving like you're better than the rest of us" Gab delivered the final blow -
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, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 71
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