The Ink Well

The Ink Well is a @curie curated community for short stories.
Description

This community is for creative writers on the Hive blockchain. We are affiliated with curie, which means we reward well-written short stories with curie votes.

The Ink Well aims to reward diverse forms of imaginative stories, from literary fiction to genre fiction to creative nonfiction. However, we ask that you avoid gore and violence. Please read our rules below. Note that we will mute any posts that are plagiarized, depict rape, abuse or graphic violence, or otherwise break our community rules. These rules are designed to make our content safe for all ages, and those who have suffered abuse and violent trauma.

If you write stories with a good narrative and strong storytelling, please join us in The Ink Well!

Rules

- We are a short story community. Please ONLY post fictional and creative nonfiction stories. No poetry, chapter stories, or serial fiction.

- No re-posts or content that is published elsewhere in any form. We only accept original creative work written by you, from your experience and imagination. (No AI stories allowed.)

- Post stories in English; non-English must be translated.

- Use only copyright-free images (e.g. your own pictures or images sourced from Pixabay, Unsplash, Pexels or Hive stock images). You *must* link the source.

- No plagiarism. Plagiarized posts are muted and reported to Hive Watchers.

- Do not post about rape or torture or include graphic violence or excessive blood.

- No “NSFW” (not safe for work) content, e.g. explicit sex or erotica.

- No hate posts, racism, sexism, homophobia or negative stereotypes. No religious or political doctrines.

- Be kind and constructive in providing feedback.

- Participate in the community by reading and commenting on other stories.

Leadership
@yazirisadmin
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@jaynaadmin
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The Ink Well
9h
The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #188
Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well
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theinkwell
The Ink Well
5d
Creative Nonfiction Prompt #101
Creative nonfiction prompt 101
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theinkwell
The Ink Well
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The Ink Well Highlights Magazine # 175
Image modified using a picture by Becca Clark from Pixabay This periodic magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to The Ink Well community that stood out and were awarded a Curie
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theinkwell
The Ink Well
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September 2024 Updates and Monthly Contest from The Ink Well
September 2024 news and contest announcement from The Ink Well
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theinkwell
The Ink Well
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Catalog of Storytelling Tips from The Ink Well
A collection of writing tips to help fiction writers improve their craft.
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theinkwell
The Ink Well
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The Ink Well Manifesto - for Writers, Readers and Investors
Brief summary of The Ink Well plans and policies in readiness for recruiting new users to Hive.
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offia66
The Ink Well
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Sometimes it is for the best.
Sometimes friends becoming strangers is inevitable and sometimes it is for the best especially when the friendship is a parasitic one. Dealing with entitled people is so difficult, if you don't keep your
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suzzysabastine
The Ink Well
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What it means to be a mother
Every morning I always prepare breakfast for my husband before going to work and children as well before going to school. Tunde is six years old while Toyosin is eight, it has become my normal ritual I
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marriot5464
The Ink Well
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Love Lost, Love Found.
Generated by me using MetaAI. "You have to be strong. I'm always with you, my love" Femi's voice woke her up from sleep, but it was a dream again. She opened her eyes to a world that harboured
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bipolar95
The Ink Well
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Before it's too late.
Source “Tory? Care to tell us what an iPhone 16 is doing in your closet? I mean, you don't work, you have no means of earning, so how could you afford that? I'm curious." “You went through my stuff?
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abojode
The Ink Well
1d
The Paths Were Confusing.
Lekan came to class and we all cheered as usual when he told us that his forthcoming birthday celebration will be happening at his father’s hotel and will be at night. We all in class have heard so many
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george-dee
The Ink Well
1d
When Friends Become Strangers.
I was busy at work when my phone started ringing repeatedly and upon checking, it was a friend I haven't spoken to in a while. "Hey George, what's up?" Riri said to me immediately I picked up
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omokunmi
The Ink Well
1d
Mutiu’s Path To Success.
Mutiu is a young guy in his early twenties but there is one thing about him. He’s a very lucky guy and aside from that, he’s really good at what he does. He’s just a young engineer who gets job contracts
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beauty197
The Ink Well
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Life can be tensed when we are in the wrong path
After 12years of slavery they got to the path of success. Life can be so tensed especially when we are in the wrong path, and it seems like there is no way out but on stepping just a foot on the path of
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quan45
The Ink Well
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Maria's Greed
Ours is a middle-class family and we are very much satisfied with the little we have. I stood by my Mom's room corner eavesdropping on the conversation she had with Dad. “Maria can't go to school for now
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bisolamih
The Ink Well
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Ope’s Path To Failure.
Ope lived with my parents and I when I was still very young. Ope is the son of my father’s sister which means he’s my cousin and the son of my aunt. Ope is so much loved in him home at he’s very much older
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mrenglish
The Ink Well
1d
The Uncharted Path
Creative nonfiction
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zerah
The Ink Well
1d
Too Late To Rgret
Kemi couldn't believe her eyes, her struggles to breathe; she prayed it to be a joke or a silly prank, anything at all other than the truth. But her eyes weren't blind and the post was as clear as her
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riverflows
The Ink Well
1d
The Efunts
“E'funt!” the little boy said quietly. His chubby fingers pointed shyly, then were promptly tucked inside the pocket of his mouth. Indeed, there was an elephant. Grandmother gently took the boy’s fingers
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drhakam
The Ink Well
1d
Path of life
The paths we take in life are very important. In this creative non fiction prompt, I would like to share some of the paths that I took which have brought me here today. In all the stages of life, we have
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