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Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

source The house is silent, the quiet broken only by the steady hum of the refrigerator’s motor. A young man has climbed in through a window, walks through the living room, and heads up the stairs toward

“Dare, wake up!” my mother’s voice woke me up. It was 3:45am. It sounded like a cause for emergency. What could be the reason for her waking me up? “Get up, get up! Let’s go!” she said quickly as she went

The rain had just stopped when Chisa saw it happen right there at the junction by Mama Nkechi's provisions store, the kind of junction where everybody passes through at one point or the other, where news

Image created in Artguru The resounding blow of the wooden gavel echoed three times through the local courtroom, immediately silencing the murmurs among those present. A trial was underway, but tension

It remained just a bit for me to miss the moment because I was still busy looking for a better space that I could sit in. By the time I finally arrived at the great hall, most of the front seats were already

Greetings! Soji was one of my students when I first got employment into the state teaching commission, back then, I was just a newly employed teacher with little experience, although, I studied education

I was only two years old when my mother died. I was too young to understand what death meant. I did not know what i had lost then, and i did not have memories of my mother that i could hold on to. I simply

AI One of the most difficult tasks is house chores, especially washing dishes and clothes, and cleaning the toilet too. I would pile up clothes like heaps until I had almost emptied my wardrobe before

Murphy's dad works with the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA); like the name implies, they are the ones in charge of keeping the entire state clean. Every morning, even before the neighborhood

source The day is a normal one for Odepayi, who hunts for a living. He is arguably one of the strongest people in the village. In his kills, he has taken down an elephant, a gorilla, an anaconda, and other

Hello everyone your welcome to my blog today ♥️ My best friend and confidential friend Benita has been good to me as I always visit her whenever I have my plans to be executed, I will always go to her

That's a real man - real bravery of rare breed Every single day, we rely on a massive, invisible web of infrastructure just to power our modern lives, completely oblivious to the human grit required to

English A Disturbing Game “Deal the cards, Joy. I’m ready to win.” Tom rubbed his hands together. “You’re the biggest loser I’ve ever met. You haven’t won a single hand so far. Haha.” Willy picked up his

By 7: 23 pm, everyone at work has gone home and found a way to leave. "There is something I needed to attend to before 5 pm," Eunice said while already holding her bag. "Likewise myself,"

Image created in Artguru At four in the morning, in the small control room, a security guard named Harry was asleep in his chair. He was a man with sixty years of experience, which explained his graying

Joe started off as a high school prodigy, always standing out in everything. Entering into college, he carried the same aura he had in high school. People started flunking around him, wanting to mingle

source The rain in the village of Oru did not just fall, it conquered. It turned the red earth into a thick, swallowing mud that made every step a battle. For twelve year old Chidi, however, the rain was

Last week Baba Ijeoma was outside sweeping gutter water off his frontage like his life depended on it, It had rained hard the night before, and the whole street was muddy and a mess, His neighbor greeted

The first time I had washed a dead body I was 19 years old, holding one hand over my nose. My name is Ada, and in my family I am the one who washes the dead. It has not been a title anyone aspires to.