#creativenonfiction

Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

In March 2020, the world shut down. The federal government ordered all universities shut down. The federal government ordered all universities to close, and the Town Campus of the University of Uyo emptied

After quitting my teaching job, I needed another job to help me stay busy as well as keep the income coming in. I searched for corporate jobs until I got tired of searching and decided to start looking

![1001050859.jpg]( Unsplash The nights got closer and the mornings faster; I always felt I didn't get enough sleep no matter how early I went to bed the previous night. I blamed it on the exhaustion from

Life on campus was splendid until reality made me realize that things weren’t that simple. Like every other student I was preparing for exams, when a course mate asked for my help. When he told me he needed

"Sir, it was your younger brother who collected it. He said you told her to come for it." The young lady who was behind the wooden counter held up the small white envelope, and I looked at it