#fiction

Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

Believe It the First Time : ZAPFIC50 - Based on

Write a scene or add some worldbuilding based off the prompt 'a cold wind'. Guidelines Prompt replies may be anything! Art, game assets, stories, worldbuilding details, fake wiki entries, maps... whatever

At an inflection point in my life, my doctor looked at me, her face a mask of clinical detachment, and said: "You are unable to be a mother." I stared at her. Her eyes were cold, stark, and dry

The mightiest need

Everyone in my village thought I had made it. When I got a job in Lagos, my mother killed chicken. My father prayed for me in our compound in Nnewi, "My son will work in big company in Lagos, with

‎He experienced a terrifying nightmare about a mysterious little girl who appeared at exactly 3:00 a.m. every night. At first, Peace believed there was nothing scarier than a dream. But when the girl revealed

Amaka has been planning her wedding for two years, and by ten o'clock on the morning of the big day, everything already was going wrong. The cake arrived first, or what was left of it. The baker stood

I have never believed in nightmare until that night in my village. My name is Chisom. I live in Awka, but I went to my village in Orsumenyi for my grandma's burial. The burial was stress. Plenty people,

I think I saw a spark in her eye and understood her unspoken need.

This is one movie that stands out in the area of action-comedies. The plot was properly drafted and also really hilarious. It out together a perfect set of talented cast and not to mention the cleverness

The knocking started at 3:43 in the morning. Segun opened his eyes and stared into deep darkness. Three simultaneous and slow knockings were coming somewhere behind the wall of his bedroom. He listened

Ada had always believed that the worst kind of nightmare was the one that followed someone even after they opened their eyes. But what happened to her that Thursday night would make her question whether

Choices Do Have Consequences : ZAPFIC50 - Based on

“Here y'all go – no, never mind,” eleven-year-old Velma Trent said as she re-covered the canvas she was working on.

If you know me, you know I’m always thinking up new ideas. That’s a very involved process that includes sitting and thinking, not necessarily in that order. Well, one day, I was sitting. And thinking.

Yes, I had to do that pun

আমার আজকের কবিতা সমাধির পাশে! সমাধির পাশে, Image হেমন্তের মায়াবী গোধূলিবেলা মেঠোপথে চলেছি সেদিন একেলা। যেতে যেতে দু’চরণ এল থমকিয়া অন্তিম ভাবনায় কাঁপিল হিয়া। নির্জল নদীকূল, নেই কোলাহল নয়ন সম্মুখে সেই

Attempting to do difficult things is undoubtedly good for the soul. Even if we don’t accomplish what we originally set out to achieve we end up stretching beyond previously conceived limits, evolving,

"The Unknown Traveler" (অচেনা পথিক) is a poem I originally wrote in Bengali.You can view the Bengali version here.Today the poem is being posted in its English version. The Unknown Traveler,