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Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

Welcome to the next in an ongoing series of writing prompts in the Worldbuilding community ! I'm aiming to post one of these each Sunday. They aren't a replacement for the excellent daily prompts from

Image generated with Leonardo.ai Welcome to the Hive Creatives Magazine! What's it all about? The Ink Well curators are branching out! For years we have been curating the fiction and creative nonfiction

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

She lives with her parents in the city of Puerto Cabello, Rosario has been very outgoing since childhood; she attended elementary and middle school with many neighbors from her community, but her best

source What a safer life! It was rat disturbances that saved Mr. Reuben from sudden death at midnight. It was 12:30 AM, and the neighbor generator kicked in with its angry roar. Mr. Reuben was still awake

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

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

Saludos hivers. Los domingos me encanta ir al parque a estar en contacto con la naturaleza, hacer Tai chi y Qi Gong y recargar las pilas para una nueva semana 🔋🧘🏻‍♀️🚀. Estos días ha llovido mucho y

source Tade was a calm, collected, and responsible young man who was highly respected among his friends. He was not an extremist, as drinking, smoking, womanizing, and cursing were considered extremes.

Can I say that I was a laconic, tight-lipped, or reticent person? During my school days, my coursemates used to say that I was taciturn. Mum, however, portrayed me as a loquacious or garrulous person.

For as long as Muby could remember, he had wanted to work in a corporate office. He wanted to work in those office buildings with glass walls, shiny floors, air conditioning cold enough to preserve a body,

Image created in Artguru The sunlight of an ordinary Friday filtered through the window when the alarm went off on the nightstand. In his bed, a man named Duval opened his eyes heavily and stretched his

‎Cynthia had been living peacefully with her auntie since her father ran away, and her mother left her with her auntie to travel far away to find work. Until when she was mistaken with a daughter of a

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When Mark got the message confirming the sale of the property, he read it five times before he allowed himself to smile. After almost four months of negotiations, praying, endless phone calls, and meetings

La nave, historia de un viajero 📸 Creo que siempre tendré en mi mente la imagen de aquel punto azul y blanco haciéndose más pequeño, creo que nunca lo podré olvidar. Recuerdo muchas cosas de mi planeta,

The first thing Amaka heard that morning was the sound of someone knocking hard on her door, not the gentle type of knock that says, "Good morning, are you awake?" No...., this one sounded like

Greetings all We're starting the last bit of Kay's story, except for some of the time-travelling that Saita will be doing. I hope you all enjoy the ride! Caring for Kay was brutal. The injury was severe,

‎After a long time, James finally felt like things were falling into place. He had always struggled to get a job until he finally found a small company in the city. His salary wasn't much to him; it was