#fiction

Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

I'm back for October's Round 2 photo prompt. I love handcrafted vases. In fact, I'm a mini collector. I remember in my career when I reached my ten-year anniversary, I had a choice of a diamond company

English Many years ago, when my family lived in the countryside, my grandfather used to make handcrafted ornaments for my grandmother with his own hands because he loved making her happy. When they moved

Sometimes, eleven-year-old Eleanor Ludlow got reminders of who her people were … a few of them were some dangerous individuals though in a special way harmless to her.

Ring... ring... ring... ring... I picked up the call, and a deep, grave voice echoed through the speaker. Without any idle pleasantries, the man got straight to the point: “If you want to cover the story

I woke up that morning with a feeling that my life was about to take a turn. Whether for better or worse, I didn't know but I kept my fingers crossed as I met my good friend Aria who volunteered every

‎Maya used to see her puppy as just a normal pet, that kept her company, but after he saved her, she began to see her puppy as a hero. ‎ ‎Maya, a young woman, lived alone. Because she loved puppies, she

Summer of the Great Petunia Poisoning and Other Dilemmas - Part 8

Lily was just 15 years old when she lost her father to a brief illness. He was the only person that had got her back. She never knew her mom as she was told that her mom had abandoned her at the traditional

source James has never had a nightmare since he was born sixteen years ago. One day, James returned from school. He met his mother cooking in the kitchen. “Good afternoon Ma. I hope everything is fine

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“OK, I have looked into this, and I have determined that the grass is only greener on the other side of the fence if they water and we don't.”

Looking through the one way mirror, I could tell I would never be able to understand the individual who sat across from me. "He's eating spaghetti with a spoon?" I asked the officer who stood

Unsplash No Future Glitch Some might think that the monsters of the night look like horrible creatures, but instead they wore silk shirts and colorful lentil dresses. The desire to have one another and

Laura drove way below speed limit on a Sunday morning alone, coffee in hand, her eyes scanning the quiet road as she steered the car to her father's house. Her phone buzzed in her bag for the fourth time

Stories will be told

“So, as we grow up, we learn we are not God and so we have to expect some things to not work out.”

Have you heard? Let's Make A Collage Community is getting a reboot. @agmoore, a Moderator in the LMAC Community, has created and graciously offered community members a way to continue. Here are the new

The flower is rare. At least, Misou has never seen one like it, beautiful in the moonlight that is streaming through the window of this autumnal night. She peers through the window glass and sees thin

Canva IA I’ve been afraid of the ocean since I was a little girl, and I preferred to watch it from the shore, play in the sand, and barely get my feet wet with the foam. Going into the water made me feel