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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

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

At exactly 7:03 a.m., Nigerians woke up rich, sounds crazy right? but yep, one of the poorest countries in the world and had the most corrupt politicians whom hoarded huge wads of cash, suddenly everyone

Image generated with Ai Are you sure we are actually leaving? I looked at Mfon and laughed while listening to her “You have asked me this question since morning.” I replied “I know,” she said, looking

Life, they say, is unpredictable. Things can change so quickly, either for good or for bad. So many things happen without warning, and one can never be completely certain about what the next moment holds.

‎Samuel spent three years at home after graduating from secondary school. And he thought that time wasted was a decrease in his life, not knowing that it was his biggest achievement. ‎ ‎Image source ‎When

The Invisible Line: When "Normal" Becomes a Luxury Every lifetime is quietly divided into two eras: the vast, comfortable "before" and the sharp, unpredictable "after." For

My elder sister used to be my worst enemy. Growing up we were more than just enemies; she was a cat and I a rat. We don't go in a sane way at all. We are never in agreement, and we argue about the smallest

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

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

Nadia loved watching old photographs. Her grandmother have dumped many of old photos in a wooden box under her bed space. Some of the photos carries memory of birthdays, wedding celebration and the family

source After the birth of our second child, my husband Juan died in a work-related accident. So far, only his mother had come to visit us in the city. My husband’s family was from a mountainous region,

Ngozi knew her grandmother was dying by the way the old woman's hands had stopped moving. For seventy-three years, Mama Adaeze's hands had never rested. They had pounded yam in the mortar until her knuckles

Pixabay Benjamin is a tall, handsome man in his early thirties. He has a dark complexion and is six feet , with a bit of extra weight. He has been a successful writer over the years, starting to write

Mira had played Beatrice fourteen times to a full house and every single night the audience believed she'd been born for the part.. They didn't know about Whitmore.. Elena Whitmore had originated the role..

Pixabay Tricky Heights From all the shows in Garden Village, the Amazon Circus was the most eagerly anticipated every year. The townspeople went crazy over the “Big Tent.” There were long lines, scalpers

The preparation for the IIMK Journey Securing a spot at IIM Kozhikode (Kochi Campus) is no easy feat. For an entire year, he poured his heart into rigorous preparation. Though he had hoped to break into

Seeing is believing.

The market at Oyingbo was already loud by 7 a.m, the kind of loud that made you shout even when you were standing right next to someone. Adaeze balanced a tray of fried akara on her head with one hand