Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

Calling it a lie is too forward. Let me just say that was the only way I could get away with my actions. It happened when I was still in Primary 6. My teacher gave us a take home assignment on Quantitative

The Academic Staff Union has just declared an indefinite strike action. This was due to the fact that the workers were underpaid and the level of hardship was increasing. They said there was no going back.

Hello My inkwell family, welcome to my blog. This week prompt reminded me of my previous place of work and I'd like to share my story here with you all. I somet

Over the years one thing we have all learnt to do as humans is build a wall around our emotions, probably because they have been taken for granted before or we have seen that of people around us taken

A while back, i used to think losing my father was the worst thing that could happen to me but then I discovered that grief could make you afraid of losing everyone else too because after my father died,

Throughout my life I have put up several walls based on things that I see happening to others and things that have happened to me, and I've watched several of those walls crumble into a million pieces.

I knew I was desperate, but I knew if I just took the risk, it could pay me a great deal and even change my current situation. My partner was against it, but I was too desperate to listen. I had tried

Hello everyone you're welcome to my blog today❤️ Most times we build a lot of walls around ourselves because we do not want to get hurt. We meet some people in life who change our perspective and how we

Why do you always run away from conversation when ever they are becoming real and true? Ashoji asked. Hmmm, I am not running, I replied. Then what are you doing when you practically change topics whenever

The smell of carbolic acid always takes me back to a hospital waiting room. I no longer remember which doctor my grandmother was supposed to see that day, nor do I recall most of what my aunt said.