Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

English Two Paths, One Destination “I’m on my way; I’ll get there as soon as possible for the job interview.” Tom was driving at full speed down the highway. “Don’t forget—this is the only chance you’ll

What do you do when you are all tired from the stress gotten from the farm where you have been since the day break? The simple answer is that you find the easiest means to get home, get some good food,

We always have a meeting on the first Sunday of every month at 5 pm. I was not ready to attend the meeting due to something I had to take care of. Meanwhile, some days after the meeting, we had a government

Anggi lived her life day by day with a feeling of emptiness and regret, feeling she'd made the wrong decision to become an entrepreneur, selling snacks to young people while her school friends worked in

source Although almost everyone, apart from a few in the native magical horizon where the rainbow kissed the earth, entering an ocean called the Rainbow Bridge, has won their battle. The Battle of their

Image created in Artguru Coddy's life seemed to have been planned from beginning to end since the day he was born. For his family, a dynasty of very strict perfectionists, success was only a straight path

Image from chaGPT Last year, my neighbor had their town's annual meeting, which was held in our compound. She informed me ahead of time, and she told me I would help in the cooking of food. I totally agreed

The first sign that something was wrong was the fact that Amaka was not supposed to be in that house, she was supposed to be at home and eating the jollof rice that her mother had prepared for her and

Image source: I had just finished my junior secondary school examinations and couldn't contain my excitement. In Imo State, JSS3 students always finished their

The Danfo had been stuck in the same location for 40 minutes. Tunde checked his phone again, 4:47pm, The interview was until 5, He closed his eyes, opened them again and gazing out the window at the one

Lagos traffic had a way of testing people's patience and Micheal was one of the most experienced in this type of situation, He had worked all day, and all he wanted was to get home, eat and sleep, sadly,

Some places you can't get to unless you first get lost! As I was looking at the road sign, the old bus driver smiled. ROAD CLOSED. DETOUR AHEAD. “You look downcast,” he said, I've been wanting to do this

We all looked forward to traveling to our hometown for the Christmas holiday; it was the talk of the season. Everyone had their plans and could not stop talking about them. Some had other relatives they

This particular chair, in all honesty, does not deserve to be in the antique shop. The shop is filled with various chairs, flowers, and all sorts of interior decorations, but this particular chair, as