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

The moonlit path glistened as it meandered along a stream on the palace grounds. Leaves and petals from nearby blossoms lay scattered across the otherwise impeccable surface. “Wow, this is absolute sparks!”

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

All Detours are Costly. The fortunate ones find that it pays them back as well. Samuel had one rule. Do NOT cross through Maple street. It took him nearly two hours longer to get home, but he liked the

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

Everyone, I have a good news" chief okafor announced with a smile as he laid his spoon beside his plate. His wife ngozi looked at him curiously. "You look happier than the day you won the government

source The workshops alongside the market road are a popular spot where Uncle Kay wouldn't miss a day without going. Although many craftsmen work on that extremely large piece of land which has trees like;

Hello everyone your welcome to my blog today. In a typical African home their are a lot of artifacts that our parents have stored up in our houses, and till date we cherish them alot . For some of us we

Image created in Artguru This is Play or Lose, the television phenomenon of the decade: A contest like no other. In the recording studio, while the audience shouted from the stands thirsty for entertainment,

Mark was in elementary school when he lost his twin brother. He would play and do all sorts of things with his brother. At school, they shared the same class and the same chair; their mother was their