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 first time Adaobi thought deeply about the word receipt, she was standing in front of a small kiosk in Ojuelegba, clutching a nylon bag filled with rice, sardines, detergent, and a loaf of bread already

Amina had always been told from a very young age that marriage required patience and was built on the foundation of trust. Back when she was in university when her friends complained endlessly about cheating

The receipt was still in his pocket when Emeka buried his father. He had forgotten it was there, tucked in alongside a folded tissue and a parking stub from Tuesday. It was only later, much later, when

On the same evening that Aisha discovered the paper, it began to rain. Not heavy rain. Only the lazy Lagos variety which made danfo drivers angry, and made the dust on the road black mud. It was at the

Musa had always heard stories of the big city and the numerous oppurtunities that came with it and so many peoples stories that turned from grass to grace within a few months and bearing this in mind Musa

Hello everyone, you're welcome to my blog today. Today I'm going to be talking about receipts. Some of us live in homes where receipts are very important. Some of our parents are shop owners or run businesses

A girl named Humayra she always hated checking receipts. She disliked to carry the receipt paper and used to throw it away. She could care less about the receipts that she was not even bothered to look

It began raining before the time of the closing. At 8 o'clock water had already begun to collect in small muddy pools outside the old supermarket at Ojodu Berger. The signboard was feeble over the door

source It was a bright day and the weather wasn't cloudy or harsh. I was sitting at my usual spot, as the loud noises were oozing all around as usual, and then the playing ground was filled with students

The receipt was old, faded and had worn out at the edges and should have caused no concern whatsoever, but it changed a marriage before it dawned. Clara discovered the wallet, but the wallet did not hold

It was supposed to be a very normal evening. Chris had called me earlier that day while I was still lying down pressing my phone. “T..., make we go buy Hollandia yogurt,” he said. I laughed , Na only yogurt

The first thing that Deborah noticed was the silence in the room. And it wasnt just normal silence, but the kind , that was uncomfortable, that enters a room before trouble finally speaks, the small plastic

I'm looking at him like he's a stranger, like I don't understand how the curls at the nape of his neck are the handwriting of him, curlicues of familiarity. There are dark moons under his eyes, raven's

source At 30, Johnson was bombarded with different responsibilities. He thought adulting was easy to do, until he found himself in it. Johnson was fortunate to secure a lucrative job. Immediately he got

In my dreams, I see a populace. The streets are busy as always, some people standing in front of stalls after a long shift, others heading home to sleep. The amalgamation of sound and buzz is something

Gabriel was the second child of his parents; he was always happy and would make everyone around him smile. Gabriel will always keep a smiling face, and because of that, people call him Smiles. He was very

In the city of Cumaná, Venezuela, in a community called Barrio el Brasil, there is a very humble house where Darkys lives with her daughter Francys, since her husband died in an accident. At that time,

Canva IA The suitcases were already set out in the living room, while Alicia gave her daughter Marisela her final instructions. The flight to Greece marked the start of a long-awaited anniversary trip: