This periodic magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to The Ink Well community that stood out and were awarded a Curie vote. Thank you to all authors in The Ink Well for sharing your creative work!
Important Note
The following are just a few of our favorite stories from October 26 to November 2 / 2022.
Featured Author: 
Blank Canvas
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All eyes looked toward the tiny clear globe hurtling towards the southern hemisphere. The two opponents closest in proximity eyed one another's intent for a split second before tearing off after their prize. Both knew that if they could reach it first, they would be able to fill it completely- either fully dark or completely light. It would be a massive win for the corresponding team. Light and dark adversaries fought to push their energy to max capacity.-
Featured Author: 
The god of light
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C'mon Danny, the god of Light has made contact with us, I hear he chooses two people to bless every century! This is our chance Danny, c'mon!", Then he ran in the direction the light had went and without thinking twice Danny followed. They went deeper and deeper into the forest in search of an audience with the god of Light. Little did Danny know he'd been led to a trap. When Marco had finally led him to the exact spot where the pit had been dug for him, he stopped and faced him .-
Featured Author: 
The Sound of the Universe
Beyond the color, and texture, and smell, and taste, there was sound. It was a single, encompassing, sound that wound in and around everything. When Cajera tried to isolate it there was nothing solid to hold, but when she ignored it she heard it everywhere, in everything. It built shapes, it was color, flavor, and smell. The sound was ‘AUM’.
AUM
Cajera floated in a universe of sound. Alone in a void fourteen billion years wide, filled with everything that has been, and is, and will be.
“I am alone,” she thought.
“We are never alone.” The voice came from within, and was her grandfather.-
Featured Author: 
I Was Singled Out Through Music
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Immediately I stood up, all eyes were on me. I'm not the shy type but the type who is jovial. I'm the type who loves playing with people.
My husband gazed at me. I never knew what was happening, but everyone was just stirring at me and the way and my dancing step. Please, just read, but immediately I started throwing my dancing steps, everyone was observing the back side of my body, the way it was shaking, and how it stood so high. -
Strum
I smirked when I remembered our high school days when we were still living in the remote province. Our house didn’t have electricity then, so we used kerosene lamps to light our house at night. And when it was a full moon, I, together with my siblings and cousins, would sit in circles around a bonfire, while my father would play his guitar—the guitar AJ used to practice with.
We would spend the night singing until the wood of the bonfire turned to ashes. That was how we had our childhood… all fun, despite how simple life was back in the province. -
Featured Author: 
Shades of Grey & Ginger
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The emptiness of heart mirrored by the emptiness of his lap. His ginger cat had been one of his only companions as the late years had spiralled on, the great gyres of time widening and narrowing and now, he had a feeling that there was imminent collapse. The ginger cat would purr and stretch and perform sentry duty along the windows of the house, but he would always return to the grey bearded man’s lap.-
Thank you for reading our short story highlights magazine!
p.s. You can see the past magazines here: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, , 41, 42, , 43, 44, 45, 46,47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
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