The Ink Well Highlights Magazine # 80

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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!

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We are showcasing authors who have contributed well-written and edited stories, have read and commented on the work of other authors and comply with all of the community rules posted on our home page. These activities help our community thrive and grow!

The following are just a few of our favorite stories from November 9 - 16 / 2022.

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Featured Author: Hive account@rammargarita

Someday we will meet again

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That afternoon, when I returned home and did not notice my old man's presence, I felt a great loneliness and pain in my heart. I cried until dawn, with tiredness and pain I fell asleep. I dreamed that I was floating in the sky and the wind was blowing me away like a blade of straw, then the wind stopped blowing and I fell into the grave of my beloved.- Hive account@rammargarita

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Featured Author: Hive account@iskawrites
Plague by Evil! Saved by Cordelia!

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He held his hand's palm up and began to chant softly. The words sounded strange to me, foreign and unfamiliar, but they meant nothing to me either. I watched as he spoke and chanted, and eventually, I realized that he was conjuring something. A glow appeared between his palms and grew brighter as he chanted. It was a ball of light, hanging suspended in the air, and it pulsed with a steady rhythm, like a heartbeat.- Hive account@iskawrites

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Featured Author: Hive account@popurri

The firebird

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It can happen a moment in the life of every human being, where one has the opportunity to decide which path to choose, where the conscience that was asleep wakes up. Was it the magic of the wings of the firebird that made Adrian reflect? It only took a few seconds for him to make a very important decision for him and his family.- Hive account@popurri

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Featured Author: Hive account@treasure-joshua
The letter from Santa

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Treasure my boy, I see you've been a good kid and I like that. You said you wanted a bicycle so I sent the biggest one I had and just because you've been extra good this year, I decided to send you a helmet and knee pads too. Remember to continue being good, you know I can tell if you're not and share your toy with your sister, it will go well in the new doll house I just sent her, love Santa. - Hive account@treasure-joshua

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Featured Author: Hive account@raymondpeter

Unforgettable Night

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That was how I left the motor park and went to the roadside to see if I could get a motorcycle or a motorcar that would take me to Dada estate. Fortunately for me, one Toyota jeep was coming and stretched my hands to stop it. Initially, the driver ignored me and drove past but after some minutes he reversed the car to pick me up. I was terrified because of the security situation in the country and I needed help at the same time.- Hive account@raymondpeter

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Featured Author: Hive account@dianelson
The girl I wrote maybe a hundred letters

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Fathia would always find a way I realized. We didn't have the privilege that came with having a phone back then so she improvised.
I got my first letter two weeks after resumption. Someone had recently transferred to her school who had a sibling that was still in my school.
The details of the first letter is blurry in my brain but I kept one important detail. She asked if Timilehin liked anyone one else now?.- Hive account@dianelson

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Thank you for reading our short story highlights magazine!

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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, 78, 79

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