This weekly magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to The Ink Well community that stood out and were awarded a Curie vote.
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The following are some of our top curated stories from June 6 - June 12, 2021.
Featured Author: 
The Company We Steep
Mena chuckled and tucked a loose auburn wave that had come loose from her updo behind her ear. She slammed her navy blue Victorian boot down on the accelerator and felt mischievous glee flow from her steampunk-inspired corseted blouse all the way down through her gunmetal paisley skirted form. -
Your story is wonderfully deceptive. Just as Mena and Bertie could not see Dara's pain, the reader at first cannot look past the style and chatter. The spilled tea breaks the illusion. What a great device. Cuts right through the facade. And Mena's linking of arms is more eloquent than anything she might have said about Dara's situation. -
Featured Author: 
The Incarnation
He looks around to make sure that he is not dreaming or that he is a victim of the effect of some new generation of drugs that are absorbed through the skin and used by some of the modern antisocials whose territory is the subway stations. -
Brilliant story,
Featured Author: 
Poor Retirement
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Silence reigned for two minutes. No one touched the muffins or the coffee. The room was ideal for the tension being harvested, not even the bustle of the street entered, and the whiteness of the walls with their baroque art paintings added to the intrigue. -
I love the crochety old cast of characters in this story,
Featured Author: 
Mystery of the Creak
Image source: Freepik image edited with Canva
A creak again. She peered intently into the dark space where the staircase leads to the attic, hoping to see whatever was behind the creaks. Goosebumps grew and spread all over her skin. What is it about attics anyway? Could there be something or someone in the dark up there staring at her, maybe? Flashes of horror scenes in some movies she had watched flipped through her mind. -
We live full of fear!
A new environment, with its shadows and unfamiliar noises, is the perfect setting for fears to turn into terrors.
Good application of the call of the week,
You carry the tension well and end up relaxing us and making us smile. -
Featured Author: 
Backward
Image source: Pixabay
Was there something wrong with longing for the sound of crisp fall leaves beneath your feet, the fresh smell of a spring rain or the satisfying feeling of creating something with your own two hands? What was so backward about wanting a different lifestyle than the sterile, impersonal and computer-driven one that most of society embraced? She sighed as the wind caught her long skirt and pulled at her hair. -
Welcome,
Featured Author: 
Tea-Timey Recipe
Image source: Freepik
Then, there came the sound of multiple claps from supposed dead Mr Douglas. Steve stood up immediately while his phone fell to the ground. Behold, it was his father in the flesh with Joe by his side and three police officers. Steve broke out in cold sweat and said, "but I thought I killed you. How are you alive?!" -
A story of intrigue, entertaining, that plays well with suspense and keeps the reader in expectation until the final resolution.
Wanting to have it all, the son is left with nothing.
You do a good job of characterising the son's angry character. -
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