Weekly short story prompt from The Ink Well

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

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:

Greetings! Helping people in life is something that has become part of me. I have helped a lot of people that I have crossed my path with, however I have not received help from any of them. The only thing

─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── ✦ Ana, a rosemary plant and a crooked painting ✦ 📸 Twenty-two years old, and on a cold but pleasant January morning, Ana's lips still tasted of cake. She was old enough to consider

Last month, my fellow Corp members and I went to a school which is a PPA (Place Of Primary Assignment) for some of our corp member. We had earlier deliberated on a topic suitable for students who are between

Growing up, I really could not wait to leave my parent's house. The fact that I did not have the freedom I wanted was really annoying to me. My parents wanted me home by 6pm when I saw adults in my

Entrenched in suffering, I felt like there was no way out. I wasn't blindfolded; neither was I tired. I felt like I had achieved enough. I began to doubt if I could lead myself to victory. I had deep down

English Atonement I’m lying in bed, smoking a cigarette—the only thing that seems to calm me at this point in my life. The trail of smoke rises toward the pale ceiling. My eyes follow the smoke’s upward

Out of all the rooms in that house, room 17 happens to be the only one I could afford. The house consists of both single rooms, two rooms and a parlor, and a self-contained unit. But what can I do? I just

Image created in Artguru Leo was ten years old when he received a scooter as a birthday gift. The first thing he did was go outside and call his friends. The wind hit his face, and the sound of the wheels

I used to think that adulthood meant Freedom until i realized Freedom comes with Invoices. Chinedu's first impression of adulthood was when he stood in a supermarket and had to work out which type of rice

One day Chiamaka was pricing eggs by herself and was in the middle of the market, just like a person trying to solve a difficult mathematics problem. The woman selling eggs was impatient, “Madam, are you

Hello everyone your welcome to my blog Adulting comes with the feeling of not wanting to fail. Failure occurs when a particular positive result is not achieved at the end of a required action. Speaking

There is a teenage boy named Rafi, since childhood he has thought that adulthood would feel like freedom. Because he has always seen how elders have no restrictions and they get to do whatever they want.

Nobody prepared us for this, not really,they said grow up, be responsible, make something of yourself , but nobody sat us down and said "hey, one random Tuesday you are going to be standing in your

Adulting did not come with a manual, and honestly, if it did, I am very sure most of us would still skip the instructions and jump straight into the struggle, because tell me why you will wake up one morning,

Chinedu forgot to turn off the pot of beans when he first got it on the stove, and slept off, in his one room apartment. He was awakened at 2:13 AM and began to cough as if it were an old generator. There

Greetings! Life to me is all about love and this must be shown not to one, but to all, which means this said love that rules the world must not be limited to a particular person or section of the society.

When I was in secondary school, my class teacher happened to be my mathematics teacher. I was so stubborn and was not ready to do most of the teacher's assignments. They had known me as an assignment