The Ink Well Highlights Magazine # 177

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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.

The following are just a few of our favorite stories from September 20 to September 26 /2024.

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Featured Author: @marriot5464

Chaos In Time

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"What have I done?"
"Look, sir. It's working!" Jane screamed joyously, pulling Max out of his misery.
Max quickly stood up and looked around as everything froze and the gap in time began to close. He turned and looked around, people from the mediaeval times disappeared one after the other. And only the present remained.

@marriot5464
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Featured Author: @lightpen

Our path crossed in the hospital

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"The university has extended the payment deadline by a week. I hope you will be able to pay before the expiration of the new deadline," James informed me.
"I don't think that I will be able to continue with my studies again. The priority of my family now is to raise money to take care of my father. My university education is secondary now," I responded to him.
As soon as I dropped the call, a man who had been leaning against his car, eavesdropping on my conversation, walked up to me.
"What is the challenge with you, young man?" He asked me.

@lightpen
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Featured Author: @islariver

Higgledy-Piggledy Chaos

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"Hey, look at this," he said, holding up an old recipe book. "Found this buried under a bunch of junk. You remember your mom used to make that crazy apple pie recipe from here?"
Elise grinned, lost in reverie. ‘Oh I remember,’ she said musingly and took the book from him. She leafed through the tattered leaves and a tinge of nostalgia crept into her heart. ‘She had no issues with the kitchen being in chaos so long as the pie was good.’
Nathan laughed. “See? Your mother really did understand the priorities. Maybe we’ve been stressing out over the wrong things.”

@islariver
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Featured Author: @kei2

A Yarn, Woven into Time

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“I have an idea.” Beau’s eyes twitched like a light bulb. “You know that vault of dreams. The one from the tale? We can start there. If dreams are saved there, perhaps we can find some leads.”
“Do you really believe that our dreams are saved?” Amari creased her brows.
“Of course. How do you think we got here?”
“So how do we get in? They say that it is a secret chamber in the city’s library.”
“Tada!” Beau waved a bunch of keys at Amari. “Admit it. You love an adventure. Let’s go.”

@kei2
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Featured Author: @livingword

Sour Juices

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ne evening, I mustered courage and asked my dad.
“Daddy, why do you dislike my mother?” I asked, with an unusual boldness.
“What kind of useless question is that?” My dad said, shocked.
“You punished me for eating the biscuits my mother bought for me. Why?”
“Look here boy, if you ask me stupid questions again, I will…”
“Punish me again…” I interrupted.

@livingword
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Featured Author: @popurri

Surviving in chaos

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Quira and Peco followed the snakes' path until they saw them enter a dry thicket.
They did the same as the snakes and found a crevice through which they crawled until they reached a cave filled with crystal clear water, they continued and this time Peco also heard the screeching of his children. They were in a labyrinth of caves, which they were marking with slabs they found on the ground, to know the way back because they had already found the way out.

@popurri
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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, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128,129,130, 131,132,133,134, 135, 136, 138, 139,140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155,156,157,158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176

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Congratulations, @marriot5464, @lightpen, @islariver, @kei2, @livingword, @popurri! Your stories have been selected to be part of the 177th Featured Author Magazine. Thank you very much for publishing in our community!!

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