The Ink Well4,905 subscribersActivity Log • 64 activeThe Ink Well is a @curie curated community for short stories.SubscribePostThe Ink WellCommunityAll postsTrending CommunitiesWorldmappinHIVE CN 中文社区Photography LoversSplinterlandsLeoFinanceActifitHive FoodHive LearnersBlack And WhiteOlio di BalenaLifestyleHive GamingExplore Communities...The Ink WellTrendingHotNewPayoutsMutedtheinkwell (73)5 hours agoThe Hive Creatives Magazine From The Inkwell Curators - Issue #14Image generated with Leonardo.ai Welcome to the Hive Creatives Magazine! What's it all about? The Ink Well curators are branching out! For years we have been curating the…theinkwell (73)2 days agoThe Inkwell Combined Writing Prompt #14 ~ Fiction or Creative NonfictionWeekly short story prompt from The Ink WellCountdown terminated on Jan 12, 2026, 5:56 AMtheinkwell (73)7 days agoThe Hive Creatives Magazine From The Inkwell Curators - Issue #13Image generated with Leonardo.ai Welcome to the Hive Creatives Magazine! What's it all about? The Ink Well curators are branching out! For years we have been curating the…theinkwell (73)22 days agoHappy Holidays from The Ink Well!December 2025 newsletter from The Ink Welltheinkwell (73)last yearThe Ink Well Treasure Trove of Tips, Reminders and GuidelinesThe Ink Well community guidelines and tips for successtheinkwell (73)5 years agoCatalog of Storytelling Tips from The Ink WellA collection of writing tips to help fiction writers improve their craft.fonestreet (71)8 minutes agoPromo to my homie worksMy brother, who is not related by blood, but has been the person I have shared my childhood and adolescence with, and even now in adulthood we continue to share those unbreakable bonds of friendship. Hejennyzee1 (63)3 hours agoJust me in my world {CNF}"Jane, why are you even smiling instead of fighting this stupid guy?" Georgia pushed my arm, glaring angrily at the young guy in front of us. I kept on smiling, not because…emreal (71)7 hours agoDoing What Is Right Isn't Crazy // CNF Once you refuse to conform to society, you become a threat and earn crazy names, even if what you stand for is right. This is the problem many people face in our society…jenny27 (66)yesterdayDavid's Dreams vs. His Dad's ExpectationsDavid learned early that dreams could be loud inside the heart and silent in the house. His dream spoke in colors, melodies, and restless nights filled with sketches and…venom2951 (58)yesterdayThe engineer Nkem had always been the engineer in the family. At the age of eight, He had temporarily brought a solution to the darkness issue in their small village. For years they used…princessbusayo (75)yesterdayFiction Prompt: A Sane Man’s Silence"When you get to the station, you will explain yourself better. But right now, anything you say shall be used against you in the court of law," Officer John sneered at Mr Andrew as he was handcuffedbalikis95 (71)yesterdayMemories.A pause. A stare. And the water came running out like a dam broke free. The air changed as if holding its breath, desperately waiting for the memories to surface. Just one: she begged. Eyes pleaded likenife21 (49)yesterdayI Am Not Crazy, After All... The alarm clock kept ringing, but I was too tired to pick it up. I had been tired ever since my last failed relationship, and everyone thought I was crazy for deciding to take…sammywrite (63)yesterdayListening to the Invisible The initial occasion that it occurred, I thought I was dreaming. I was strolling back home after studying in Ilorin when the sky was filled with clouds and had a smell of rain…corpsekaizen (45)yesterdayThe Straight FaceBorn as a first child, Kaze realized he was blessed to be in a family that is respected. How did he realize that just as a child having no knowledge of how people just appear to be respectful?almadepoeta (65)yesterday(en.es) ✦ No, I'm not crazy.✦ (Fiction)─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── ✦ℕ𝕠, 𝕀'𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕪.✦ 📸 I remember the first time I heard them, the first time I heard the voices. It was at the train station, amidst the footsteps of strangers and theneotopher (64)yesterdayTHE TRUTH OF OUR WORLD | FICTION | (EN-ES) Image created in Artguru "In a world of crazies, the sane man is the one they call crazy." Those were the words for which they committed my younger brother to a…gojosator (58)2 days agoThe North Beneath the ApplauseThe early morning Harmattan dust filled Amara’s lungs and the lens of her camera. It was the perpetual state of the North Eastern part of Nigeria, a land simultaneously ancient and brutally modern, whereglorydee (74)2 days agoThe Stranger in the MirrorTiti stared at the stranger in the mirror; she knew she was looking at herself, but the reflection she saw wasn't anything like her. Her rough 4c dark hair looked more like the…