The Ink Well Highlights Magazine #42

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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!

Important Note
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 February 14-20, 2022.

Featured Author: @katleya
Sir Lawrence's Last Voyage

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In his experience he had realized that ambition, was the ultimate purpose of many lives but, Sir Lawrence, it took him a long time to recognize the errors in his own. At that time he began to think that all of us, in this glorious human journey, must make changes that would lead us to find a beacon to guide the way. He asked himself big questions like Who am I? It is true that I have a body, but I have always heard, since my student days, that energy is not destroyed, it is transformed. How will I transform myself? - @katleya

Featured Author: @idlemind
No Family. No Friends. But A.L.O.N.E.

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It has been three years since my lungs ceased to perform their function of making me breathe oxygen; now I inhale the scent of grief and sorrow. It has been three years since I had stopped eating, but now, I feed on humans’ negative emotions, hoping I could take it away from them so that they will only feel bliss, not sorrow. -@idlemind

Featured Author: @abmakko
Another Life

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Later that night, William had that dream again but this time it was more vivid, he observed for the first time, a girl with him in the tractor as he toggled the headlight switch, William wasn't sure what exactly was going on but this dream girl had some similarities to Rachel's brown eyes, although he thought this could be a sentimental bias on his part, he knew he had to set up another date with Rachel. -@abmakko

Featured Author: @ubani1
The Face Collector

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He was trapped by an evil spirit, caging his spirit in the underworld, leaving his body open for other entities. That night I should have joined him to meditate, but I had a stomach ache causing me to sleep in pain. Father told my other siblings to wake him from his meditation. They did but they found his body cold and his heart beating slowly. -@ubani1

Featured Author: @ricardo993
Customer and Barber

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He stumbled upon the place while strolling down the avenue, looking for a place to hang out. Perhaps looking for a little peace after so long in the current Cold War. As he entered the barbershop, he knew that's where he wanted to be. Those people had no idea of the cruelty of the real world. The poverty blowing in the back of their heads was so pronounce that they were unaware of the real decisions of the millionaires. They were just puppets, but somehow free of their actions. -@ricardo993

Featured Author: @piratethanos
A Cloudy Fall

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The further Daniel fell from the cloudy heights, the better he felt. He was at peace as he felt the silent, but gushing winds interrupt his very soul. It was as quick and as still and as calm and quiet as that one time in the woods. That day at the woods felt different...better, as if he was one with nature, as though the things that made him weary had melted away into nothingness. -@piratethanos

Thank you for reading our short story highlights magazine!

@jayna, @agmoore, @gracielaacevedo, @wrestlingdesires and @yaziris

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

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Comments

[piratethanos]

Gratitudes @theinkwell. Appreciating one's work inspires more.

[abmakko]

Thanks inkwell for the feature, I'm humbled by the encouragement. Congrats to the other authors.

[gracielaacevedo]

Kudos for your good stories @katleya, @idlemind, @abmakko, @ubani1, @ricardo993, @piratethanos!

[idlemind]

Thank you 😊 @gracielaacevedo
It is such an honor to be appreciated as a storyteller.

Thank you @theinkwell
Congratulations to all writers who participated.😊

[piratethanos]

Thanks. It's such an honour

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[agmoore]

Congratulations to the wonderful writers featured this week: @piratethanos, @ricardo993, @ubani1, @abmakko, @idlemind and @katleya. There were many outstanding stories submitted this week, so your recognition is truly a distinction.

[piratethanos]

Thanks a lot.

[idlemind]

I'm honored to have been chosen as they were many talented authors who took part. Thank you for such an opportunity. ^_^
@agmoore thank you for the acknowledgment.

[pibara]

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