The Ink Well Highlights Magazine # 194

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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 January17 to January 23 /2025.

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Crush At The Mall

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"Hi," she returned my greeting. Her eyes narrowed slightly in curiosity.

"I'm Marriott and I just wanted to say you've got a cute smile". Immediately I felt myself regretting that. I cussed myself within me.

"Uhm, Cindy and thank you for the compliment." She replied, still being polite. But her friends were already chuckling.

@marriot5464

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Dominic Ryan: The Real Fight Isn't on the Mat

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“You already have an incredible body; you don’t need to train so much,” Karina complained on the day they decided to take a walk in the park.

“I don’t train just for my body; it’s for my mind. I feel more centered when I train; it’s like meditation.”

“But couldn’t you train, like, three times a week? We often don’t go out at night because you want to rest to train early the next morning,” she continued, clearly annoyed.


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BATTLE OF POWERS

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And is the Alzheimer's already getting to you or do you just don't want to accept in front of everyone that you tried to make a deal with me?
The villains laugh when they hear this. ODEIM gets annoyed and with his cape he throws it to the ground but AIRA screams unleashing his power and throwing a beam of light directly to his face burning him

@grailent.kerb

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Setbacks

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'Tan baratos', asintió, así que le dije:
'"So cheap," she nodded, so I said:
I tried them on and they looked spectacular, I cancelled them and went home very happy. When I got home, I put them on and showed them to Efraín; he said to me:
‘"You're going over budget", enthusiastically, I replied:
"You're wrong, they cost me very cheap". With a smile, he agreed with me


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It all happened so fast

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For a moment, I stood still, my gaze fixed into the thin air. I didn't know the words to say: sorry? What happened? I just didn't know.

I silently took a seat close to her. Glancing at her intermittently, as We tried recovering from the shock of my Dad's passing that was barely even up to a year, then this? How cruel could the world be?

@chuksmeezy

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The Dictionary At Agege Market.

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When will I leave here?, I asked myself. I didn’t know when tears dropped out of my eye. I didn’t have a car and it was about to rain. If the rain beats me, my dictionary and the other book will get spoilt.

Unfortunately, that’s what happened. The workers responded to me after an hour on the queue and while going, standing by the road to get a bike, the rain started. There was no form of drizzling. The rain started falling heavily but I had walk past where I bought the books and there was no place to hide. The only hiding spot was filled up.

@abojode

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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, 177,178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193

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Congratulations, @marriot5464, @grailent.kerb, @aiuna, @rammargarita, @chuksmeezy, @abojode! Your stories have been selected as the best stories of the week. Thank you for writing them and for publishing them on The Ink Well.