The Ink Well Prompt #19: Tea Time or Tee Time?

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Stories From the Previous Week

Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's prompt, “Change," which challenged writers to craft a story centered around any meaning of the word "change" that came to mind.

Thank you to those of you wrote pieces for this writing prompt. It is always a joy to see the stories that emerge from our prompts!

Here are the week's stories. Be sure to read and support these authors for their work! We've noted the prompt stories that were showcased in The Ink Well Highlights Magazine from June 6.

The Rosary, by @hlezama SHOWCASE STORY
No Goodbyes, by @bruno-kema SHOWCASE STORY
Transferred Again, by @zellypearl
Andy's Conversion
He came back to life and change his destiny, by @katleya
A Second Chance, by @kemmyb
The Lion's Mark, by @daveyjones7
Music to My Ears, by @riottales
Pedro the Gardener, by @gracielaacevedo
Three in One... And One in Three..., by @seesladen
Tiger's cub, by @diebitch
Change, by @iyimoga
Moses and David and Darcy, and Henry and Jean-Paul Too, by @deeanndmathews
Turn Tables, by @young-boss-karin
Father, by @mrnightmare.net
Fantasy Universes, by @ricardo993
Seppuku, by @mrnightmare.net

This Week’s Prompt

The prompt for this week is Tea Time or Tee Time.

Here's an opportunity to get creative with the "tea" and "tee," which are "homophones" (two words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings). "Tea time," of course, means that it is time for an afternoon meal. This could be proper tea in the English fashion, with small sandwiches and scones, or just a light meal. By contrast, "tee time," means it's time to play golf.

You can choose either "tea time" or "tee time" to fuel your story, or include them both. Perhaps Aunt Cecilia announces it is tea time and Uncle Rick immediately runs off with his golf clubs. Or an elderly family member has gone missing, and when the distraught family tells the inspector it happened at tee time, he thinks "how can someone disappear while having tea?"

Where will your imagination take you? We hope you have some fun with this prompt!

Note: As always, please avoid gory, bloody, brutal, sexist or racist themes and language, as well as stories featuring abuse of women, children or animals.

If you don't feel inspired by this prompt or the featured image, feel free to peruse any of our past prompts or our collection of idea-generators:

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Title: The title is up to you. You can come up with any title you wish. You do not need to name it after the prompt or include the prompt word.
Images: Please only use images from license free and creative commons sites, like Pixabay, Unsplash and Pexels. Images you find on the Internet are copyright protected and cannot be used. Be sure to provide the source link.

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Here are the past prompts if you would like to use them or refer back to them:

We look forward to reading your stories!

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