The Ink Well Prompt #34: See this post for prompt and rules

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Okay! Let's review fiction entries from last week's prompt and launch a new one.

Stories From the Previous Week

Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's “Shadows," which invited The Ink Well authors to bring us fear, trepidation, frightening monsters, menacing ghosts, creepy mysteries and lurking aliens. And wow, did you guys deliver!! It was so much fun.

Here are the week's stories. Be sure to read and support these authors for their work!

The Shadow Killer, by @deeanndmathews
Entrapped in the Light & Shadows, by @kaerpediem
That Unforgettable Night- The Shadows of Death, by @sunnyag
Conquering Fear, by @dwixer
Monsters Under the Bed, by @kemmyb
Tales of the Crying Bush Baby, by @readthisplease
In the Shadows of Mount Nuru, by @litguru
Demon Love, by @ricardo993
A Non-silent Night, by @jadams2k18
Shadow of the Sky, by @juanvegetarian
A Heart's Shadow, by @yuki-nee
Covid and Loneliness, by @diebitch
Recognizing the Shadow, by @iyimoga
The Legend of Rattlesnake City, by @wrestlingdesires
Hot, Cold and Hot Night, by @mrenglish
An Excursion to the Woods, by @cool08
Spiritual Husband, by @mcluz
The Shadow Man, by @b0s
The Ghost in the Night, by @oscarpower55
I Am Alive, by @davidbright
What Are the Shadow People, by @coolkris
Joke's on Me, by @faithann
Beautiful Shadow, by @sonofremi
Lurking, by @ji33y

This Week’s Prompt

From time to time, we post three-word prompts. Our writers use the three provided words as a springboard for imagination. The prompt for this week is the following set of three words which you must incorporate into your story: island, witch, cake.

Get creative! We look forward to reading your stories!

Note: As always, please avoid gory, bloody, brutal, sexist or racist themes and language, NSFW (not safe for work) themes, and 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:

Weekly Prompt Rules:

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

#1: Heart and Soul
#2: The moment when...
#3: Beauty with a twist
#4: The Way Home
#5: A Matter of Time
#6 50 Story Ideas
#7 The Library
#8 All the way to tomorrow
#9 Legend
#10 Three Words
#11 World Building
#12 Childhood Summers
#13 50 Imagination Ticklers
#14 Railroad
#15 Cats - 750 words
#16 Your Birthday
#17 Action, Dialog and Narrative
#18 Change
#19 Tea Time or Tee Time?
#20 Summer Camp
#21 Main Street
#22 Fireworks
#23 Picnic
#24 Run
#25 A word of advice
#26 Winding road
#27 Mirror
#28 Shipwreck
#29 School Notes
#30 Three Words: Scooter, River, Midnight
#31 Flash Fiction Contest
#32 A Fork in the Road
#33 Shadows

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scholaris.pob (56) 3 years ago

The Ink Well. I love the stories here. Thank you for sharing these articles.

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theinkwell (72) 3 years ago

Thank you very much, @scholaris.pob. We, and the authors, appreciate your support.

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scholaris.pob (56) 3 years ago

My eyes were opened after looking at your group's work. I love it. The contest is awesome and I love how people work together to make sure things like referencing images is in alignment. Support is easy. I'll keep curating those using the proofofbrain tags. I'll even curate the ones without it, but it will be more difficult to see. Truly, thank you for your efforts.

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sunnyag (63) 3 years ago (edited)

Thank you, here comes another test for me, so I must get going :) Thanks, @theinkwell for yet another befitting prompt as Halloween is approaching fast.
I am posting my comments in the community posts, thank you!
My entry for prompt#34
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@sunnyag/room-no-13

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cool08 (67) 3 years ago

Wow.... I'm also happy for this topic is just the way I thought it to be. Thanks for always bringing prompt word. This is making users to be consistent on Hive.

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ebingo (71) 3 years ago

@thewritingdr check this out

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faithann (53) 3 years ago

Yet another cool prompt! Looking forward to reading the different entries.

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katleya (65) 3 years ago

Hello, here is my participation in the 32nd contest: #32 A Fork in the Road

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@katleya/the-inkwell-prompt-32-grandfather-ericks-diary

My comments:

@justclickindiva

@deeanndmathews

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generikat (74) 3 years ago

This prompt slapped me in the middle of the night with a story idea, I love the three word prompts so much! I seriously can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!!

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@generikat/isla-nocturne

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mrenglish (69) 3 years ago

Thanks @theinkwell, I made an entry post for the Island, Cake and Witch.
https://peakd.com/@mrenglish/valley-of-dothan