Each of these stories was written as part of the Haven's writing group, the Inkwells. I've included the date and details of each story's prompt in the descriptions below. The titles that I have given my response stories are on the individual story pages.
The stories as they are linked here are not the original versions, but have been re-written and/or revised as per comments made by the other Inkwells members during the following weeks' meetings. These stories are posted with the most-recent story first.
April 1, 2010: Short Prompt - No less than 200 words, no more than 800 words, on family.
March 25, 2010: Same Plot, Different Authors
Everyone will individually write a story with the following elements:
- A female protagonist
- A group of friends
- A weather-related catastrophe
- A sacrifice of morals in order to survive (that they will regret later)
March 11, 2010: Personal Challenge - Abstract and Vague
March 4, 2010:
February 25, 2010: Cliffhanger Conclusion
February 11, 2010: Cliffhanger
February 4, 2010: Happy! Must include: a feast, a dance, and a toy.
January 28, 2010: Abiku.
From the wiki:
Abiku is a word in Yoruba mythology. The word is derived from Yoruba: (abiku) "predestined to death", which is from (abi) "that which possesses" and (iku) "death". Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty; a child who dies before twelve years of age being called an Abiku, and the spirit, or spirits, who caused the death being also called Abiku.
Ben Okri's novel "The Famished Road" is based upon an abiku. Debo Kotun's novel "Abiku", a political satire of the Nigerian military oligarchy, is based upon an abiku. Gerald Brom's illustrated novel, The Plucker, depicts a child's toys fighting against an abiku.
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