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An evocative devotional journey through the ancient season of Lent written by forty young writers within the global Christianity Today network.How to Lent invites you on journey through Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, to explore a rich tapestry of spiritual insights on themes like longing, letting go, mystery, and healing and belonging. Structured around the liturgical church calendar, each week unfolds a new movement based on the tradi...

But let's be honest, who likes meetings? And when you find yourself facing one somewhere you don't expect, like a public bathroom, or regarding a situation too fantastical to contemplate, like how to banish a hellhound, the waste of time suddenly becomes a nightmare. As much as we hate them, sometimes a meeting can lead to a meet-cute or a comedy of errors that result in beauty.Baptized by Fire - After preparing for the encounter with the Hellhound, Gene, Stevens, Dennis and the Fa...

This month, our writers celebrate our circle's first birthday, and as a result, have penned new stories based on the prompts from earlier editions of The Inkwell presents: series. In the past year, new voices have joined our chorus, and this provides them the opportunity to write for prompts they missed, and for others to complete stories that fell to the wayside in the shuffle of life.It has been an amazing year and we are eager to see what the next one will bring. And, hopefully,...

An evocative devotional journey through the ancient season of Lent written by forty young writers within the global Christianity Today network.How to Lent invites you on journey through Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, to explore a rich tapestry of spiritual insights on themes like longing, letting go, mystery, and healing and belonging. Structured around the liturgical church calendar, each week unfolds a new movement based on the tradi...

This month, we broached an interesting challenge for our writers. Where did their characters NEED to go? So often, we let our inner voices go where they want to, but rarely do we force them to confront that which they shy away from or which needs doing. Of course, sometimes it's simply a higher power directing their course, but we don't talk about ourselves.Because it's rare for anyone to reach what they need without help, a helpful cabbie is the courier for our selection of eight ...

This month, the month when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest and who knows what walks the lands, a devil came a calling. Whether supernatural or no, these beings held the literal and figurative souls of our characters, but not for much longer. One little favor, that's all: fulfill the request of a fiend willing to bargain with lives and yours will be returned. Sounds simple enough. But such bargains are never quite what they seem and, in the end, even a soul may not be worth the u...

There is an old adage - "Every villain is the hero of their own story". It might sound corny, but that doesn't make it any less true. Sometimes it's because history is written by the victors, other times it's due to a delusion of what is right. And sometimes, just sometimes, villains simply hold a different view to everyone else. No matter the case, antagonists can be just as interesting and layered as the greatest protagonist, and often we love them more for it.Sticky Notes - A ho...

Whether a cellphone camera waved around by our nearest and dearest or the security system of the local 7/11, we're always being watched. What those electronic eyes see in these 8 stories may not be what their viewers expect.The Group - A psychologist sits in on a session with a very unique group.Press Play, Look Happy - When pursuing the appearance of happiness, don't forget to strive for the reality.One Week in Rome - Finally reminiscing about a week away reveals a d...

This edition, we chose to seek inspiration from another form of writing, that of the word in meter and in rhyme, that which we know as poetry. Not just any poem, but one that speaks to what makes us, each person—or elder god—who we are.Interlude: Let Go - Escape sought in another's arms can be the hardest to let goLand's End - What's worse than death? Bearing witness to the consequences of your curiosityDating Death: Revelation - Secrets are revealed as Mandy confront...

This month we approached things a little differently, defining a setting for our writers to flex their creative muscles in. And what was that setting? Why, one of death and resurrection, with a sprinkling of godly interference.Skin in the Game - Eleanor awakes to an unexpected and unwanted guest, and it's awkward for all involved.A Forgotten Life - When her best friend is selected to be sacrificed, everything changes for Calathea, including her perception of reality.W...

Whether physical, metaphorical, or somewhere in between, these deaths and returns remind us that an ending is simply a beginning in disguise. Sometimes that ending, that change, is sorely needed, and sometimes, it is unexpected, but always, there is no going back. And in the nine stories within, second chances mean everything to the characters.Memories Cast - Some pasts are too painful to bear, especially when repeated.Bill, From Accounting - Has no one ever learned not to o...

This month, we decided to let our writers be intentionally cruel to their characters. And by "let", please read "gave an excuse". How did we do this? Well, we had them poison their characters. Not only once, dear readers, but twice.Isn't that the human condition, though? To make a mistake, and then do it again, whether intentionally or not. We "poison" ourselves, suffering the consequences and either buckling under or coming out stronger. And whether our actions are literal or not, ...