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Aidan Romo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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Reconstruction

"We've been giving handouts to these faltering communities for too long." Echoes Lincoln Miner to the other five acting members of the council seated around him. Especially to the one sitting directly across from him on the other side, Councilman Jock Kluggs, the biggest threat to his absolute influence over the council. "There's only so long our government can continue to provide far reaching aid to planets that aren't worth the effort." Miner rises and begins to fiercely gesture towards the other members. "It'd be like spending months ...

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The Great Mickelson

Sitting here on my armchair, an aged shell of the man who conquered the world, feeling mere moments from death, I wonder if I should take one more pause in time. Freeze the world and taking another instant of many to myself.What for?Nobody's waiting for me anymore. There's nothing more I could possibly do, at least that I haven't already. I've achieved things that so many people could only imagine doing in the spare time they grant themselves. Things that they desire to do, but ultimately take to their grave, full of deep self resentment and...

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Pleasure

Trigger Warning: Self harm, Mental healthWent to the coffee shop down 55th Street the other day. Ordered a black hot coffee. Ordered it quick. Lady asked why black. I told her I didn't want to talk. That she wouldn't want to know. She backed off. I got my cup of pleasure and took it to the apartment I'm staying at now. Went past the annoying old hag at the front desk. Usually tries to pester me with her pleasantries. Kept her mouth shut today. Seems she finally knew better around me.You want my name? My life till now? My situation? My intere...

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Nulistea

Weekly Contest #240

As the wind picks up speed and even more strength, I stand under our glorious purple moon. The moon that shines high above us, the stars in this galaxy, in the midst of the ever expansive empty black of space. The six pillars of our grand governance flashing up with power and pride against the corners of our gorgeous moon. As it all waves high in the air in defiance of Yrrim’s planetary wrath, my heart fills with the greatest resolve there is. The type that only the most devoted of patriotism can deliver. It isn’t as strong as it was when I ...

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Roadrunner

Weekly Contest #239

Tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tatThe runner blazes through the sweltering day on his delicate feet. Along the way, the sights of the Sonoran fly by his pupils. Saguaros, canyons, green bushels, the occasional jackrabbit who’d hop away before he could glance. Tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tatHe reached a strange, desolate human structure, but the asphalt he kicked behind his tail stretched ever farther. Once again, images of the unforgiving, dull landscape would pass his gaze. More bunches of greenery, more saguaros. He thought how fortunate...

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Shadow

Weekly Contest #230

The shadow’s flesh was of a devil’s hide. It silently echoed screams of old pains, pains I hoped never to feel again. This shadow has followed me for as long as I can feasibly recall. Even now, it continues to hover over me. Though I have tried to run from its grip on my soul before, I swear it. I have yet to see it, but I just know it’s always here. For me, and for us all. Just when I’m at my most vulnerable, it will appear once more. You take me mad, don’t you, raving about such a ghastly thing? I assure you, it’s all too real. Most don’t ...

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