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Ashley Sandoval

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2025

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A few of my short stories

Nine and countingMonth: FebruaryCora and Callie were twins, not look alike twins but they had their similarities, they were born on the same day of the same year only seconds apart. They lived in a small house with their mom, dad, and older brother, Dave, who was already 15. This family of 5 was a normal family, they did normal things, on normal days. Until the day of the family count.Every 10 years, the government would count how many families lived on each street, and how many people were in those families. They would take the whole year t...

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Running Red

“Don’t do it!” Lio screamed, her hands bled tomato sauce, her ears were ringing and she barely heard the shot. Vesper turned as Kaylee screamed,“Whoops.” Lio flinched at his smirk.“Wha-” she tripped backwards, cutting open her leg. “Agh.” she hissed.“You have so much potential,” Vesper laughed. “And, so little to lose” his tone changed. Lio tried to stand but grew hazy and soon passed out. “Don’t worry ladybug.” Vesper smirked as the lights faded.A steady Beep could be heard nearby as Lio slowly gained consciousness. What happened she though...

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Unwanted

Caroline was orphaned as a baby, she never knew the life of love or luxury that most people had. She was put into the system when she was 5, and moved around from place to place. She had learned not to get so attached and would sometimes speed the process up by setting the house on fire or letting the dogs out. She was staying for a full year at a nice family called the Thomson’s house. They enrolled her in a public school and loved her like their own child. On Caroline’s first day of 8th grade, she walked confidently down the hallway to her...

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Cutting Edge

I was walking down the street, all ready for my winter vacation with my wife’s family in California, when I saw five police cars parked in the driveway of an old house that everyone called Gram short for Grandma. It was the oldest house on this side of the city, a young woman by the name of Lindy owned the place and often hosted parties. I would know because I often attended said parties.Curious, I walked up to the nearest officer and asked him what was going on.“There was a murder at yesterday's ‘Event’ but don’t worry, the police are handl...

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Like Angels like Demons

[Author's note: This story contains, Violence, Bad decisions, Mention of death, and Demons. Not recommended for kids under 13 years old +*+ +*+ +*+ means skip ahead in time, this story is also fiction and in no way real. Have fun with my Imagination's Creation!] Mia was young, young enough to believe everything she heard. Her imagination ran wild, but she was also smart, smart enough to know when she was in too deep, or to know that she was in trouble, but she was also popular, popular enough to be known as a leader.“Mia? Are you ready to go...

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Tick Tock

My mom came upstairs, “Lillie? Are you ready to go?”She asked as she placed my inventors costume on the bed.“Yeah!” I said excitedly as I snatched up the costume and raced to the bathroom to change.Silver, my cat, meowed.“Oh, I almost forgot” I said leaning down to pick her up.“Here” I set her down and tied a cape to her back.She meowed her approval and I smiled. I ran downstairs,“Mom, I am going!” I yelled as I opened the door and stepped onto the front porch. I went from house to house with Silver filling my bag with candy, we stopped at o...

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