Aaron Dorondo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Path to Us” by Aaron Dorondo

Submitted to Contest #43

“It’s not fair!” Kirk yelled as he stomped up the stairs to his room. His mother had just taken his device and handed him a book telling him, “on rainy days when we are stuck inside we should get lost in a story, in our imagination, not a screen.” Kirk had been playing a game on his device and was almost to the next level when his mother took it from him, and that made Kirk angry. He didn’t want to waste his time reading a book. How could some dumb story or his imagination ever be as cool as his games and devices? Once he had made it t...

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“Loops” by Aaron Dorondo

Submitted to Contest #42

“Hello friend, and welcome to our humble realm. I will be your narrator for this journey, you can refer to me as William. I want to ensure that you have the best experience possible, so please respect all rules as they were explained to you during orientation. At this time I will need you to acknowledge that you are here voluntarily, and that you have not in any way been coerced by The Entity or any outside entity for your participation. To affirm that the previous statements are true and proceed please enter your 8-digit identification code...

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“The Bowl” by Aaron Dorondo

Submitted to Contest #41

“Have you ever even gotten in?” Alexander asked. “No, but I’ve never needed to this badly before, so I am certain the gods will allow me entrance today,” Adonis responded. From where they stood they could see the temple, but at this distance they wouldn’t be able to make out the inscription above the door. The line they stood in snaked on seemingly endlessly behind them, bending around a curve that wrapped a hillside and disappeared. “How often do you do this? And who are all these people that they can just show up and stand here waiting to ...

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“Tomorrow’s much too long” by Aaron Dorondo

Submitted to Contest #39

In the midst of his panic the world came to a complete standstill. The earth’s spin halted. Frozen in time, 03:44 to be exact, everything hung in a perfect stillness until all of existence flattened and extinguished. No fade to black, just a sudden snap and it was all gone.It had been a day like any other, everyone going about their lives without much thought. Billy sat on the sidewalk reading his comic book and day dreaming as he had every day for as long as he could remember. It was an unusually hot day, like most days, but Billy neve...

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