Aaron Mooney

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Running Against the Clock” by Aaron Mooney

Submitted to Contest #234

Driving away from my high school graduation ceremony in high spirits, my slightly banged up red Ford Taurus was tuned to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," blaring on my radio. I can still hear that song ringing in my head all these years later, and part of me remembers the feeling of freedom I would never again attain. The wind from my open window whipped at my hair, and I felt like I could just—fly. I ha...

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“True North” by Aaron Mooney

Submitted to Contest #232

Night reigned supreme over the small town of Kinnemuck, Alaska, as it had for the past three weeks. While not the northernmost town in Alaska, it still suffered from the curse of polar night. What granted the townsfolk some comfort through this abysmally cold part of the year was the aurora. For some reason, Sheriff James Breaker was having trouble finding the joy in seeing the greenish hues dance among the clouds tonig...

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“A Ghost's Story” by Aaron Mooney

Submitted to Contest #221

It starts with the nightmare. Not every night, necessarily, but enough of them to burn an image into my mind’s eye. It climbs the stairs leading up to my room where I sleep, where I work and eke out my meager existence. I shouldn’t call it an It, really, when I know in my gut that it’s a He. He calls himself Stanley; that’s what I hear in my sleep, whispered in my ear where his breath touches me like wi...

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“Nightmare's Beginning” by Aaron Mooney

Submitted to Contest #221

The teenage boy about fell off his bed at the sound of a large bang!, as though someone had taken a basketball and thrown it as hard as they could on the hardwood floor right outside his bedroom door. It was 3:00 A.M. and he’d been asleep for maybe half an hour, insomnia robbing him of precious rest needed for school the next day. All of that was lost now, in the rearview mirror waving goodbye to him. A...

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“Speaking Words of Wisdom” by Aaron Mooney

Submitted to Contest #192

The arms of the church folded around my family and me as we sat close to the back entrance. It was much like a copy of one of Italy’s best Renaissance basilicas, so close was the architecture and the paintings of the saints to their original inspirations. Columns of marble surrounded us on all sides, the statues of the saints looking down around the congregation with assurance that God was truly watching over them. ...

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Author bio

Hi, I am Aaron, and for the majority of my life I have been a creative writer, starting out when I was a freshman in high school with the full intention of writing the next Star Wars novel. Well, you can't say I wasn't ambitious. I was about to major in archaeology when I needed to have emergency open heart surgery. After that experience I knew that writing is what I needed to do because it is who I am. I have written stories for my college magazine (too many years ago) and have submitted short stories, but have not been published. I am currently working on a novel, along with a couple of short stories. I love conversing about story ideas, and have not been overly exposed to fellow authors, writers, and artists until I helped form a writing group in my hometown in Illinois.