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Aiden Mars

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2025

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Clock Me In, Clock Me Out

Aiden Mars

Submitted to Contest #304

Trent hadn’t slept in thirty-two hours. His fingers trembled over the keyboard, not from the triple espresso he'd pounded at 2:41 a.m., but from the mortal terror of missing the deadline for the ThistleCraft Rebranding Campaign—a PowerPoint deck, of all things. The kind of job that could get you fired for a bad kerning decision. The kind of job that made you want to marry a toaster.Across the office, the motion-sensor lights flickered back on as Trent waved his hand in front of them like a drowning man begging a helicopter to notice. It was ...

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The Line Uncrossed

Aiden Mars

The first bullet had missed by inches. Not that it mattered. The second didn’t.Elias Harper collapsed in the snow, the high beam from his truck casting his falling body in an unnatural white. His wife, June, stood beside the road, the gun still warm in her gloved hands, her breath rising in sharp little clouds.She didn’t shake. Not yet. That would come later, when the fire in her chest gave way to the collapse of everything else.Earlier that week, June had sat across from the sheriff, nursing a styrofoam cup of diner coffee. “You’re not goin...

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The Smile Tank Diaries

Aiden Mars

Submitted to Contest #303

I didn’t have a choice.I know that sounds dramatic. Everyone says that when they’re trying to sound like a victim. But in my case, it was literally true. I was legally required to participate in the Personality Compliance Program.Because I failed the Empathy Calibration Assessment. Twice.I know what you’re thinking: How can someone fail empathy? Easy. They ask you to watch a video of a cartoon otter losing its job at a tech startup and record your “emotional reactions” while measuring your blood pressure and brow micro-twitches. I blinked at...

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