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Aster Parks

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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You are an Alien. Sorry.

Aster Parks

It happened at school. The first vision. I thought it was just a daydream as I sat at my desk having a normal day. A vision of the sight of deep space and a large black spaceship. “She can see me, father.” A voice said in my head. “Good, good. I have waited for so long for her to appear. Make sure she knows that we are coming.” Another voice said. ...

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Earth 2.0

Aster Parks

Submitted to Contest #210

It was finally the day. The day we woke up from hyper sleep. As my eyes slowly began to open, I could see the flashing lights of the sleeper pod’s glass control panel door before me. I smiled to myself as I reached up and took off my respirator mask. I pressed the button inside my sleeper pod that opened the glass panel door. “Whoohoo!” I was greeted by the sound of my crew mates cheering excitedly. I floated out of my sleeper pod and stared in awe at the beautiful sight befor...

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Lost

Aster Parks

Submitted to Contest #209

I sighed in frustration as I stared at the endless stretch of road before me. My GPS had stopped working a few miles back and I was completely lost. My journey started in California two days ago. I was driving across the country to Quantico Virginia. I started my dream job as an FBI profiler next week. After I had passed all my exams, I had to go through a rigorous hiring process before finally being selected. The only problem was I had to move across the country for the position I wanted. It was too expensive to have my car shipped so I dec...

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Reprogramming Needed

Aster Parks

Submitted to Contest #208

My world was perfect. Everything I did was successful. I was popular. I was rich. I was what everyone wanted to be. “Good morning, Dollie!” My neighbors greeted me as I walked down the street with my perfectly groomed poodle, Ollie. “Good morning!” I smiled and waved back. My morning was routine as usual. It was a sunny day, like always, and I had started the day with a healthy breakfast. I was taking Ollie for ...

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