Auspicious Echo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“The Stars Told Me Congratulations” by Auspicious Echo

Submitted to Contest #80

“T-2 minutes. Crew members, close and lock your visors.” The robotic voice boomed throughout the space shuttle. My stomach was sick. The scientists had told me that everything would be okay. They had evidence to back that up. Even so, the things that might go wrong plagued my mind. The engine could fail. The shuttle could run out of fuel. Communications could — “T-10 seconds. Activating the main engine hydrogen burnoff system.”  The space shuttle rumbled as it came to life. My stomach did not feel any better, and I felt as if I wa...

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“orange” by Auspicious Echo

Submitted to Contest #76

I wanted to go home and tell Mommy about everything. I wanted to tell her how Ms. Stern talked about colors at school today. I would ask her “why oranges are called oranges? is it ‘cause they’re the color orange, or is the color orange called orange ‘cause the fruit is that color? and how come you say fourteen instead of tenty four when twenty four and threety four and forty four are pronounced like that? it doesn’t make any sense.” I wanted her to smile at me and tell me all of the answers. I wanted her to laugh and say, “Darling~” with a h...

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“top ten things I will now do without You” by Auspicious Echo

Submitted to Contest #74

1.Eat ice cream at night Me: Did you know that ice cream tastes better at night? You: Idiot, there’s no correlation between the two. Me: Doesn’t matter. Everything’s better when you’re around me, but I bet you can’t find a correlation! You: Stop saying cheesy things. You just want me to go stargazing with you, and you’re using ice cream to bribe me. Me: Awww man, you caught me! You: You were pretty obvious. Me: Goddammit. I guess that’s a no then? You: …  You: I’ll go if you’re paying for the ice cream. 2. Make snowmen M: Hey look...

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Half-baked beautiful thoughts solidified into black against white, size 12 font and Times New Roman.