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A man with glasses and a beard is sitting in a chair, slightly tilting his head, with a patterned wall in the background. — ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aaron Echoes August is an independent writer focused on absurd fiction, edgy philosophy, and cultural commentary. With a background in creative writing, art, and photography, he explores the stranger aspects of human behavior and its influence on the world. His narratives invite readers to question societal norms and delve into the bizarre intersections of reality and imagination, urging us to confront the absurdities of existence while searching for meaning amidst chaos. In his stories, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, revealing layers of complexity in mundane experiences.

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Tag: Short Fiction

Deities of Decision

13 Feb 2024

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Astrophysics, Culture, Death and Life, Psychological, Religion, Social Comm

A black building with windows of orange light played sentinel over a dark blue river at dusk in a city I did not know. It may have been Riga, Latvia or Baku, Azerbaijan or maybe even Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There were other buildings, old buildings of red and sand-colored brick defaced by time and the scourge Read more
The Baker

12 Feb 2024

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Creative Writing, Ethereal, Love Stories, Spillage, Writing

The murals of human clouds. Bakers in bakeries thinking of what it would be like to not have to wake up so early. What would it be like not to have to press out into the day when the sun has barely begun to breathe, and the world is painted a worrying, cold blue. He Read more
The Escape

6 Jul 2023

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Creative Writing, Darkness, Flash, Haunted Light, Psychological, Writing

In the serpentine maw of a sun fall begging the good ropes of a life gone wrong fray and bow to snap, photo frames turned down on a table, a guilt like fire, someone stomping in the hallway, Jakob Moo with a knife tip pressed against his throat, a desperate temptation in a flow to Read more
The Electric Pancake House

28 Jun 2023

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Astrophysics, Creative Writing, Ethereal, Flash, Short Stories, Space

In the warbled dawn of a coming hot summer day the crypto man wiles away in a labyrinth of enigma. The staircase to the pancake house was long and winding. He burst through and there were the smells of syrup and broiling butter. It was the essence of Isis, the corrugated dreams of a running Read more
The Crashing Life

27 Jun 2023

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Fiction, Reflective Light, Sea of Sadness, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Time Machine, Writing

It was a blue-gray evening dipped in pink and orange when Simon Waterbones drove his car into a KFC restaurant in downtown Amarillo, Texas. There was a mess of broken glass, toppled tables, spilled chicken and drinks. He stepped out into a cloud of dust, coughed, brushed himself off. “Shit. Sorry about that.” An old Read more
Weird Hair and Roses

16 Jun 2023

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Culture, Fiction, Love Stories, Short Fiction, Short Stories

She is beautiful on a space sofa, that cushioned ass. The ambient drive of a midnight cockatoo tail. A tale of breathlessness, a tale of wind in the face on a warm summer day. Vanishing, all vanishing like liquid ghost meat… Read more
Fake Plastic People Do Harm

12 Jun 2023

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Black Comedy, Eerie, Ethereal, Fiction, Mature Themes, Oddball, Weirdness

An empty Coke bottle sits on a worn, brown Formica table in a restaurant booth. The resting back and seat padding of the booth is a sickly mustard color. A half-used plastic bottle of generic brand ketchup sits at the table’s edge along with a silver napkin holder, a miniature silo of sugar, salt and Read more
The Last Drop

10 Jun 2023

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Death and Life, Fiction, Love Stories, Make-Believe, Short Fiction, Tall Tales, The Nerves, Writing

John Horatio Smith was an odd man. He sold top hats in the men’s boutique down the street. The street that streamed near Jack Kerouac’s grave. He sold top hats to idiots, to henchman, to rich and bolshy bastards eating wet cigars for an afternoon snack. John loved his work. No, he really hated it. Read more
The Grape Apex

28 May 2023

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Chiller, Creative Writing, Culture, Fiction, Popular, Short Fiction, Short Stories

It was a greasy Sunday morning and there was a chill in the air for it being May. We pulled into the Walmart parking lot, it being dawn. Some stars remained in the bruise-colored sky. A few cars idled in their spaces. Someone was shouting. There was a warm sick feeling in my guts about Read more