My Friend Aaron

Re:My Friend Aaron by xp84 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @03:50PM (#49439642)

You're a great writer. I haven't read a lot recently, but this was the type of story that I really could not stop reading.

I also didn't see that it said "This is a short story" at the top, so I read more than half thinking it was nonfiction. Heh.

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Re:My Friend Aaron by apt-apt-apt-apt on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @01:33AM (#49444406)

Wish I had known it was fiction – read half of it thinking it was real.

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Re:My Friend Aaron by sarreph on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:28AM (#49448823)

Very kind of you to say.

Also see a lot of comments echoing your point about missing the fact that it was fiction... Next post might have a stronger disclaimer! (But I fear it actually worked in my favour here)

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Re:My Friend Aaron by acorn221 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @10:23AM (#49449792)

Damn Rory, I didn't know you wrote fiction! Nice work here

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Re:My Friend Aaron by sarreph on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @06:50PM (#49456990)

Ah cheers, James!

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Re:My Friend Aaron by jfil on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @06:31PM (#49456817)

I suggest you keep it quizzical - that little not-knowing is like spice in a recipe.

I wonder if it was AM's writing contest. Your writing is great, keep going.

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