Aaron M (Some Person)
@aaronmarkey.com
Books, writing, fountain pens. Sometimes, a political take—attempting to do less of them.
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@theverge.com's typical reading experience. The internet is slop all the way down, even without A.I. shit.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@theverge.com's typical reading experience. The internet is slop all the way down, even without A.I. shit.
The Crow and the Wand, a short story (5 minute read) about a crow who just wants to see the water.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#shortStory #writing #bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#shortStory #writing #bookSky
The Crow and the Wand
Crow sits in his nest, high above the park’s green fields and lush trees.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Crow and the Wand, a short story (5 minute read) about a crow who just wants to see the water.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#shortStory #writing #bookSky
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#shortStory #writing #bookSky
Another week, another short story!
A Crow who pranks people learns from an Owl.
Author's notes for the previous, Five-Star Girl, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A Crow who pranks people learns from an Owl.
Author's notes for the previous, Five-Star Girl, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
The Crow and the Wand
Crow sits in his nest, high above the park’s green fields and lush trees.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Another week, another short story!
A Crow who pranks people learns from an Owl.
Author's notes for the previous, Five-Star Girl, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A Crow who pranks people learns from an Owl.
Author's notes for the previous, Five-Star Girl, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Author's Note for Aperture Above is live! These are my reflections on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Five-Star Girl next Friday, and another story coming Monday.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another note for Five-Star Girl next Friday, and another story coming Monday.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Aaron Markey on Some Person's Publication
Author's Notes:
It's been a few weeks since I've looked at this story, new eyes allow me to see much more of the good than I had when I finished it. My first cyberpunk-like story, and thus, special t...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Author's Note for Aperture Above is live! These are my reflections on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Five-Star Girl next Friday, and another story coming Monday.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another note for Five-Star Girl next Friday, and another story coming Monday.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another short story!
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
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#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
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#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Mairyn’s Candle & Wick
The round-ears have only become dumber since the fall of their empire.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Another short story!
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another week, another short story!
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
Author's notes for the previous, Aperture Above, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
Author's notes for the previous, Aperture Above, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Mairyn’s Candle & Wick
The round-ears have only become dumber since the fall of their empire.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another week, another short story!
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
Author's notes for the previous, Aperture Above, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
An elven capitalist meets his human workers.
Author's notes for the previous, Aperture Above, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Author's Note for Flaxseed & Garamond is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Aperture Above next Friday!
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/flaxseed-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another note for Aperture Above next Friday!
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/flaxseed-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Aaron Markey on Some Person's Publication
Author's Notes:
I don't have much criticism of this piece to be honest. There are some spelling mistakes, some odd changes in tense (where I didn't really know if past or present was appropriate). Bu...
aaronmarkey.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Author's Note for Flaxseed & Garamond is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Aperture Above next Friday!
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/flaxseed-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another note for Aperture Above next Friday!
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/flaxseed-a...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Five-Star Girl, a short story (~20 minute read) about a father who doesn't know the value of the real people in his life.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Five-Star Girl
The cherry red, segment clock read 6:15, Thomas crumpled up a McDonald’s hamburger wrapper and threw it onto the dashboard of his beat-to-hell Pontiac.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Five-Star Girl, a short story (~20 minute read) about a father who doesn't know the value of the real people in his life.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another week, another short story!
A father who doesn't understand the value of the real people in his life.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A father who doesn't understand the value of the real people in his life.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Five-Star Girl
The cherry red, segment clock read 6:15, Thomas crumpled up a McDonald’s hamburger wrapper and threw it onto the dashboard of his beat-to-hell Pontiac.
aaronmarkey.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Another week, another short story!
A father who doesn't understand the value of the real people in his life.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A father who doesn't understand the value of the real people in his life.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/five-star-...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Japanese fine nibs have to be the worst nibs in the fountain pen world. Dry, scratchy, unreliable. Glad I thought I was a fine nib person when I bought an e95s and a 74. Total waste of $400.
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Japanese fine nibs have to be the worst nibs in the fountain pen world. Dry, scratchy, unreliable. Glad I thought I was a fine nib person when I bought an e95s and a 74. Total waste of $400.
Aperture Above, a short story (15 minutes read) about a person afraid to leave their home, who needs to learn a lesson in consent.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Aperture Above
The best dirt always came after dark, in a city flooded in neon, people still believed in the cover of darkness.
aaronmarkey.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Aperture Above, a short story (15 minutes read) about a person afraid to leave their home, who needs to learn a lesson in consent.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/aperture-a...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Another week, another short story!
A person who never leaves their apartment makes everyone else's life worse.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A person who never leaves their apartment makes everyone else's life worse.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Aperture Above
The best dirt always came after dark, in a city flooded in neon, people still believed in the cover of darkness.
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Another week, another short story!
A person who never leaves their apartment makes everyone else's life worse.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
A person who never leaves their apartment makes everyone else's life worse.
Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#fiction #shortStory #writing #writingCommunity
Author's Note for Disciple of Tescreal is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Flaxseed & Garamond next Friday, another story coming Monday (hopefully).
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
Another note for Flaxseed & Garamond next Friday, another story coming Monday (hopefully).
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
Aaron Markey on Some Person's Publication
**Author's Notes**
DoT is the longest short story I've completed to date, long enough that I don't think I'll be writing a "short" at 9,000 words again. However, I don't think the length detracts fro...
aaronmarkey.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Author's Note for Disciple of Tescreal is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.
Another note for Flaxseed & Garamond next Friday, another story coming Monday (hopefully).
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
Another note for Flaxseed & Garamond next Friday, another story coming Monday (hopefully).
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
Just finished the first draft of a short story (scheduled to publish on the 18th), and I think it's my strongest yet. Clear character development, "big" moments, lots of change. Who knows what edits and sequential drafts will give, but it's damn good now.
#writing #shortStory #fiction
#writing #shortStory #fiction
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just finished the first draft of a short story (scheduled to publish on the 18th), and I think it's my strongest yet. Clear character development, "big" moments, lots of change. Who knows what edits and sequential drafts will give, but it's damn good now.
#writing #shortStory #fiction
#writing #shortStory #fiction
Flaxseed and Garamond, a short story (10 minutes read) about middle managers, fathers, and deciding was important versus what's pressing.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction
Flaxseed and Garamond
Thanks for reading!
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August 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Flaxseed and Garamond, a short story (10 minutes read) about middle managers, fathers, and deciding was important versus what's pressing.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction
Another week, another short story!
A woman learns some things are most important than her career.
Author's notes for the previous short, Disciple of Tescreal, is coming on Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction #shortStory
A woman learns some things are most important than her career.
Author's notes for the previous short, Disciple of Tescreal, is coming on Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction #shortStory
Flaxseed and Garamond
Thanks for reading!
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another week, another short story!
A woman learns some things are most important than her career.
Author's notes for the previous short, Disciple of Tescreal, is coming on Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction #shortStory
A woman learns some things are most important than her career.
Author's notes for the previous short, Disciple of Tescreal, is coming on Friday. I'll post a link then.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronmar...
#writingCommunity #writing #fiction #shortStory
Trying to add "Author's Notes" to the shorts I'm publishing over on Substack. A small review my short story 'The Pigeon Logo'.
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#writingCommunity #fiction #author #writing
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#writingCommunity #fiction #author #writing
Aaron Markey (@aaronmarkey)
Author Notes on the Pigeon Logo
This was my first short story I felt was publishable—self-publishable. This is an important story to me, it felt different when I completed the final draft, the first...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trying to add "Author's Notes" to the shorts I'm publishing over on Substack. A small review my short story 'The Pigeon Logo'.
substack.com/profile/2257...
#writingCommunity #fiction #author #writing
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#writingCommunity #fiction #author #writing
A child's life in three days. A short story following a midwife who's stuck and distracted.
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#writing #writingCommunity #shortStory #fiction #fantasy
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#writing #writingCommunity #shortStory #fiction #fantasy
Disciple of Tescreal
Substack doesn't support paragraph first-line indents. Just an objectively awful writing and reading service Formatting matters, but not to tech companies.
aaronmarkey.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A child's life in three days. A short story following a midwife who's stuck and distracted.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #writingCommunity #shortStory #fiction #fantasy
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/disciple-o...
#writing #writingCommunity #shortStory #fiction #fantasy
An unlikeable manager, unaware no one likes him. Sound familiar? It did to me, so I wrote a cringy short story about it.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
Another, longer, piece of fiction coming next Monday too. :)
#writingCommunity #fiction #writing #shortStory
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
Another, longer, piece of fiction coming next Monday too. :)
#writingCommunity #fiction #writing #shortStory
The Pigeon Logo
The ninth floor’s south-facing windows reminded Mike of driving directly into the sun, overwhelming and irritating.
aaronmarkey.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
An unlikeable manager, unaware no one likes him. Sound familiar? It did to me, so I wrote a cringy short story about it.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
Another, longer, piece of fiction coming next Monday too. :)
#writingCommunity #fiction #writing #shortStory
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
Another, longer, piece of fiction coming next Monday too. :)
#writingCommunity #fiction #writing #shortStory
The first of (hopefully) many short stories I'll be pushing online.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
#fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
#fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
The Pigeon Logo
The ninth floor’s south-facing windows reminded Mike of driving directly into the sun, overwhelming and irritating.
aaronmarkey.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The first of (hopefully) many short stories I'll be pushing online.
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
#fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
aaronmarkey.substack.com/p/the-pigeon...
#fiction #shortStory #writingCommunity
Can't imagine wtf is going on with Shapiro and Kirk, these guys are clearly going to be known as the propagandists responsible for protecting known pedophiles. Complaining about the Clinton's like the Left hadn't turned on them 15 years ago. While they endlessly protect their own creep-ass.
July 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Can't imagine wtf is going on with Shapiro and Kirk, these guys are clearly going to be known as the propagandists responsible for protecting known pedophiles. Complaining about the Clinton's like the Left hadn't turned on them 15 years ago. While they endlessly protect their own creep-ass.
Violence is the only voice the corrupt can comprehend.
July 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Violence is the only voice the corrupt can comprehend.