Ash McD

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“Even the Trolleys are Transplants” by Ash McD

Submitted to Contest #85

Everyone had told her that San Francisco was one of the greatest cities in the world: The temperature was always perfect—not too hot, not too cold; it was a haven for the LGBTQ+ community; it was full of big tech and big dreams. So she moved across the country, sight unseen, to this land of moderate weather and equality and prosperity, because her boyfriend had gotten a job at Google with a six-figure salary, and you couldn’t refuse a job at Google when you were from nowhere. She should have Googled more about how everyone hated the Google...

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“Worth It” by Ash McD

Submitted to Contest #80

@CNN: BREAKING: President Greene signs maximum wage bill into law to take effect next year in 2025@allbetsareoff97: maximum wage passed!!!! does this mean I get to make $600 an hour in 2025????@DaringDave: Did we learn nothing from the past? Enacting a maximum wage without redistributing current wealth just won’t work! Minimum wage workers need reparations!@SadSackLeslie: we could have just let unions have prower again or become a socialist country, instead we have to try this wacky maximum wage shit@Austin54378057: welp america is doomed gu...

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Author bio

Protagonist of a shojo manga. Lover of The Hunger Games, Hemingway, and hockey. A curmudgeon with a hopepunk heart.