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Patrick Ashe

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Born
Winston-Salem, The United States
Twitter
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Genre
Fiction, Science Fiction, Poetry

Influences
Tim O'Brien, Cormac McCarthy, Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath, W.B. Yeats, ...more

Member Since
August 2020


Conveying deeper thoughts and honest feelings via engaging stories and lyricism is more important to me than following genres or trends. My main literary inspirations are Leonard Cohen, Tim O'Brien, and Cormac McCarthy. In the rock world, it's Roger Waters of Pink Floyd and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. I tend toward their themes and styles, albeit as an elder millennial. My books have unifying themes around existentialism, the supernatural, grief, music, economic populism, subverting sociopolitical paradigms, and opposing authoritarianism. I've long worked as a data analyst in nonprofits, and the curious yet unenviable nature of making a difference by evidence cuts across my books. ...more

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Patrick Ashe I never get it. I have an abundance of ideas. It's just a matter of picking out what I want to do, and balancing that with what might actually connect…moreI never get it. I have an abundance of ideas. It's just a matter of picking out what I want to do, and balancing that with what might actually connect with someone else. There is certainly never enough time.(less)
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Patrick Ashe Slowly awakening from hearing something, the parents checked the baby monitor. But the baby was still asleep in the monitor's dull blue light, the roo…moreSlowly awakening from hearing something, the parents checked the baby monitor. But the baby was still asleep in the monitor's dull blue light, the room dark as normal... except for that light reflecting in two eyes from the rocking chair.(less)
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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
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“10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.”
― Susan Sontag
tags: cruelty, humanity, mankind, mercy
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