HeyJaredJudith Ashcraft
Writer of fiction. Horror, speculative, a smattering of sci-fi. The real world is brutal, and I try to make sense of it through fiction. I'm currently writing two serialized novels here on Substack.
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Ethnographic Field Notes from Pikken Pakken Island: Chapter Seven (opens the original)
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Hercule, Agatha, and Christie (opens the original)
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Escape from Quaoar: Part One (opens the original)
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Ethnographic Field Notes from Pikken Pakken Island: Chapter Seven (opens the original)
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Chapter IndexJune 2, 2007When I woke up this morning, Branch was gone. I checked the camp, checked all my equipment, and I haven’t noticed anything missing. I’m not sure where he went or why he left, but I feel pretty good about having established contact with one person on this island. Not a bad first day, all in all, even if I did get knocked on the head earlier in the day.I’m having breakfast now and formulating a pla
Ethnographic Field Notes from Pikken Pakken Island: Chapter Six (opens the original)
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