About

Hello. My name is Ryan Shattuck. I am an author, freelance writer, and columnist, based in Salt Lake City.

I've written for places such as The Advocate, the QSaltLake, Edge Publications, Politics Unlocked, and The Daily Utah Chronicle, among others. I published the book Revolutions for Fun and Profit! in 2009.

In addition to writing, I also work at the Salt Lake City Public Library, I write and host the bi-weekly podcast Audio Vaudeville, and I occasionally pretend to be Mickey Rooney.

I don't own any cats.

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A picture of my niece & nephew, watching the Kickstarter video I posted yesterday.
It took awhile, but I’ve finally found my demographic.

A picture of my niece & nephew, watching the Kickstarter video I posted yesterday.

It took awhile, but I’ve finally found my demographic.

2 days ago | 2 notes

"Mormons to march in church clothes in Utah gay pride parade"

I have nothing cynical to say about this. This is truly incredible.

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Racism has never sounded so gorgeous.

Racism has never sounded so gorgeous.

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moderatelyimportantfables:

BREAKING NEWS: The President of Kickstarter just emailed me to say he’s endorsed my book, Moderately Important Fables!

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1 week ago | 3 notes

moderatelyimportantfables:

There are only 10 days remaining until the end of the Kickstarter campaign for Moderately Important Fables. I don’t know about you, but the anticipation is killing me! This is worse than that time that we had to wait all summer to find out who shot J.R. on Dallas.

(Spoiler: It was Maggie Simpson.)

I’ve received a lot of questions about Moderately Important Fables during the past few weeks, so I’ve decided to answer every single one of them with the attached video. Please enjoy.

(Spoiler: I’m not wearing pants in the video.)

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moderatelyimportantfables:

Here’s a video about that one time when I was kidnapped.

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2 weeks ago | 2 notes

Sample Chapter: “The Turtle Who Needed to Refill His Anti-Depressants Medication”

moderatelyimportantfables:

(Today is the the midpoint of my Kickstarter campaign for “Moderately Important Fables.” Only 15 days remain! So to celebrate this milestone (it’s not really a milestone when you think about it (or is it? (did you know that if you use too many parenthesis, you’ll go blind?))), I’ve decided to publish another sample chapter, entitled “The Turtle Who Needed to Refill His Anti-Depressants Medication.” Enjoy.)

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"Utah writer launches Kickstarter campaign for humorous ‘Moderately Important Fables’"

moderatelyimportantfables:

Shattuck effectively packs a big punch of wonderfully dry humor that whipsaws between the most serious and ironically funny aspects of the human condition.

A very flattering article of the Kickstarter campaign for Moderately Important Fables, by The Selective Echo.

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Episode 33: The Time Capsule Show

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Episode 33: The Time Capsule Show! Ever wonder what Audio Vaudeville would have sounded like in the 1930s and 1960s? You’ll like this show if you did. If not, go away.

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