I recently started writing short fiction. The first one runs today in the excellent newsletter, The Browser. You can find my story here (and for free):
https://thebrowser.com/we-trade-with-ants/the-watcher-first-contact/
What if ants could talk? What if we could trade with them?
This is the first in a series of many, many, short stories I've written that explores every aspect of that one question.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.fortressofdoors.com/we-trade-with-ants-a-short-story-series/