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I have 311 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
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Ashton Macaulay

Pre-order my new comedic sci-fi novel, One Night at Kedasi, launching 9/23/25: https://linktr.ee/macashton

I take most of my inspiration from a lifelong anxiety disorder that has constantly tried to convince me the world revolves around my death. Writing about death-defying situations with a humorous bend has helped me cope and produced what I feel are some interesting stories. In an age filled with plenty of non-fiction to keep us grounded, I’m trying to create literature that transports readers away to the big adventure novels of old and pokes fun at just about everything that goes bump in the night.

I live in Seattle with a cat and two dogs. They are featured frequently in everything I do, be it typos in my work, or strange photoshops to use as my website header. Thanks for reading!

My stories

Maelstrom 4 - The Inside of a Cell [continued]

Sorry all, the story got truncated because of word limits. Here's a link to Part I and the rest is below! The doors opened, and we were not greeted...
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Maelstrom 4 - The Inside of a Cell

4. The Inside of a Cell “So what I’m hearing, if I’m not mistaken, Dr. Venter, is that this isn’t your first time in an interrogation cell.” Good cop...

Maelstrom 3 - The CIA

3. The CIA The CIA are by far one of my least favorite secret organizations to deal with, and that’s mostly due to the fact that they aren’t so...
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Maelstrom 2. Chupacabra

Links to: Prologue , Chapter 1 2. Chupacabra Our camouflage certainly wasn’t the best in the world, but the fact of the matter is, most tourists aren...
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Maelstrom 1 - Nevada

First chapter of this year's NanoWriMo book, Maelstrom. Day 1 can be found here. Part I Nick’s New Employer 1. Nevada I suppose I should start with...

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