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I have 311 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 161964 times and 178 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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

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Whiteout II-8 (Aftermath) [1 of 2]

8. Aftermath “Are you sure you want to hear this part? I could just skip past, tell you the camp was massacred and move past it,” said Nick, hoping...
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Whiteout Rewrite II-7 (Rude Awakenings)

7. Rude Awakenings Warm sand spread out beneath Nick as he lay on a beach chair, watching the waves crash down on the sand before him. Above, palm...

Whiteout Rewrite II-6 (The Fall Expedition)

6. The Fall Expedition “Manish was always a willful child. He was the more active out of the two of us, and that led to some altercations that most...
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Whiteout Rewrite II-5 (The Spine)

5. The Spine By midday they had reached the base of what the locals colloquially called Merudanda, or The Spine. It jutted out of the middle of the...
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Whiteout ReWrite II-1 (Empty Slopes) [Part 2 of 2]

Snow began to fall, and Nick knew that the storm was getting closer. Rather than worry, he busied himself by trying to figure out more about the...

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