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I have 319 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 194953 times and 191 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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The End, For Real This Time, Or Is It?

Here's another quick short story that came listening to The Doors and the prompt: "Write a story with an open ending that gives readers just enough...
Cherry

The Labor Day Ghost

Here's a one-off short story I wrote from the prompt: " What was meant to be a great bonding vacation turns sour when an uninvited guest tags along...
Cherry

The First Ambassador to Crustacea - 10

Previous Chapter 10. Big Metal Coffin The excitement of donning a black market mech suit quickly faded as Zip descended into the darkness beyond...
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Cherry

The First Ambassador to Crustacea - 9

Previous Chapter 9. Revolt Being below the shelf felt unnatural in every way possible. From her first moments, cartwheeling through the air above...
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The First Ambassador to Crustacea - 1

1. Ambition Nana’s Hog was a ship that looked like it belonged squalling in a mud pit rather than careening through space on low-level transport jobs...
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