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I have 308 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 145784 times and 173 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 true menagerie of two cats and a dog. 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

A Story in a Forest (3)

3. Consequences of The History Channel [Weeks Earlier] “Years of probing have only begun to scratch the depth that is the Okanogan forest. Many...
Cherry

Diary of a Dead Man (Re-Write) 1

Some of you may recall a story I wrote a few months back titled Diary of a Dead Man. After a recent talk with an editor I have opted to re-write it...

The Working Girl

This is a continuation of my other stories The Lone Rider and The Man With the Gold . I haven't decided on a name for the collection yet, so you can...

Divine Intervention

For those of you who have read Death Co, this is a continuation of the main character, but through an entirely new story so that new readers and old...
Cherry

The Mallard God Complex (13)

Slowly but surely I will finish this story! Let me know how you like it so far? I've taken a turn for the weird and majestic (where I hope to spend...

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