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I have 317 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 186256 times and 187 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

Diary of a Dead Man (Re-Write) 5

5. The Working Stiff “So you didn’t get your fair shake at life, that’s no reason to go around moping about it. Throw yourself into your work, do...
Cherry

Diary of a Dead Man (Re-Write) 4

4. Worked to Death After hours of sulking and writing snide comments in his journal, Brian walked into a crowded staffroom. What appeared as an aging...
Cherry

Diary of a Dead Man (Re-Write) 3

3. The story of how Brian came to spend his life in abject misery is a rather difficult one to tell. 21 years prior to the failed musings of...
Cherry

Diary of a Dead Man (Re-Write) 2

2. On the Subject of Being Dead Brian was 21 years dead, still the spitting image of his late twenties (aside from the road rash, but I’ll get to...

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...

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