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I have 317 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

A Story in a Forest (2)

2. Leaving Home (2 Weeks Earlier) “For the last time, I’m not going off to college yet. Jimmy and I are just headed out on a camping trip.” “Don’t be...

The Lone Rider

The Lone Rider Ashton Macaulay The rider patted his horse softly, cursing the rising sun as he did so. Thankfully as the world sharpened in the...

Oliver Origins (Because Valentine's Cards Are Lame)

Little backstory: I can't draw, and my card-creating skills are meh at best, so rather than making my girlfriend a card I wrote her this origin story...
Cherry

The Devil in Me

The Devil in Me By Ashton Macaulay Woke up this morning to sirens all around the block. Their incessant wails tore my calm in two. Even as they came...

A Story in a Forest (1)

A Story in a Forest By Aston Macaulay Prologue: The Premier “Welcome folks, we are live here at the premier of the documentary that has had the...

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