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I have 321 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 216380 times and 196 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Ashton Macaulay

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My new comedic science fiction novel, One Night at Kedasi is available now anywhere books are sold! 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

The Mallard God Complex (11)

11. Wasteland When I was a kid I was told a story about the deserts that lay beyond the city walls. First that we were not the reason that they were...

Shift (1)

Sometimes we forget where we are in the moment and don’t to see. The hands of death clutch my throat and yet I find that I let them. I embrace them...

The Mallard God Complex (13)

13. Little Pistol Deep in the pine forests that hide beyond the edges of the desert there is a shack. There’s not much to it other than a few...

The Mallard God Complex (12)

12. Fire Rides Far away, there is something sniffing at my trail. I can’t see it, but I can hear it. The scrabbling of paws on a hard-packed dirt...

The Mallard God Complex (11)

11. The Genius Next-door We drive for hours. Swamp gives way to desert, which in turn gives way to more swamp. The cycle continues, swiveling back...

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