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I have 311 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

Whiteout II: 4 (Why I Hate Yaks)

4. Why I Hate Yaks. Footsteps outside. The crunch of many feet walking past our cave woke me from sleep. It was consistent and punctuated every so...

Whiteout II: 3 (Return to Base Camp)

3. Return to Base Camp With the temple behind us we took our first steps back toward base camp, hoping that we could beat Manchester there. Lopsang...

Whiteout II: 2 (Blood Sacrifice)

Forgot to post over the weekend, sorry about that, but Whiteout soldiers on! Just hit 23,000 words today. As always I appreciate feedback and will...

Whiteout II: 1 (Empty Slopes)

1. Empty Slopes It was around midnight on the trail. The light of the moon still guided us, and we did not stop. The blizzard wasn’t going to hold...

Whiteout: 10(Ballroom Blitz)

10. Ballroom Blitz “All of that gold for three bottles of miserable purple goop. This stuff better work, or I’m coming back to haunt that old man.”...

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