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I have 307 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 121274 times and 171 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Ashton Macaulay

My name is Ashton, I am the author of the Nick Ventner Adventures, currently available anywhere books are sold, but if you need some links: 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

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The Arm Farm - 3

Previous Chapter 3. The Farm Immeasurable unreality washed over Chris as he walked through the fields of plastic bags. He had never experienced...
Cherry

The Arm Farm - 2

Previous Chapter 2. The Sales Pitch Art led Chris and Megan to the middle of the barn, passing head-high stacks of jumbled mechanical equipment. Some...
Cherry

The Arm Farm - 1

Hi All, you might recognize this story from a post here a long while back. Someone has finally agreed to publish my bizarre tale in a fiction...
Cherry

A Woman of the Swamp - 3

Previous Chapter 3. Flight of the Necromancer It wasn’t Marie’s first time fleeing from the authorities. Even if she hadn’t been guilty of breaking...
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A Woman of the Swamp - 2

Previous Chapter 2. Little Shop of Voodoo Time passed slow in the fetid heat. There were no sirens, and no alarms. Marie reached back through the...

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