mac_ashton
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I have 319 stories published in
9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 197135 times
and 191 of my stories have been cherry picked.
3 of my 114 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes
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!









Thank you so much! Always
Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2026
Thank you so much! Always appreciate to see that you're reading my new work :). I think you were one of the first folks to give me positive feedback on Kedasi, and now it's out there as a paperback with a real publisher. Wild times.
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Thanks for reading! This one
Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2026
Thanks for reading! This one is inspired by a news story I read last year. I didn't realize that military forces will often tell each other a strike is coming so they can clear personnel out. On the one hand, glad people aren't being hurt in that...
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Thank you very much! I will
Posted on Mon, 04 Aug 2025
Thank you very much! I will put this in my quarterly performance report.
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