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I have 308 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 143001 times and 173 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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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 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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Downpour(5): Modern Day Castaway

About 13,000 words in to this years NanoWriMo. It's been a lot of fun so far! 5. Modern Day Castaway “A Scotsman? In the middle of the jungle. Now I...

Downpour (4): The River

4. The River Nick awoke once more to rain falling on his face. The lumps down his arms and legs burned furiously, and his entire body was drenched...

Downpour(3): La Madremonte (Part 2 of 2)

PART 2 By nightfall, Nick felt as if he could barely walk another step, and began to look for a place to make camp. He was not keen on the idea of...
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Downpour(3): La Madremonte (1 of 2)

This chapter is a little longer, so I had to split it into two parts. PART 1 3. La Madremonte As the sun rose, the clouds began to burn off, and the...
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Downpour(2) Soft Landings

2. Soft Landings “How’d you survive?” Nick jumped, as while he had been telling the story, Marcus had risen from his seat in the darkened corner...

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