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I have 308 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 141370 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(1) Paradise Lost

Here is day 1 of my 2016 NanoWriMo. It's a sequel to my 2014 NanoWriMo Whiteout. I'll be posting my progress each day. Keep in mind this will be a...

Forward Re-Write: The Last Sunset

4. The Last Sunset Warm air gave the scene a deceptive blanket of calm. Dom’s heart pounded like a jackhammer in his chest, and sweat trickled down...
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Forward Re-Write: Training

Sorry that's it's been so long, but here's a longer chapter to make up for it. 3. Training Head still spinning from the implications of the bearded...
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Forward Re-Write: The Blue Door

2. The Blue Door The form Dom filled out felt oddly personal. There were the standard genetic imprints, eye color, known disorders, but then the...
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Forward Re-Write: The Promotion

After some talks with an editor, I've decided to go back and re-write a story I wrote about a year back. Here is the introduction. I'd love any...

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