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I have 307 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 131780 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

Cherry

Merry Nickmas: Old Person Parties

5. The next evening Nick set off on a five-hour drive that realistically should have only taken two. The sun had fallen as he pulled into the...
Cherry

Merry Nickmas: The Shopping Mall

4. The shopping center looked much like a scene after something had caught fire. People were running every which way, panicked looks on their faces,...

Merry Nickmas (3)

Here's the next chapter in my dark Christmas story. Chapters 1 and 2 can be found here: http://www.abctales.com/story/macashton/merry-nickmas 3. It...
Cherry

Merry Nickmas

No time like the holidays for black comedy. I love writing this character, and figured that I would get in the holiday spirit. 1. As Nick erected the...

Karl (6)

The evening that Steve and Karl met was dreary. Wind battered at the poorly-sealed panes of the apartment windows, sending short rasps of cold air...

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