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I have 307 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 127834 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

Whiteout II: 10 (The Ice Fall)

10. The Ice Fall The Vikram wall is so named for one of the many explorers that have lost their lives to it. The terrain is as unforgiving as they...

Whiteout II: 9 (The Pact)

9. The Pact That night we were kept up by the chanting of incantations and red lights of fire as the site for the pact was created. We both took...

Whiteout II: 8 Canyeti

8. Canyeti “It’s fucking freezing out here Nick!” Whined James from the tent. The snow had continued to fall in a steady stream, but had not reached...

Whiteout II: 7 (Aftermath)

7. Aftermath “Are you sure you want to hear this part? It isn’t very pleasant. I could just skip past, tell you they all died in horrible ways and...

Whiteout II: 6 (The Fall Expedition)

6. The Fall Expedition “Manish had always been willful as a child. He was the more active of the two of us, always getting into fights, disobeying...

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