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I have 308 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 137427 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

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...

Whiteout II: 5 (The Spine)

I'm a little behind on my chapter posting, but I just hit 30,000 words today! 5. The Spine “This place is not often visited by my people. It’s...

Whiteout II: 4 (Why I Hate Yaks)

4. Why I Hate Yaks. Footsteps outside. The crunch of many feet walking past our cave woke me from sleep. It was consistent and punctuated every so...

Whiteout II: 3 (Return to Base Camp)

3. Return to Base Camp With the temple behind us we took our first steps back toward base camp, hoping that we could beat Manchester there. Lopsang...

Whiteout II: 2 (Blood Sacrifice)

Forgot to post over the weekend, sorry about that, but Whiteout soldiers on! Just hit 23,000 words today. As always I appreciate feedback and will...

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