Ashton Macaulay

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

Stories (3)

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“Yuletide Loops” by Ashton Macaulay

Bill stands at the edge of a circle filled with people he has seen every day for almost a year. His hands are shaking, but he does his best to hide that. This never works when you don’t have the confidence. Confidence - who would have thought you needed confidence at an Anonymous meeting on Christmas Eve? “Hi, my name is Bill, and this—”           “Hi Bill,” call the others.           “Right, you think I’d remember that. Anyways, my ...

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“Two Ways to Win” by Ashton Macaulay

Submitted to Contest #217

Two Ways to Win Penrose donned his armor, the polished metal sparkling in the early morning. After a night of lost sleep and sore elbows, it had better be sparkling. It wasn’t every day that you had the opportunity to become a knight of the realm. That most prestigious position was only afforded to a precious few. The title would change his life forever and move him far beyond the ranks of his traditional family status. Five years of practice, exams, preliminary rounds, and mandatory service. All that was left was one final challenge. Grante...

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“The End, for Real This Time, or Is It?” by Ashton Macaulay

Submitted to Contest #216

How many times can someone tell you the world’s going to end before you stop believing them? Ally takes a drink from her glass, swills the ice, gives it a good long think. Twice. Someone could tell her the world was ending twice before she’d start giving it a second thought. Everyone could make one mistake, especially when it came to doomsday predictions. A comet could be off by a few days; The second time, she’d still be heading down to the bunker. That was just common sense. But the third time? The third time she was going to sip a drink i...

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Author bio

Ashton Macaulay is a nearly critically acclaimed fiction author from Seattle Washington. His published works include The Nick Ventner Adventures, a drunken monster hunting series, and The First Ambassador to Crustacea, the world's first crab-based, political, scifi, comedy. Information on his work can be found on his website, MacAshton.com