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Ashton Macaulay

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in Portland, OR, The United States

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Action Adventure, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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Douglas Adams, Michael Crichton, Dan Brown

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Ashton Macaulay is a fiction writer living in Seattle Washington. His latest novel, One Night at Kedasi, is a sci-fi comedy featuring a sarcastic ship captain and her best friend, a five-foot tall talking shrimp. Previous works include Whiteout, the tale of drunken monster hunter, Nick Ventner, Man of the Mountain, an intriguing novella surrounding a man trying to maintain the Bigfoot legend and various short stories.

If you want to know more about his writing, subscribe to his substack here: https://macashton.substack.com/

While Ashton doesn't have any awards to display on this lovely page, Kirkus did call Whiteout: "An often engaging, if sometimes-clichéd, tale with an acerbic lead." Of that lead, they also said: "He often embellishes, eith ...more

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	Whiteout: A Nick Ventner Adventure (The Nick Ventner Adventures Book 1) 4.43 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man of the Mountain 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Ambassador to Crustacea 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Night at Kedasi 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Aberrant's Compendium of Cosmic Delights by Aberrrant Literature, Jason Peters, Daniel Kurland 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Downpour: A Nick Ventner Adventure 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aberrant Tales: A Short Fiction Anthology by Jason Peters (Goodreads Author), Ashton Macaulay (Goodreads Author), Allison Middlebrook 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Humor Will Continue Until Morale Improves it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiteout: The Nick Ventner Adventures, Book 1 by Ashton Macaulay (Goodreads Author), Aberrant Literature, Stuart Bentley (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I walked into the theater on Saturday night completely blind. I hadn’t watched a trailer for Resident Evil, I had no desire to see Resident Evil, and generally I assumed the film was going to be a flop. Having seen the Milla Jovovich series go consistently downhill throughout my teenage years, my hopes were on the floor. I was wrong. Zach Cregger created a near-perfect videogame adaptation. Re

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