Aurelian Ashmore
@atashmore.bsky.social
I write dark fiction. I shape poetry.
Sometimes, I record echoes.
Read. Listen. Remember:
https://cultofashmore.com
Sometimes, I record echoes.
Read. Listen. Remember:
https://cultofashmore.com
All disruptions in mankind,
all wars, diseases, and miracles,
all thoughts, fears and myths—
everything ever—
was expressed through art.
Nothing changed.
I welcome the new day.
I endure the night.
Craft over plastic.
†
#art
all wars, diseases, and miracles,
all thoughts, fears and myths—
everything ever—
was expressed through art.
Nothing changed.
I welcome the new day.
I endure the night.
Craft over plastic.
†
#art
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
All disruptions in mankind,
all wars, diseases, and miracles,
all thoughts, fears and myths—
everything ever—
was expressed through art.
Nothing changed.
I welcome the new day.
I endure the night.
Craft over plastic.
†
#art
all wars, diseases, and miracles,
all thoughts, fears and myths—
everything ever—
was expressed through art.
Nothing changed.
I welcome the new day.
I endure the night.
Craft over plastic.
†
#art
I don’t want to sell you books.
I want to transmit them.
Word by word.
This is yours
as it is mine.
†
I want to transmit them.
Word by word.
This is yours
as it is mine.
†
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I don’t want to sell you books.
I want to transmit them.
Word by word.
This is yours
as it is mine.
†
I want to transmit them.
Word by word.
This is yours
as it is mine.
†
Every word hammered with Kraft.
Pounding, sounding,
metal on metal.
Artbeat in existence.
Glowing bones,
molten face:
my eyes reflect.
No longer alone.
†
Pounding, sounding,
metal on metal.
Artbeat in existence.
Glowing bones,
molten face:
my eyes reflect.
No longer alone.
†
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Every word hammered with Kraft.
Pounding, sounding,
metal on metal.
Artbeat in existence.
Glowing bones,
molten face:
my eyes reflect.
No longer alone.
†
Pounding, sounding,
metal on metal.
Artbeat in existence.
Glowing bones,
molten face:
my eyes reflect.
No longer alone.
†
Reposted by Aurelian Ashmore
the only decent establishment left in america is the halal cart. tip ur halal cart guy and be nice to them they are literally the last barrier left between us and darkness
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
the only decent establishment left in america is the halal cart. tip ur halal cart guy and be nice to them they are literally the last barrier left between us and darkness
#Rauhnacht ended.
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen: cicadacult.substack....
#fables #myth #horror
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen: cicadacult.substack....
#fables #myth #horror
Transmissions | Cicada Cult | Aurelian Ashmore | Substack
Ancient words, spoken through the Aether. Poetry, lost texts, and transmissions from the memory—fragments of what once was, reaching across time.
A voice in the static. A signal returning. Listen. Click to read Cicada Cult, by Aurelian Ashmore, a Substack publication.
cicadacult.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
#Rauhnacht ended.
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen: cicadacult.substack....
#fables #myth #horror
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen: cicadacult.substack....
#fables #myth #horror
Waiting for the man
A hollow wind blows. A reading of Jane Dougherty.
Listen/Read:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
#poetry #darkbeauty #apocalypse #darkpoetry #spokenword
A hollow wind blows. A reading of Jane Dougherty.
Listen/Read:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
#poetry #darkbeauty #apocalypse #darkpoetry #spokenword
Waiting for the man
A poem by Jane Dougherty. Read by Ashmore.
cicadacult.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Waiting for the man
A hollow wind blows. A reading of Jane Dougherty.
Listen/Read:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
#poetry #darkbeauty #apocalypse #darkpoetry #spokenword
A hollow wind blows. A reading of Jane Dougherty.
Listen/Read:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
#poetry #darkbeauty #apocalypse #darkpoetry #spokenword
Dirge without music.
#Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Read by Ashmore.
Listen, feel her words:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/dirge-with...
#darkpoetry #poem #ritual #transmission
#Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Read by Ashmore.
Listen, feel her words:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/dirge-with...
#darkpoetry #poem #ritual #transmission
Dirge without music
A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, read by Ashmore.
cicadacult.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Dirge without music.
#Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Read by Ashmore.
Listen, feel her words:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/dirge-with...
#darkpoetry #poem #ritual #transmission
#Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Read by Ashmore.
Listen, feel her words:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/dirge-with...
#darkpoetry #poem #ritual #transmission
The only one
who doubts me
is me.
The others are
distraction.
†
who doubts me
is me.
The others are
distraction.
†
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The only one
who doubts me
is me.
The others are
distraction.
†
who doubts me
is me.
The others are
distraction.
†
The Last Fräulein
A Berlin ghost story.
A woman. A ghost. A refusal.
Nobody died who wasn’t dead before.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/the-last-f...
#GhostStory #UnquietWorld #horror #ghost
A Berlin ghost story.
A woman. A ghost. A refusal.
Nobody died who wasn’t dead before.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/the-last-f...
#GhostStory #UnquietWorld #horror #ghost
The Last Fräulein
A Berlin Ghost Story about Inheritance and Liberation
cicadacult.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Last Fräulein
A Berlin ghost story.
A woman. A ghost. A refusal.
Nobody died who wasn’t dead before.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/the-last-f...
#GhostStory #UnquietWorld #horror #ghost
A Berlin ghost story.
A woman. A ghost. A refusal.
Nobody died who wasn’t dead before.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/the-last-f...
#GhostStory #UnquietWorld #horror #ghost
Today’s hellish news:
The Empire is unhappy with the elections.
·†·
Important message from our sponsors:
Protect the sacred order of suffering.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rus-...
#elections #empire #darkfiction #newyork #dystopiansatire
The Empire is unhappy with the elections.
·†·
Important message from our sponsors:
Protect the sacred order of suffering.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rus-...
#elections #empire #darkfiction #newyork #dystopiansatire
Apocalyptic News I: The Empire Unhappy with Elections
YouTube video by Aurelian Ashmore
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Today’s hellish news:
The Empire is unhappy with the elections.
·†·
Important message from our sponsors:
Protect the sacred order of suffering.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rus-...
#elections #empire #darkfiction #newyork #dystopiansatire
The Empire is unhappy with the elections.
·†·
Important message from our sponsors:
Protect the sacred order of suffering.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rus-...
#elections #empire #darkfiction #newyork #dystopiansatire
Speak, Machine.
Can your artificial lungs breathe?
Can you bleed?
Mortals—decide.
Choose your winner.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eT...
#ai #narration #texttospeech #art #horror #aivoice #posthuman #futureofart #airart
Can your artificial lungs breathe?
Can you bleed?
Mortals—decide.
Choose your winner.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eT...
#ai #narration #texttospeech #art #horror #aivoice #posthuman #futureofart #airart
AI versus Ashmore
YouTube video by Aurelian Ashmore
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Speak, Machine.
Can your artificial lungs breathe?
Can you bleed?
Mortals—decide.
Choose your winner.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eT...
#ai #narration #texttospeech #art #horror #aivoice #posthuman #futureofart #airart
Can your artificial lungs breathe?
Can you bleed?
Mortals—decide.
Choose your winner.
†
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eT...
#ai #narration #texttospeech #art #horror #aivoice #posthuman #futureofart #airart
"You'll go, then I'll go."
Apocalyptic/Sci Fi Flash fiction:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/youll-go-t...
Or:
cultofashmore.com/inked-echoes...
#scifi #horror #ritual #apocalypse #post #booksky 💙📚🪐
Apocalyptic/Sci Fi Flash fiction:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/youll-go-t...
Or:
cultofashmore.com/inked-echoes...
#scifi #horror #ritual #apocalypse #post #booksky 💙📚🪐
You'll go, then I'll go
Descent to Nowhere
cicadacult.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"You'll go, then I'll go."
Apocalyptic/Sci Fi Flash fiction:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/youll-go-t...
Or:
cultofashmore.com/inked-echoes...
#scifi #horror #ritual #apocalypse #post #booksky 💙📚🪐
Apocalyptic/Sci Fi Flash fiction:
cicadacult.substack.com/p/youll-go-t...
Or:
cultofashmore.com/inked-echoes...
#scifi #horror #ritual #apocalypse #post #booksky 💙📚🪐
The Demon Talks
A demonic audiobook of ritual monologues.
Seven voices. One breath.
cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...
#horror #audiobook #ritual #darkfiction #booksky
A demonic audiobook of ritual monologues.
Seven voices. One breath.
cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...
#horror #audiobook #ritual #darkfiction #booksky
The Demon Talks, by Ashmore
7 track album
cultofashmore.bandcamp.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Demon Talks
A demonic audiobook of ritual monologues.
Seven voices. One breath.
cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...
#horror #audiobook #ritual #darkfiction #booksky
A demonic audiobook of ritual monologues.
Seven voices. One breath.
cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...
#horror #audiobook #ritual #darkfiction #booksky
crows scream far away
rain hammers on the old roof
time to say goodbye
†
#Haiku #Impermanence #CicadaCult #DarkPoetry #Ashmore #Decay
rain hammers on the old roof
time to say goodbye
†
#Haiku #Impermanence #CicadaCult #DarkPoetry #Ashmore #Decay
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
crows scream far away
rain hammers on the old roof
time to say goodbye
†
#Haiku #Impermanence #CicadaCult #DarkPoetry #Ashmore #Decay
rain hammers on the old roof
time to say goodbye
†
#Haiku #Impermanence #CicadaCult #DarkPoetry #Ashmore #Decay
"I Am The Demon Of The End"
Written by Aurora Garmoutian, read by Ashmore.
Listen if you dare
#ritual #horror #audiobook #bookstack
open.substack.com/pub/cicadacu...
Written by Aurora Garmoutian, read by Ashmore.
Listen if you dare
#ritual #horror #audiobook #bookstack
open.substack.com/pub/cicadacu...
I Am The Demon Of The End
Demon VII: Written by Aurora Garmourtian, read by Ashmore
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"I Am The Demon Of The End"
Written by Aurora Garmoutian, read by Ashmore.
Listen if you dare
#ritual #horror #audiobook #bookstack
open.substack.com/pub/cicadacu...
Written by Aurora Garmoutian, read by Ashmore.
Listen if you dare
#ritual #horror #audiobook #bookstack
open.substack.com/pub/cicadacu...
William Blake — The Sick Rose
“O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night…”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works and transmissions: cultofashmore.com
#WilliamBlake #TheSickRose #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
“O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night…”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works and transmissions: cultofashmore.com
#WilliamBlake #TheSickRose #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
William Blake — The Sick Rose
“O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night…”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works and transmissions: cultofashmore.com
#WilliamBlake #TheSickRose #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
“O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night…”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works and transmissions: cultofashmore.com
#WilliamBlake #TheSickRose #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
Stephen Crane’s poem “In the desert,” read as ritual by Ashmore.
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial”
† Ashmore remembers.
† Ritual readings of poetry, fragments, and myth.
cultofashmore.com
#StephenCrane #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial”
† Ashmore remembers.
† Ritual readings of poetry, fragments, and myth.
cultofashmore.com
#StephenCrane #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Stephen Crane’s poem “In the desert,” read as ritual by Ashmore.
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial”
† Ashmore remembers.
† Ritual readings of poetry, fragments, and myth.
cultofashmore.com
#StephenCrane #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial”
† Ashmore remembers.
† Ritual readings of poetry, fragments, and myth.
cultofashmore.com
#StephenCrane #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts
Maryellen Brady
Salt in Rain
“What was ME dissolves… Salt in Rain.”
@mebradyauthor.bsky.social
Read by Ashmore †
#maryellenbrady #poetryreading #darkpoetry #ritual #poetrycommunity #spokenword
Salt in Rain
“What was ME dissolves… Salt in Rain.”
@mebradyauthor.bsky.social
Read by Ashmore †
#maryellenbrady #poetryreading #darkpoetry #ritual #poetrycommunity #spokenword
September 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Maryellen Brady
Salt in Rain
“What was ME dissolves… Salt in Rain.”
@mebradyauthor.bsky.social
Read by Ashmore †
#maryellenbrady #poetryreading #darkpoetry #ritual #poetrycommunity #spokenword
Salt in Rain
“What was ME dissolves… Salt in Rain.”
@mebradyauthor.bsky.social
Read by Ashmore †
#maryellenbrady #poetryreading #darkpoetry #ritual #poetrycommunity #spokenword
Emily Dickinson
“I died for Beauty – but was scarce.”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works: cultofashmore.com
#darkpoetry #dickinson #poetry #horror #ritual
“I died for Beauty – but was scarce.”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works: cultofashmore.com
#darkpoetry #dickinson #poetry #horror #ritual
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Emily Dickinson
“I died for Beauty – but was scarce.”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works: cultofashmore.com
#darkpoetry #dickinson #poetry #horror #ritual
“I died for Beauty – but was scarce.”
Read by Ashmore †
Full works: cultofashmore.com
#darkpoetry #dickinson #poetry #horror #ritual
Bloodwing walks.
From ash, from bone, from unasked birth.
Okkult VI — Bloodwing born.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/bloodwing
#boosky #horror #ritual #poetry
From ash, from bone, from unasked birth.
Okkult VI — Bloodwing born.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/bloodwing
#boosky #horror #ritual #poetry
Bloodwing
Okkult VI: One wing a swan. One a goose.
cicadacult.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bloodwing walks.
From ash, from bone, from unasked birth.
Okkult VI — Bloodwing born.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/bloodwing
#boosky #horror #ritual #poetry
From ash, from bone, from unasked birth.
Okkult VI — Bloodwing born.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/bloodwing
#boosky #horror #ritual #poetry
Reposted by Aurelian Ashmore
A Week in Substack poetry Issue 28 is out! Read 10 poems from independent writers!
#Poet #Poetry #PoetrySky #poetrycommunity #Writer #writingcommunity #AuthorSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor
open.substack.com/pub/tilttilt...
#Poet #Poetry #PoetrySky #poetrycommunity #Writer #writingcommunity #AuthorSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor
open.substack.com/pub/tilttilt...
A Week In Substack Poetry #28
10 new poets with their poem from Substack from the 18th August to 24th August!
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A Week in Substack poetry Issue 28 is out! Read 10 poems from independent writers!
#Poet #Poetry #PoetrySky #poetrycommunity #Writer #writingcommunity #AuthorSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor
open.substack.com/pub/tilttilt...
#Poet #Poetry #PoetrySky #poetrycommunity #Writer #writingcommunity #AuthorSky #BookSky #IndieAuthor
open.substack.com/pub/tilttilt...
While carving words set in the grim times of World War II, I felt something was wrong. So today I walked through a KZ memorial.
Devastating.
The story of this walk will be told, but only on the secret list.
buttondown.com/ashmore
#horror #writing #nazi #memorial #history
Devastating.
The story of this walk will be told, but only on the secret list.
buttondown.com/ashmore
#horror #writing #nazi #memorial #history
Cult of Ashmore
Gode. Skald. Bearer of Ritual. Chronicler of Echoes. Writer of Rites. †
buttondown.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nailday.
Last day of winter.
Witness.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/nailday
#horror #ritual #witness #booksky
Last day of winter.
Witness.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/nailday
#horror #ritual #witness #booksky
Nailday
Last day of Winter
cicadacult.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nailday.
Last day of winter.
Witness.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/nailday
#horror #ritual #witness #booksky
Last day of winter.
Witness.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/nailday
#horror #ritual #witness #booksky
Every inch of land
grows its fables in mud.
Rootlike fingers—
dig deep, hold tight.
Look, up high—
young birds everywhere.
Summer is for dreaming;
winter cleans the sky.
Who remembers roots?
Ancient.
Still alive.
†
#ritualpoetry #darkpoetry #mythicpoetry #ancientroots #pagan
grows its fables in mud.
Rootlike fingers—
dig deep, hold tight.
Look, up high—
young birds everywhere.
Summer is for dreaming;
winter cleans the sky.
Who remembers roots?
Ancient.
Still alive.
†
#ritualpoetry #darkpoetry #mythicpoetry #ancientroots #pagan
July 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every inch of land
grows its fables in mud.
Rootlike fingers—
dig deep, hold tight.
Look, up high—
young birds everywhere.
Summer is for dreaming;
winter cleans the sky.
Who remembers roots?
Ancient.
Still alive.
†
#ritualpoetry #darkpoetry #mythicpoetry #ancientroots #pagan
grows its fables in mud.
Rootlike fingers—
dig deep, hold tight.
Look, up high—
young birds everywhere.
Summer is for dreaming;
winter cleans the sky.
Who remembers roots?
Ancient.
Still alive.
†
#ritualpoetry #darkpoetry #mythicpoetry #ancientroots #pagan