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The World I Command With My Big Girthy Pen…

April 4, 2024

Week three of writing completed, check mark achieved. So… now what? This whole thing seems to be working. I’m writing these things and you’re reading them. So what are we going to talk about now? How about… The Aurora Wasteland.

To borrow from the website… the Aurora Wasteland… AuroraWasteland.com

So what is it exactly???

Well, AuroraWasteland.com is a website with a map… I know it sounds exciting. But listen there is more.

The Aurora Wasteland itself is a fictional county filled with strange, weird, unbelievable, paranormal, and horrific things that could possibly cause you to wet the bed. We are talking chronic bed wetting, like have to see your doctor about it bed wetting. Well, that might be setting the bar too high.

Let’s try this again. The Aurora Wasteland is a fictional county with some cool stuff in it that will make you say “Hey there was some cool stuff in there”. That’s better. 

Anyways, It doesn’t follow any borders, state, or province lines. It jumps from county to county, province to state, and county to county. And best of all it’s created by me! Vaughn Ashby. The Aurora Wasteland is home to my writing, characters, daydreams, nightmares, and inappropriate thoughts. With all that out of the way.

Welcome to the Aurora Wasteland!
(queue the Jurassic Park music)

I think that sums it up pretty good. I always loved Stephen King’s Maine, a mix of real and fictional places, that he set most of his stories in. I also loved how characters from some of his books would show up again in others. So… I did the same but one upped him created a website for it and gave it a name… The Aurora Wasteland.

Next up, some FAQs from the website itself…

Aurora Wasteland is my own made-up county where all my stories take place.
With that out of the way, I’ll take some questions…

Why didn’t you pick a real place?

I wanted to be able to pick and choose the places that made up the Wasteland. I wanted to be able to add real places i’ve visited, while including fictional places as well. I felt the mixture of the two would make the Aurora Wasteland more interesting. Think of it more as an unofficial county.

Just to be clear, is this a real place?

A lot of the towns, cities and roads are real, but i’m picking and choosing what I want to include. You probably won’t find an Aurora Wasteland map anywhere off of this website. Unless it’s from the government, they definitely have their own copy.

So far every single one of my books takes place in the Aurora Wasteland, even The Wonderful World & The Zombie Job. And while it might not seem like it, they are all connected and in one giant storyline. Some pieces I’ve stated the link, others it’s more suggested, even more you just don’t know the connections yet…  but you will. 

Some of my favorite more fictional places in the Aurora Wasteland have to be: 
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/proposed-site-of-new-moe-town/
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/vanished-townspeople/
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/the-axe-corporation/
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/drive-in-theater-massacre/
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/theslimemoldthatateatown/

And a few of the real-ish places I dig the most… well real from within the Aurora Wasteland: 
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/fort-edmonton/
https://www.aurorawasteland.com/moes-trailer-hitch-rentals/

What about you? What is your favorite part of the Aurora Wasteland?
Do you have any burning itchy questions about the Aurora Wasteland?

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire There are few things in life that hit me as hard with the nostalgia dick as Ghostbusters. When I was younger it was my favorite movie, TV show, video game, action figures, and underwear was Ghostbusters. Few things in life seemed to stick to me like that IP did. I’m not going to lie, I may have dropped a few man tares at the end of Ghostbusters Afterlife. With that out of the way, I was able to take in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire the other day, and man did I enjoy it. I’m not going to give you a whole movie review for it. Everything about it was great, as a Ghostbusters fan it checked all my slimy boxes. I’m not going to lie… busting… busting makes me feel good. Did you see it? What did you think? Did you have Ghostbuster underwear too?

The Data Job Coming Soon!! I’m just about done my final review of The Data Job, book 4 of the zombie job series. I forgot how much I loved this book. I think it’s my fav of in the series so far. Going over it is getting my zombie juices flowing, maybe it’s time to write a few more.

Tags: Aurora Wasteland, Ghostbusters, The Data Job