Aurelian Ashmore's Avatar

Aurelian Ashmore

@atashmore.bsky.social

I write dark fiction. I shape poetry. Sometimes, I record echoes. Read. Listen. Remember: https://cultofashmore.com

440 Followers  |  14 Following  |  83 Posts  |  Joined: 14.02.2025
Posts Following

Posts by Aurelian Ashmore (@atashmore.bsky.social)

Gothic Whispers - Emma Steel Refuse to look away from either glory or the horror of reality. Limited Edition Book, Postcard & Bookmark. Available now!

Gothic Whispers - Emma Steel Refuse to look away from either glory or the horror of reality. Limited Edition Book, Postcard & Bookmark. Available now!

TILTTILTTILT is happy to announce Emma Steels newest poetry collection "Gothic Whispers". It's a limited first release set of the chapbook, a postcard and a bookmark for 10€ incl. international shipping.

#Poet #Poetry #poetrycommunity #Writer #IndieAuthor

www.tilttilttilt.com/shop/p/emma-...

06.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Rauhnacht 2025 | Ashmore Rauhnacht 2025 by Ashmore, released 05 February 2026 1. The Man with the Ash-Hat 2. The End 3. The Village by the Sea 4. Concomitantly, Alive and Dead: 5. RΓ€derberg 6. Untitled Story 7. Death-Ghost 8. JΓ³lnir 9. The Wassermann 10. How Cold Are You, Really? 11. Snowflake 12. Zusammenkunft der Todten Rauhnacht The year breaks here. Between Christmas and the turning of the sun, the nights open. The old ones called them RauhnΓ€chte β€” the rough nights, the nights between rules. This is not an album. It is a passage. Twelve nights. Twelve readings. Some were spoken centuries ago and almost vanished. Some were written by the living, who listened carefully. All were carried across the same dark. These are not warnings. They are not lessons. They do not ask to be believed. Burn incense. Lower the lights. Listen without haste. What passes through these nights does not stay β€” but it remembers being seen.

Rauhnacht has arrived.
Stories for the nights between years.
†
cultofashmore.bandca...

#audiobook #bandcamp #ritual #grimm #fables #rauhnacht #dark

05.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Coda Okkult X: The Fall

Okkult is complete.
This cycle is birth, death and rebirth.
It took me many years to shape it into this form.
Many of my works grew from its soil.
Now the doors are open.
†

cicadacult.substack....
#poetry #darkpoetry #ritual #myth #fables

02.02.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All disruptions in mankind,
all wars, diseases, and miracles,
all thoughts, fears and mythsβ€”
everything everβ€”
was expressed through art.
Nothing changed.
I welcome the new day.
I endure the night.
Craft over plastic.
†
#art

23.01.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t want to sell you books.
I want to transmit them.

Word by word.

This is yours
as it is mine.
†

19.01.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every word hammered with Kraft.
Pounding, sounding,
metal on metal.
Artbeat in existence.
Glowing bones,
molten face:
my eyes reflect.
No longer alone.
†

19.01.2026 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

14.01.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Transmissions | Cicada Cult | Aurelian Ashmore | Substack Ancient words, spoken through the Aether. Poetry, lost texts, and transmissions from the memoryβ€”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.

#Rauhnacht ended.
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen: cicadacult.substack....
#fables #myth #horror

06.01.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Waiting for the man A poem by Jane Dougherty. Read by Ashmore.

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

09.12.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Dirge without music A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, read by Ashmore.

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

07.12.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only one
who doubts me
is me.
The others are
distraction.
†

29.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Last FrΓ€ulein A Berlin Ghost Story about Inheritance and Liberation

The Last FrΓ€ulein
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

08.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Apocalyptic News I: The Empire Unhappy with Elections
YouTube video by Aurelian Ashmore Apocalyptic News I: The Empire Unhappy with Elections

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

05.11.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
AI versus Ashmore
YouTube video by Aurelian Ashmore AI versus Ashmore

Speak, Machine.
Can your artificial lungs breathe?
Can you bleed?
Mortalsβ€”decide.
Choose your winner.
†

www.youtube.com/watch?v=97eT...

#ai #narration #texttospeech #art #horror #aivoice #posthuman #futureofart #airart

17.10.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
You'll go, then I'll go Descent to Nowhere

"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 πŸ’™πŸ“šπŸͺ

09.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Demon Talks, by Ashmore 7 track album

The Demon Talks

A demonic audiobook of ritual monologues.
Seven voices. One breath.

cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...

#horror #audiobook #ritual #darkfiction #booksky

04.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A crow is sitting on a tree. Text with poetry around it.

A crow is sitting on a tree. Text with poetry around it.

crows scream far away
rain hammers on the old roof
time to say goodbye
†

#Haiku #Impermanence #CicadaCult #DarkPoetry #Ashmore #Decay

29.09.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
I Am The Demon Of The End Demon VII: Written by Aurora Garmourtian, read by Ashmore

"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...

29.09.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

William Blake β€” The Sick Rose

β€œO 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

23.09.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

We are very close to issue number one of BIG FAT TOAD. 31 Haiku und short poem are waiting for you!

#poetry #haikus

22.09.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Stephen Crane’s poem β€œIn the desert,” read as ritual by Ashmore.

β€œIn the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial”

† Ashmore remembers.
† Ritual readings of poetry, fragments, and myth.

cultofashmore.com

#StephenCrane #PoetryReading #DarkPoetry #SpokenWord #Shorts

19.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Maryellen Brady
Salt in Rain

β€œWhat was ME dissolves… Salt in Rain.”
@mebradyauthor.bsky.social

Read by Ashmore †

#maryellenbrady #poetryreading #darkpoetry #ritual #poetrycommunity #spokenword

16.09.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Emily Dickinson
β€œI died for Beauty – but was scarce.”

Read by Ashmore †
Full works: cultofashmore.com
#darkpoetry #dickinson #poetry #horror #ritual

15.09.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Bloodwing Okkult VI: One wing a swan. One a goose.

Bloodwing walks.
From ash, from bone, from unasked birth.
Okkult VI β€” Bloodwing born.

cicadacult.substack.com/p/bloodwing

#boosky #horror #ritual #poetry

11.09.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
A Week In Substack Poetry #28 10 new poets with their poem from Substack from the 18th August to 24th August!

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...

28.08.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Cult of Ashmore Gode. Skald. Bearer of Ritual. Chronicler of Echoes. Writer of Rites. †

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

05.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Nailday Last day of Winter

Nailday.
Last day of winter.
Witness.
cicadacult.substack.com/p/nailday

#horror #ritual #witness #booksky

05.08.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Every inch of land
grows its fables in mud.
Rootlike fingersβ€”
dig deep, hold tight.
Look, up highβ€”
young birds everywhere.
Summer is for dreaming;
winter cleans the sky.
Who remembers roots?
Ancient.
Still alive.
†

#ritualpoetry #darkpoetry #mythicpoetry #ancientroots #pagan

29.07.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Unholy Duality Okkult IV.: Blood Sacrifice

Unholy Duality began as a wound.
Now it is ritual. The pain became part of Okkult.
Some of you will still recognize the wound.
†

cicadacult.substack.com/p/unholy-dua...

#darkpoetry #ritual #transformation #poetry #booksky

23.07.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poem with a gray picture of leaves in the back

Poem with a gray picture of leaves in the back

The wind blows down
leaves from a treeβ€”
often old, always weak.
Sometimesβ€”sadlyβ€”
young and green.
†

#ashmore #ritual #leaves #cicadacult #death #pain

21.07.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0