About Daymon Ashcord

Daymon Ashcord was born in Gdańsk, Poland, in frosty December and grew up in New York, for better or worse. He spent much of his misspent youth causing mayhem, but in his saner moments, read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, dreaming of causing mayhem in other worlds. It was his grandfather’s made-up stories at nap time that must have hooked him.

He went on to university to study accounting and then public policy, as proper citizens do. The mayhem and fun stopped, but the reading continued. After college, he had a few false starts writing in the fantasy genre until he quit his job to travel the world, as improper folk do, and created a documentary film. Storytelling stopped being a dream and became a necessity.

After years of a slow grind, with personal setbacks, he finished his first epic dark fantasy novel, Makerborn (2026). It is a story shaped by trauma, endurance, pain, and the uncomfortable truths people tell themselves to survive. And what folk wouldn’t do for those they love.

Daymon lives in North Carolina, hiking mountains by day and trekking into darker worlds by night, writing stories meant to keep you company through life’s mayhem—especially the painful parts.

Writing Philosophy

"In darkness and pain, we find our truest selves. My stories lean into the challenges of life and expose the raw truth beneath—that power corrupts, that good intentions pave roads to hell, and that sometimes the only way to save what we love is to damn ourselves in the process."

"I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape."

Charles Dickens