KRIS ASHTON

Unless you are a bestselling author who can name his or her price, you’re only as good as your last sale. It’s been a lean year for me,...

My science fiction story ‘Slower Than The Speed Of Light’ is now available to read free in the bumper 250th edition of Antipodean SF. It...

While I can’t seem to give away a short story at the moment, I’ve been having much more success with my non-fiction writing. An essay...

I finally bought a car with Bluetooth last year and it transformed my daily commute. Rather than putting up with radio, I’ve been...

There are more than the usual number of reasons to read the latest edition of Australia’s longest-running speculative fiction journal,...

And so are the sales. These are two unusual occurrences for me. You see, even though I’ve published three novels and nearly forty short...

A couple of weeks back, Antipodean SF editor, Ion ‘Nuke’ Newcombe (pictured) issued a call-out to former contributors, asking them to...

I consumed magazines voraciously in my youth, everything from Blitz and WWF to nature periodicals, Marvel Comics, and adult titles like...

The second edition of my sci-fi/horror novel Invasion at Bald Eagle, from Digital Fiction Publishing, is now on sale in paperback and...

Back in September 2015, I made the difficult decision to part ways with Grand Mal Press, which published my third novel, Invasion at Bald...

Over the past eight years or so, I have revisited the short stories I wrote in the early to mid 2000s and, if I thought their core...

Between 2002 and 2005 I was the editor on a magazine called What DVD. It was a dream job in many respects; not only I could review...

Several years ago I went on a road trip and began to reflect on the crosses that dotted the highway, marking the precise spot where...

Local flash fiction stalwart, AntipodeanSF, has just published issue #241 which contains my story ‘Freckle Face’. Once you’ve read it...

I’ve previously confessed that as a teenager I used to read the dictionary for pleasure; that learning new words gave me a sense of...

The second half of 2018 is shaping up to be a fruitful time. Here’s what’s coming: 1. I have narrated my story ‘Freckle Face’ for...

A few weeks ago, while attending the launch of a university press literary anthology, I crossed paths with a person who ‘identifies as...

Along with the usual fictiony goodness one can expect from Australia’s pulpiest SF magazine, this edition features my review of Eugen...

Along with Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways, AntipodeanSF was one of three Australian markets where I always wanted to get something...

I’m still on a high from my podium finish in The Fiction Desk’s 2018 Ghost Story Competition – and I’m pleased to report the story,...