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Kris Ashton
May 2, 20191 min read
Story published in issue #250 of AntiSF
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...
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Kris Ashton
Apr 8, 20192 min read
It’s a non-fiction cavalcade!
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...
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Kris Ashton
Oct 4, 20181 min read
‘Invasion at Bald Eagle’ now available!
The second edition of my sci-fi/horror novel Invasion at Bald Eagle, from Digital Fiction Publishing, is now on sale in paperback and...
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Kris Ashton
Sep 18, 20182 min read
‘Invasion at Bald Eagle’ to soar again!
Back in September 2015, I made the difficult decision to part ways with Grand Mal Press, which published my third novel, Invasion at Bald...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Nearly time to hit the highway
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...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 6, 20182 min read
News: Andromeda Spaceways #70 now available
The brand new edition of Andromeda Spaceways, containing my story ‘The Larval Stage’ and my review of Playback, Jury of the Heart by...
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Kris Ashton
Feb 21, 20183 min read
Why Truly Madly Guilty is a modern classic
I have a soft spot for Australian author Liane Moriarty, because I ‘discovered’ her as a reader. Which is to say, I picked up her debut...
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Kris Ashton
Feb 14, 20182 min read
Breeding another generation of Twits
I introduced my four and a half year old daughter to The Twits by Roald Dahl last week. I wasn’t sure if she would be mature enough to...
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Kris Ashton
Oct 23, 20175 min read
Review: Andromeda Spaceways #68 (edited by Terry Wood)
I bought a copy of Andromeda Spaceways #68 the day it came available, with a view to posting a timely review. ‘Timely’ is a word...
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Kris Ashton
Jul 16, 20171 min read
News: Tripping the Tale Fantastic available to pre-order
The anthology Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers is now available to pre-order. From the...
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Kris Ashton
Jun 14, 20171 min read
Infernal Ink available to pre-order
The July 2017 edition of Infernal Ink, which contains my story ‘Dead Men Can’t Climax’, is now available to order for Kindle here. The...
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Kris Ashton
May 23, 20172 min read
News update: novella accepted, interview coming soon
My novella ‘Blood and Light’ has been accepted to appear in Argosy’s upcoming Apocalyptica anthology which, as the name suggests, will...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 16, 20172 min read
The devaluation of creativity in the digital age
The longer I live, the more I think Ayn Rand was onto something with her objectivist theories about human nature. (Don’t worry, I’m not...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 15, 20175 min read
Hope you’re having a Ball in your Slice of Heaven
The intensity with which we feel things as children has a way of resounding with unexpected ferocity in later life. When I heard that...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Netflix and e-books are internet porn
I’ve been reading Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke for the better part of a year and I’m only halfway through it. It’s no War and Peace or...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 24, 20161 min read
Just enough to keep your chin up
Between raising two kids and holding down a full-time job, it sometimes feels as though my writing career has stalled. But apparently I'm...
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Kris Ashton
Oct 23, 20161 min read
Blood in the Rain 2 due for Halloween
The anthology of erotic vampire stories, Blood in the Rain 2, goes on sale from October 25. It contains my tale 'The Stag Night', which...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 8, 20162 min read
Turning the final (printed) page
Last night I received an email which said that Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine would no longer produce a print edition as of issue...
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Kris Ashton
May 9, 20162 min read
The DNA of a horror writer
Last week I finished reading the grandfather of the small-town horror novel, The Body Snatchers. Enough has been written about Jack...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 14, 20162 min read
Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Back in 2010, I published a story which began with a single-word paragraph: FUCK. ‘Mere Symptoms of Living’ is about a man trapped in a...
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