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NEWS: Story to appear in AntiSF #250
A couple of weeks back, Antipodean SF editor, Ion ‘Nuke’ Newcombe (pictured) issued a call-out to former contributors, asking them to...
Kris Ashton
Nov 20, 20181 min read
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‘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...
Kris Ashton
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Aug 10, 20182 min read
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The rise of the anti-realists
A few weeks ago, while attending the launch of a university press literary anthology, I crossed paths with a person who ‘identifies as...
Kris Ashton
Jun 6, 20183 min read
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Andromeda Spaceways #71 out now!
Along with the usual fictiony goodness one can expect from Australia’s pulpiest SF magazine, this edition features my review of Eugen...
Kris Ashton
Jun 4, 20181 min read
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NEWS: Story to appear in AntipodeanSF
Along with Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways, AntipodeanSF was one of three Australian markets where I always wanted to get something...
Kris Ashton
May 30, 20181 min read
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NEWS: Third prize in ghost story competition!
This morning I woke to the news my short story ‘Highway Memorials’ had taken out third place in The Fiction Desk’s annual Ghost Story...
Kris Ashton
Apr 4, 20181 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Mar 6, 20182 min read
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NEWS: One story imminent, one recommended, one reviewed
While it took donkey’s years to see my first publishing credit with Andromeda Spaceways, I’m pleased to say that number two is impending....
Kris Ashton
Jan 17, 20182 min read
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“Out of the darkness and into the light”
Life has a way of giving you what you need when you need it most, and when you least expect it – that’s how it seems from the cocoon of...
Kris Ashton
Dec 4, 20172 min read
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News: Two new stories now available
It’s all been happening over the past couple of days: 1. An anthology of stories by deaf and hard of hearing writers, Tripping the Tale...
Kris Ashton
Oct 3, 20171 min read
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BIG NEWS: Story to appear in Aurealis magazine
Floating around in cyberspace is a 2006 blog post that refers to Aurealis as ‘The Grand Old Harlot’ and ‘The Lumbering Old Dinosaur’, two...
Kris Ashton
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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News: short story to appear in Kasma SF
I’ve blogged before about my difficulties writing satirical fiction, and in recent months I’ve discovered how hard it can be shopping it...
Kris Ashton
Sep 10, 20172 min read
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When three months becomes three years
Parenthood changes your life. It’s natural to rail against this change, to try to retain your ‘old life’ as much as possible, but it’s...
Kris Ashton
Aug 31, 20173 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Jul 16, 20171 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Jun 14, 20171 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
May 23, 20172 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Nov 24, 20161 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Oct 23, 20161 min read
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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...
Kris Ashton
Aug 8, 20162 min read
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