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Kris Ashton
Aug 22, 20191 min read
We’re all in this together
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,...
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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
Mar 10, 20194 min read
Don’t let word count envy ruin your life
There are more than the usual number of reasons to read the latest edition of Australia’s longest-running speculative fiction journal,...
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Kris Ashton
Feb 14, 20192 min read
The reviews are in...
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...
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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
Jun 4, 20181 min read
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...
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Kris Ashton
May 1, 20182 min read
Winter wonderland: new story and review coming soon
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,...
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Kris Ashton
Apr 4, 20181 min read
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...
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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
Jan 17, 20182 min read
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....
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Kris Ashton
Dec 17, 20175 min read
Review: Andromeda Spaceways #69 edited by Tom Dullemond
‘Living Will’ by Brandon Alspaugh Follows the travails of three ‘emperors of men’ as they try to avoid death at any cost. This is a...
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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
Sep 7, 20174 min read
Review: IT Chapter One
Full disclosure: the 1990 mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel IT was one of the defining movies of my teenage years. When...
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Kris Ashton
Sep 5, 20173 min read
Get your pulsating subtext out of my face
It was with some trepidation that I began watching the first series of Supergirl on iTunes. I’m a big fan of comic book superheroes, have...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 14, 20172 min read
Sometimes a piece of string *is* too long
The other night I finally got around to watching the first episode from series seven of The Walking Dead. Season six ended on a...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 10, 20163 min read
A metal classic: 'The Great Southern Trendkill' 20 years on
Music is an odd thing; familiarity with a song can breed contentment rather than contempt. For that reason, I’ve always been sceptical of...
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Kris Ashton
Jul 15, 20166 min read
Review: Andromeda Spaceways #62
One of the two great Australian journals of speculative fiction (the other, of course, being Aurealis), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...
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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
Apr 20, 20165 min read
Review: The Incredible Hulk (1978)
Digital downloads have revolutionised my life. For years I was reluctant to give up DVDs because I saw them as part of my identity, but...
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