KRIS ASHTON

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...

It can be difficult to determine whether multiple rejections are a sign that there is something wrong with a story, or if you have simply...

The thought of a whiteboard covered in character notes and plot points curdles my blood – but not as much as it once did. In writing...

Last week I finished reading the grandfather of the small-town horror novel, The Body Snatchers. Enough has been written about Jack...

Last week, I was browsing potential markets for a story (that will probably never find a home because it is too long and too Australian)...

The latest historical context essay from the excellent ‘Stephen King Revisited’ website showed up in my inbox this week. If you’re a King...

Right now I’m working on a story about a teacher whose life is upended by World War Two. It was going well until I came to the part where...