KRIS ASHTON

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

Floating around in cyberspace is a 2006 blog post that refers to Aurealis as ‘The Grand Old Harlot’ and ‘The Lumbering Old Dinosaur’, two...

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...

My novella ‘Blood and Light’ has been accepted to appear in Argosy’s upcoming Apocalyptica anthology which, as the name suggests, will...

Last night I received an email which said that Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine would no longer produce a print edition as of issue...

One of the two great Australian journals of speculative fiction (the other, of course, being Aurealis), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...

It seems like an age since my story 'Teething Problems' was accepted for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine – but today is publication...

Just got word the latest edition of the venerable Andromeda Spaceways is now available – and if you have a spare $4.95, I urge you to buy...

Lately I’ve been living through one of those lean patches; my last story acceptance came months ago, while rejections have been arriving...

Recently, I have been in discussions with the editor of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #63, Terry Wood, regarding my story...

The first proper review of Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grownups) has appeared here. I'm pleased to say my story 'Night Feeds' is...

Few movies have had such a profound and long-lasting impact on me as George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978). For a kid already revved...

I’ve never subscribed to the image of the anguished author slumped at his desk with his head in his arms as he contemplates the human...

In May 2005, I sent my first story to Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. The slush readers had mixed reactions to ‘The Beauty...