KRIS ASHTON

The second edition of my sci-fi/horror novel Invasion at Bald Eagle, from Digital Fiction Publishing, is now on sale in paperback and...

Back in September 2015, I made the difficult decision to part ways with Grand Mal Press, which published my third novel, Invasion at Bald...

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...

The other night I finally got around to watching the first episode from series seven of The Walking Dead. Season six ended on a...

The anthology Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers is now available to pre-order. From the...

It contains my erotic black comedy ‘Dead Men Can’t Climax’, which is about… well, imagine a violent, sardonic, and funny story woven from...

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...

Yesterday I approved the final editorial changes to ‘Starting from Scratch’, a sci-fi/horror story of the ilk popular during the 1970s...

It’s been very much a case of ‘life, interrupted’ these past few months. Day job turmoil and the arrival of my second child (among other...

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

Due to their visual (or in the case of horror, graphic) nature, collections of SF fiction often include illustrations. Whenever a story...

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

The introduction to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is made entirely from recycled parts and isn’t the most auspicious welcome to King’s sixth...

Although a change in publisher led to a painful and delayed birth, Dark Moon Digest #20, containing my story 'Unreal Estate', is now...

This morning I received confirmation that my horror story 'Unreal Estate' will appear in Dark Moon Digest #20, scheduled for July 1,...

There was a time when I had seen almost every horror movie on the shelves at my local Videomania. What can I say? I was influenced by...

Growing up on a diet of 1980s movies gave me a taste for the ‘high concept’. Almost every story and novel I have published can be...

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...

The thought is as old as reasoned thought itself: the older one becomes, the more contemplative and deliberate one becomes. It’s both a...

Anyone who has ever called Stephen King a hack needs to go and read The Shining. It is a masterpiece of modern horror, taking the classic...