KRIS ASHTON

Full disclosure: the 1990 mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel IT was one of the defining movies of my teenage years. When...

Back in 2010, I published a story which began with a single-word paragraph: FUCK. ‘Mere Symptoms of Living’ is about a man trapped in a...

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...

The world of modern commercial fiction reminds me of Hollywood in the 1980s. Thanks to the success of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones,...

Enter, Night is to ’Salems Lot as ’Salems Lot was to Dracula: a literary homage of sorts, but also very much its own beast. Set in the...

Nearly a decade after reading and delighting to Anthony Trollope’s An Editor’s Tale, I picked up this collection of novelettes for two...

A clear pattern has emerged in Stephen King’s writing over the past 20 years. Whenever his story or novel is a period piece – think The...

Fair warning, Drood is not an approachable novel. A reader that doesn’t meet two or more of the following criteria likely won’t enjoy it:...

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...