KRIS ASHTON

An interesting link popped up on my Facebook feed the other day. It was titled ‘10 Things to Keep In Mind When Loving a Highly Creative...

The audiobook version of my sci-fi/horror novel Invasion at Bald Eagle is now available from Audible. The narrator is Gary Roelofs, who...

In reviewing books over the past ten years or so, I have frequently criticised modern literature for its pretentiousness. This...

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

My science fiction story 'The Test Case' has been confirmed for the March 12 issue of online 'zine Perihelion SF. It will be free to...

A new edition – call it version 2.0 – of the dark superhero anthology Corrupts Absolutely? is available now. As I write this, it has...

The online science fiction ’zine Perihelion SF has accepted a long story of mine, ‘The Test Case’, for an as-yet-undetermined future...

For the small press author who sees only a small advance (if he or she is lucky) and a trickle of royalties on a book, reviews are the...

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...

Because there are no hard and fast rules for using hyphens, they have subsequently been overused, underused and misused. Scratch around...

In his book On Writing (now a modern non-fiction classic), Stephen King delivers a simple ultimatum to wannabe authors: If you don’t have...

In 1979, children’s author Dr Seuss published a book called Oh Say Can You Say?. This collection of tongue-twisters is not his best known...

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:...

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...

As I write this blog post I’m 70 pages into Dan Simmons’ epic novel Drood and enjoying it immensely. But I have a confession to make. I...

While nosing around for short fiction markets recently, I came across an Australian literary journal called The Canary Press. I liked the...

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

No matter how many academics try to dissect it, and no matter how many greedy hacks try to turn it into a commodity, the process of...

In the publishing world (whether you’re talking books, magazines or online), silence is almost always a bad sign. I learned this lesson...