Kris AshtonJul 8, 20161 min‘The Stag Night’ to appear in Blood in the Rain IIIt’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...
Kris AshtonMay 30, 20163 minAn appreciation of plotting (from a ‘pantser’)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...
Kris AshtonMay 9, 20162 minThe DNA of a horror writerLast week I finished reading the grandfather of the small-town horror novel, The Body Snatchers. Enough has been written about Jack...
Kris AshtonApr 25, 20162 minNo, your magazine is not the centre of the literary universeLast week, I was browsing potential markets for a story (that will probably never find a home because it is too long and too Australian)...