KRIS ASHTON

By the time you read this, Invasion at Bald Eagle will no longer be a Grand Mal Press book and will no longer be on sale (not from...

It is rare indeed that a novel, particularly one of dystopian fiction, becomes more relevant with time. But I would argue that with This...

The extreme horror anthology Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grownups) is now available in paperback and on Kindle. It contains my short...

I first encountered the chiefly American epithet ‘Uncle Tom’ many years before I picked up the novel from which it was derived, Uncle...

It's difficult enough to drum up new ideas in vampire fiction; trying write an original ghost story is like trying to mine tailings for...

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

Yesterday I finished rewriting a short story I first ‘completed’ more than seven years ago. The initial idea, which I won’t relate here,...

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

Most young journalists now venture into the publishing world brandishing a degree in communications. When I first began hunting for a job...

How conscious are you of a novel’s setting? Have you ever thought about what goes into creating it and how it is used? Good use of...

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...

In their blackest moments, aspiring authors often cling to anecdotes about wildly successful books that were rejected ad nauseum before...

One of the guiding philosophies in my life goes like this: Don’t change something unless that change is for the better. Moving forward in...

Those who don’t like horror movies often ask, “What’s the appeal? Why do you get off on such horrible things?”​​ As an aficionado of...

It has been nearly a year since I posted this account of withdrawing a story after discovering the magazine editor who had accepted it...

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 the Marvel versus DC comics rivalry my allegiance has always been with Marvel. In the early 1990s, however, I had a brief but intense...

Cultural heritage is too often seen as an impediment to raking in profits. I’ve never much cared for conspiracy theories. The reason is...

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,...