by R.B. Ashton | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
At this point, I’ve written a lot of stories with different styles and themes but with a common aspect: giant women horror. They all generally have some peril and man-eating monsters, with size-shifting as a central plot point, but we’ve got college drama,...
by R.B. Ashton | Apr 24, 2022 | Book Reviews, Mainstream Literature
The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a collection of short stories set in the same world as Susanna Clarke’s incredibly successful Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – historical fantasy in England during the Napoleonic wars, where magic is a forgotten but reviving art. The...
by R.B. Ashton | Mar 8, 2022 | Book Reviews, Mainstream Literature
The Shrinking Man (aka The Incredible Shrinking Man) by Richard Matheson is a notable classic with good reason. What makes Matheson’s brand of incredibly invented sci-fi is his ability to tap into raw, honest and captivating emotion, and this example is no different....
by R.B. Ashton | Mar 1, 2022 | Book Reviews, Mainstream Literature
Small World by Tabitha King feels like a good place to start when considering female scale with a direct crossover into horror, particularly focusing on a cruel woman in power. King is the wife of Stephen King, who highlights the book in his history of the horror...
