Ashley Franz Holzmann

Horror, Sci-Fi, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Military Satire

A boy named Sue, named Ashley. Born of veterans in foreign lands and raised around the world, he now lives in North Carolina with his wife, three children, a Great Dane named Rhino and a German Shepherd named Princess.

Ashley is an original co-founder of -30- Press, and began as the Chief Operations Officer before migrating to the position of Chief Creative Officer.

He was the co-writer of the viral Ghosts in the Machine Special Operations marketing video, has been published in a Simon & Schuster anthology, and is a current co-host of the Pineland Underground—the official podcast of the U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center & School.

Fiction Books:

Ashley's fiction focuses on the horror genre, with multiple projects including his work, to include a Simon & Schuster anthology: The CreepyPasta Collection Volume Two. As well as:

Fiction Podcasts and YouTube:

Ashley's short horror fiction was featured on Season 4 of the Nosleep Podcast
His short horror story, The Stump, has been narrated on YouTube by The Tale Master (narrated by Jason Hill), The Dark Somnium, and MrCreepyPasta
MrCreepyPasta also narrated a few other of Ashley's horror stories, such as Crying Numbers

Non-Fiction Books and Publications:

Ashley has written and contributed to several professional military publications.

One of Ashley's letters was featured in the non-fiction book, A Number of Letters, where Ashley wrote a letter to his children in the event that he would not return from one of his many deployments
Ashley co-wrote an article for the West Point Music Research Center on the nature of the national anthem, which is mandatory reading in a course on Music & Influence at West Point
His co-authored article for Small Wars Journal, Falling Short in Measures of Effectiveness, is mandatory reading for courses at the Naval Postgraduate School
In Achieving Information Dominance: What We Can Learn from “SOF Effects Cells”, published by Modern Warfare Institute, Ashley and his co-authors cited lessons learned for the greater DoD to understand in the era of Strategic Competition
Ashley was a founding board member of the PSYOP Regiment's innovation efforts, which was catalogued in the article published on Mad Scientist Laboratory: Keeping the Razor’s Edge: 4th PSYOP Group’s Innovation and Evolution Council
Ashley's graduate thesis from the Command & General Staff College is a cornerstone piece of research for the Special Operations and Psychological Operations (PSYOP) community—titled Artists of War: A History of United States Propaganda, Psychological Warfare, Psychological Operations and a Proposal for its Ever-Changing Future, aspects of the research were mandatory reading assignments in the PSYOP Orientation Course

Non-Fiction Podcasts:

Ashley was featured on the PSYWAR Podcast, the Cognitive Crucible, and the One CA Podcast where he spoke about his graduate research
Ashley was a co-writer of the viral Ghosts in the Machine PSYOP marketing video; he was subsequently invited on the Pineland Underground podcast to speak about the history of Psychological Operations

Editing:

Ashley was the editor of -30- Press's first foray into poetry with Classic Horror Poems Volume One
Ashley was one of the developmental editors for Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition & Conventional Military Conflict
Ashley was the developmental editor for Vices and Virtues: A Horror Anthology (included above)

Military Satire:

Ashley also writes for the Duffel Blog under the pen name As For Class. He has written over 100 articles, some of his favorites include: