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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · 15h

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Just in time 4 xmas: Green Man Ascendant. This book's perfect as a door wedge, a missile to hurl @ enemies, a coaster for yr coffee cup & er…ooo, 4 reading maybe. The cool cover art's by the legendary Bruce Pennington!
#poetry #scifibooks #fantasy

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Sep 7

Aha! Just had a poem titled ‘Hector’s Lament’ published on the Empyrean Literary Magazine website. You can read it for free here: www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/dalton-the-l... #poetry @the-empyrean-bsky.bsky.social

Dalton-The Lament of Hector

Issue 15

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Aug 23

Happy to say that the legendary David Gerrold (who wrote the Tribbles episode from the original Star Trek series) has just had his novella The Girl Who Was Silver published. What’s more, the foreword was written by one A J Dalton! #sci-fi #StarshipSloane

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The Girl Who Was Silver: Danger on the Other Side

The Girl Who Was Silver: Danger on the Other Side [Gerrold, David, Eggleton, Bob, Dalton, A J] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Girl Who Was Silver: Danger on the Other Side

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Jun 28

#scifi #fantasy #poetry
Aaaand I've just had a cool article, titled 'Arthur C. Clarke's Science Fiction Started With His Poetry...And It Then Influenced Asimov...Sort Of', published in the prestigious Sci Phi Journal. You can read it for free here: www.sciphijournal.org?s=dalton.

You searched for dalton - Sci Phi Journal

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Jun 21

‘Perfected’ – new A J Dalton poem available #poetry #scif #fantasy
Eh up! Just had a poem published on Uppagus. You can read it for free here: uppagus.com/poems/dalton...

Uppagus

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Michael Victor Bowman @mvictorbowman.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ways to get yourself
banned on Bluesky
number #vss365
British euphemisms
for 'urinating'

Drain the dragon
Syphon the python
Point Percy at the porcelain
Piddle/Piss/Pee

Shake hands with the wife’s best friend

I need a Jimmy Riddle
Dennis needs draining
I need a Jack Dash
I'm going for a #slash

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Michael Victor Bowman @mvictorbowman.bsky.social · Jun 14

#vss365 #slash #poetry

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · May 5

Cover Reveal!!! Our Summer Issue drops on June 1st
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com

Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 4 Summer, 2025
P.A. Cornell
Alyssa Gonzalez
Casey Aimer
Rickard Magahiz

Image is a cat looming over red-hatted gnomes as they collect apples

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Michael Victor Bowman @mvictorbowman.bsky.social · Jan 15

#poetry news! I've got my FIRST published #poem! It's in the next issue of Star*Line magazine. And as if that wasn't good enough, it's also been selected for Editor's choice!

Right now this is me = 😁

You can read it at the link in the blog post, below.

michaelvictorbowman.com/the-blog/big...

Big News! - Michael Victor Bowman

I have had my first poem accepted for publication! My first one! And it was selected as Editors choice, too! Five Ways To Murder Your Mentor will be published by Star*Line in the New Year. I’m very pl...

michaelvictorbowman.com

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Michael Victor Bowman @mvictorbowman.bsky.social · May 21

#vss365 #prompt #whimper

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Michael Victor Bowman @mvictorbowman.bsky.social · Jun 7

#vss365 #speaker #poetry #poem #horror

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · May 24

‘Metaspace’ – new A J Dalton poem available #poetry #fantasy

Heads up: new poem published on Dissident Voice here: dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/meta...

Metaspace | Dissident Voice

As Putin politely nods movers and shakers make cocktails and circulate amidst chit chat bang bang and the child catcher with his twitching nose joining elite villains poolside and ringside watching on...

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · May 17

‘Mercy and the Mercenary’ – new A J Dalton poem

Heads up: you can read my new poem, ‘Mercy and the Mercenary’, in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly for free here: www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4415 Hurrah! #fantasy #poetry

MERCY AND THE MERCENARY | Heroic Fantasy Quarterly

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · May 3

‘A Public Safety Announcement’ – new A J Dalton poem available #fantasy #poetry

Let there be much cheering! I’ve just had a poem published in Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. You can read ‘A Public Safety Announcement’ for free here: mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/publi...

Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Apr 27

‘A Memoir of Magickal Failure’ – new A J Dalton poem available
And lo! A new A J Dalton poem was published in The Lorelei Signal. You can read it for free here: www.loreleisignal.com/a-memoir-of-... #fantasy #poetry

A Memoir of Magickal Failure | Lorelei Signal

Poem

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Apr 21

‘Beneath’ – new A J Dalton poem available!
Heads up! Just had a new poem published, this time in The Stygian Lepus Magazine. You can read ‘Beneath’ for free here: stygianlepus.com?_kx=7o_31C69... #poetry #horror

Home - The Stygian Lepus

Go to current issue 38 Weeks by Paul W. La BellaA Penny Saved by Dennis McFaddenAmbivalence by RitziAnd On the Story Spins – Part One by S.J. TownendBeneath by A.J. DaltonKiss of Death by Avery Hunter...

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Apr 13

‘The Nekraverse’, ‘Underspace’ and ‘Unseen’ – three new A J Dalton poems...
Well, you wait for ages and then you get three all at once (like goals by Leicester FC). Anyway, you can see the latest ones for free on the Black Petals site here: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/blackpetalsi... #poetry #horror

Black Petals Issue #111 Spring, 2025

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Apr 12

And this week’s poem, ‘Dwarfish Honour’, is free to read on the very cool Disabled Tales site: www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/dwarf... #fantasy #poetry

Dwarfish Honour by A J Dalton

Would you measure a warrior’s worth by the rewards they’d earned or the trophies they’d spurned, by the number they’d slain or the many they’d spared; praps you’re persuaded by the songs...

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Apr 5

Huzzah! Just had my poem titled 'Fare Thee Well' published by James Gunn's Ad Astra. You can read it for free here: www.adastrasf.com/fare-thee-we.... #scifi #poetry

Fare Thee Well - James Gunn's Ad Astra

Soon, we’ll have to leave the planet To find another home We fiddled while the climate burned Like Nero watching Rome.

www.adastrasf.com

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Explore the pre-anthropocene in @ajdalton1.bsky.social 's Issue 9 poem—out now on our website.

www.radonjournal.com/issue9

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Mar 15

Lovely review of Dark Woods Rising on the site below!
adamfenner.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/d... #scifi #poetry #fantasy #horror

Dark Woods Rising – Reviewed

A. J. Dalton Something unsettling about it lingers long after the last page—like a half-heard whisper in the dark or a crow’s caw echoing through the void as it flies past Jupiter, reminding you th…

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Mar 15

Rejoice! I've got a new short story in the above issue of Worlds of IF, available here: worldsofifmagazine.com/home. #scifi #fantasy

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Mar 15

Ooo. I've just been interviewed by the very cool Radon Journal: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c... #scifi #fantasy

Conversation with A J Dalton | Radon Journal

Interview with Radon Journal author:A J Dalton discusses metaphysical fantasy, his published books and poetry collections, and the many experiences that have shaped his speculative writing.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · Mar 14

This week, @ajdalton1.bsky.social joins us to talk about the power of speculative writing, metaphysical fantasy, writing advice, and his published work to date. Whether you're a writer or simply a lover of speculative writing, you'll find some gems here.

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A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu @ajdalton1.bsky.social · Mar 2

'End of the Monoverse'! Tickled to say that I’ve got a poem featured in issue 326 of Snakeskin (and that the mighty @fjbergmann.bsky.social also has a poem included!). You can read it for free here: snakeskinpoetry.co.uk #scifi #poetry

This site is marginally nicer when viewed with a browser that can handle frames.

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