A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
@ajdalton1.bsky.social
Friend to goblins, but not on the furniture!
New #poetry book, Green Man Ascendant: https://amzn.eu/d/glZYbnO.
Buy a copy for yr bookshelf & impress visitors (u get visitors, right?). What do u mean u don't have a bookshelf?!
New #poetry book, Green Man Ascendant: https://amzn.eu/d/glZYbnO.
Buy a copy for yr bookshelf & impress visitors (u get visitors, right?). What do u mean u don't have a bookshelf?!
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
Just had my article on the history of sci-fi poetry published with the SFPA, covering the work of the Big Three (Clarke, Asimov and Heinlein): sfpoetry.org/wp/2025/10/2...
#sciencefiction #poetry
#sciencefiction #poetry
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Just had my article on the history of sci-fi poetry published with the SFPA, covering the work of the Big Three (Clarke, Asimov and Heinlein): sfpoetry.org/wp/2025/10/2...
#sciencefiction #poetry
#sciencefiction #poetry
shorturl.at/YQvIX
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
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
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
shorturl.at/YQvIX
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
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
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
www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
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
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMS259VG
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMS259VG
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
www.amazon.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMS259VG
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMS259VG
#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.
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
www.sciphijournal.org
June 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#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.
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.
‘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...
Eh up! Just had a poem published on Uppagus. You can read it for free here: uppagus.com/poems/dalton...
Uppagus
uppagus.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
‘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...
Eh up! Just had a poem published on Uppagus. You can read it for free here: uppagus.com/poems/dalton...
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
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
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
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
Cover Reveal!!! Our Summer Issue drops on June 1st
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cover Reveal!!! Our Summer Issue drops on June 1st
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
#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...
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
January 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#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...
Right now this is me = 😁
You can read it at the link in the blog post, below.
michaelvictorbowman.com/the-blog/big...
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
May 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
‘Metaspace’ – new A J Dalton poem available #poetry #fantasy
Heads up: new poem published on Dissident Voice here: dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/meta...
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...
dissidentvoice.org
May 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Metaspace’ – new A J Dalton poem available #poetry #fantasy
Heads up: new poem published on Dissident Voice here: dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/meta...
Heads up: new poem published on Dissident Voice here: dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/meta...
‘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
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
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
‘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
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
‘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...
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
mobiusmagazine.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
‘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...
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...
‘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
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
www.loreleisignal.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘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
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
‘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
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...
stygianlepus.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘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
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
‘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
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
blackpetalsks.tripod.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
‘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
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
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...
www.disabledtales.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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
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
April 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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
Reposted by A J Dalton, www.ajdalton.eu
Explore the pre-anthropocene in @ajdalton1.bsky.social 's Issue 9 poem—out now on our website.
www.radonjournal.com/issue9
www.radonjournal.com/issue9
March 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Explore the pre-anthropocene in @ajdalton1.bsky.social 's Issue 9 poem—out now on our website.
www.radonjournal.com/issue9
www.radonjournal.com/issue9
Lovely review of Dark Woods Rising on the site below!
adamfenner.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/d... #scifi #poetry #fantasy #horror
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…
adamfenner.wordpress.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Lovely review of Dark Woods Rising on the site below!
adamfenner.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/d... #scifi #poetry #fantasy #horror
adamfenner.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/d... #scifi #poetry #fantasy #horror
Rejoice! I've got a new short story in the above issue of Worlds of IF, available here: worldsofifmagazine.com/home. #scifi #fantasy
March 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rejoice! I've got a new short story in the above issue of Worlds of IF, available here: worldsofifmagazine.com/home. #scifi #fantasy
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.
www.radonjournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ooo. I've just been interviewed by the very cool Radon Journal: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c... #scifi #fantasy