Alan K. Dell
@alankdell.bsky.social
Sci-Fi Author, SFINCS 1 Finalist, Book Blogger, Husband, Father, Photographer, Archer, Videogamer. He/Him.
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Website & Blog: www.alankdell.co.uk
All Book Links: bio.site/alankdell
No AI ❌
No unsolicited DMs ❌
Website & Blog: www.alankdell.co.uk
All Book Links: bio.site/alankdell
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🚨Today's the day!🚨
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE in an itch bundle about sci-fi/fantasy friendships? It's more likely than you think!
For $35, you can get it and 36 other books that are actually good!
For $35, you can get it and 36 other books that are actually good!
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE in an itch bundle about sci-fi/fantasy friendships? It's more likely than you think!
For $35, you can get it and 36 other books that are actually good!
For $35, you can get it and 36 other books that are actually good!
Threads and BlueSky make the cutest UwU face together.
... This cold may be making me slightly delusional.
... This cold may be making me slightly delusional.
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Threads and BlueSky make the cutest UwU face together.
... This cold may be making me slightly delusional.
... This cold may be making me slightly delusional.
Currently having a fuckin shitass weekend laid up with a bad cold that's had me unable to sleep properly, waking up in the night in pain, and turning my oesophagus inside out with coughing.
First time I've had one in 2½ years though.
First time I've had one in 2½ years though.
February 1, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Currently having a fuckin shitass weekend laid up with a bad cold that's had me unable to sleep properly, waking up in the night in pain, and turning my oesophagus inside out with coughing.
First time I've had one in 2½ years though.
First time I've had one in 2½ years though.
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SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 8:07 AM
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
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📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Mr 10's instant infatuation with Star Trek TNG is a testament to its sticking power.
I thought he might not get on with it because it's a very different style of filmmaking than today, but great writing remains compelling no matter how style changes.
Data is his fave character (of course).
I thought he might not get on with it because it's a very different style of filmmaking than today, but great writing remains compelling no matter how style changes.
Data is his fave character (of course).
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Mr 10's instant infatuation with Star Trek TNG is a testament to its sticking power.
I thought he might not get on with it because it's a very different style of filmmaking than today, but great writing remains compelling no matter how style changes.
Data is his fave character (of course).
I thought he might not get on with it because it's a very different style of filmmaking than today, but great writing remains compelling no matter how style changes.
Data is his fave character (of course).
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
To celebrate leaving Kindle Unlimited (and also my birthday!), all of my Cruel Gods books are now on Itch.io, and for this weekend only, they're part of an Itch bundle! Get all four books with a 35% discount!
If you hate buying books on Amazon, this is for you:
itch.io/s/179524/the...
If you hate buying books on Amazon, this is for you:
itch.io/s/179524/the...
January 30, 2026 at 7:43 AM
To celebrate leaving Kindle Unlimited (and also my birthday!), all of my Cruel Gods books are now on Itch.io, and for this weekend only, they're part of an Itch bundle! Get all four books with a 35% discount!
If you hate buying books on Amazon, this is for you:
itch.io/s/179524/the...
If you hate buying books on Amazon, this is for you:
itch.io/s/179524/the...
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Well, um, I have a Bookbub deal going on this week, if you'd like to take a break with a short prequel novel to Fortune's Fool, in which Kyrra teams up with her mercenary friends to cause maximum chaos and take a little revenge in the process...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Well, um, I have a Bookbub deal going on this week, if you'd like to take a break with a short prequel novel to Fortune's Fool, in which Kyrra teams up with her mercenary friends to cause maximum chaos and take a little revenge in the process...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
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Fancy a #book with:
🐕 Shapeshifters
🕵♂️ Spies
🪄 Magical powers
🚁 Laser drones
🔫 Military action
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ rep and romance
💥 Post-apocalyptic future
🍲 Food
Then check out The Magic Circle, a dystopian #scifi fantasy out on print, #ebook, #KindleUnlimited and #Audible.
#WritingCommunity
🐕 Shapeshifters
🕵♂️ Spies
🪄 Magical powers
🚁 Laser drones
🔫 Military action
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ rep and romance
💥 Post-apocalyptic future
🍲 Food
Then check out The Magic Circle, a dystopian #scifi fantasy out on print, #ebook, #KindleUnlimited and #Audible.
#WritingCommunity
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Fancy a #book with:
🐕 Shapeshifters
🕵♂️ Spies
🪄 Magical powers
🚁 Laser drones
🔫 Military action
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ rep and romance
💥 Post-apocalyptic future
🍲 Food
Then check out The Magic Circle, a dystopian #scifi fantasy out on print, #ebook, #KindleUnlimited and #Audible.
#WritingCommunity
🐕 Shapeshifters
🕵♂️ Spies
🪄 Magical powers
🚁 Laser drones
🔫 Military action
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ rep and romance
💥 Post-apocalyptic future
🍲 Food
Then check out The Magic Circle, a dystopian #scifi fantasy out on print, #ebook, #KindleUnlimited and #Audible.
#WritingCommunity
Five jobs I've had:
Bookseller
Filing clerk at a law firm
Cafe manager
Parish administrator
Wait, that's only four... Have I really only had four jobs? Damn.
Bookseller
Filing clerk at a law firm
Cafe manager
Parish administrator
Wait, that's only four... Have I really only had four jobs? Damn.
Five jobs I've had:
Gas station shop assistant
Penneys shop assistant
Dell factory operator
Airport kitchen porter
Lab technician
And they're literally all the jobs I've had!
Gas station shop assistant
Penneys shop assistant
Dell factory operator
Airport kitchen porter
Lab technician
And they're literally all the jobs I've had!
Five jobs I've had:
Magazine editor
Day camp counsellor
Library circulation assistant
Festivals coordinator
Fry boy
Magazine editor
Day camp counsellor
Library circulation assistant
Festivals coordinator
Fry boy
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Five jobs I've had:
Bookseller
Filing clerk at a law firm
Cafe manager
Parish administrator
Wait, that's only four... Have I really only had four jobs? Damn.
Bookseller
Filing clerk at a law firm
Cafe manager
Parish administrator
Wait, that's only four... Have I really only had four jobs? Damn.
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The best way to support your favourite authors is to buy directly from them. That ensures most of the money you pay for a book goes to them.
Start a new habit this new year. Buy direct!
#booksky #queersky
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
books.bookfunnel.com/authordirect...
Start a new habit this new year. Buy direct!
#booksky #queersky
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
books.bookfunnel.com/authordirect...
Author Direct!
Change your reading habits. Grab a book from the authors directly! These authors have brought to you books from their direct stores! Form a new habit this new year and start supporting your favourite...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The best way to support your favourite authors is to buy directly from them. That ensures most of the money you pay for a book goes to them.
Start a new habit this new year. Buy direct!
#booksky #queersky
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
books.bookfunnel.com/authordirect...
Start a new habit this new year. Buy direct!
#booksky #queersky
📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️
books.bookfunnel.com/authordirect...
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Let's play!
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
This seems to be fun! I'll play too. 1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/ Published works!
Ooh, this looks fun -- I'll play. 1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPS/Published works (so all Riyati stuffs)
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Let's play!
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
Let's play!
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
This seems to be fun! I'll play too. 1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/ Published works!
Ooh, this looks fun -- I'll play. 1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPS/Published works (so all Riyati stuffs)
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Let's play!
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published Works
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
After warning its makers of the return of a long-forgotten foe, an ancient satellite consciousness embarks on a galactic adventure when it is downloaded by the plucky crew of the imperial flagship.
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
After warning its makers of the return of a long-forgotten foe, an ancient satellite consciousness embarks on a galactic adventure when it is downloaded by the plucky crew of the imperial flagship.
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
The Magic Circle does have military action in it, but it's mostly small-scale (individual, a squad, then building up to a handful of squads).
That said, there is a special location in book 2 that will be very strategic, and siege warfare, using magic as well as conventional means, to secure it.
That said, there is a special location in book 2 that will be very strategic, and siege warfare, using magic as well as conventional means, to secure it.
Heya, #JanuaryWorldbuilders! Today's military/warfare question: What are some large-scale weapons or siege engines used in your world? Have you ever written a scene with those? Also, feel free to yap about siege warfare in general. What other strategies do they employ?
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The Magic Circle does have military action in it, but it's mostly small-scale (individual, a squad, then building up to a handful of squads).
That said, there is a special location in book 2 that will be very strategic, and siege warfare, using magic as well as conventional means, to secure it.
That said, there is a special location in book 2 that will be very strategic, and siege warfare, using magic as well as conventional means, to secure it.
Slightly diminish a game:
Luigi's Tenement
Luigi's Tenement
Slightly diminish a game:
Dragon Year
Expedition 32
Silkhum xD
Dragon Year
Expedition 32
Silkhum xD
Slightly diminish a game:
Ori and the near-sighted forest
Ori and the near-sighted forest
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Luigi's Tenement
Luigi's Tenement
A few weeks ago I saw a post on Threads about a marvellous cheese find from M&S. A gloriously aged mature cheddar that was, apparently, delicious. 🧀
I knew I needed to try it.
Now I have.
Can confirm. It has a wonderful flavour. 100% great rec. Threads came through in the best way. 🙌🏻
I knew I needed to try it.
Now I have.
Can confirm. It has a wonderful flavour. 100% great rec. Threads came through in the best way. 🙌🏻
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A few weeks ago I saw a post on Threads about a marvellous cheese find from M&S. A gloriously aged mature cheddar that was, apparently, delicious. 🧀
I knew I needed to try it.
Now I have.
Can confirm. It has a wonderful flavour. 100% great rec. Threads came through in the best way. 🙌🏻
I knew I needed to try it.
Now I have.
Can confirm. It has a wonderful flavour. 100% great rec. Threads came through in the best way. 🙌🏻
Always fun when Mr 10 is practicing possessive plurals for spellings, but the school doesn't specify the context of the words!
He's been given person's and peoples' but not people's.
So did the school get it wrong, right deliberately, or right by accident? Frustrating as hell 😂
1/2
He's been given person's and peoples' but not people's.
So did the school get it wrong, right deliberately, or right by accident? Frustrating as hell 😂
1/2
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Always fun when Mr 10 is practicing possessive plurals for spellings, but the school doesn't specify the context of the words!
He's been given person's and peoples' but not people's.
So did the school get it wrong, right deliberately, or right by accident? Frustrating as hell 😂
1/2
He's been given person's and peoples' but not people's.
So did the school get it wrong, right deliberately, or right by accident? Frustrating as hell 😂
1/2
After warning its makers of the return of a long-forgotten foe, an ancient satellite consciousness embarks on a galactic adventure when it is downloaded by the plucky crew of the imperial flagship.
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
After warning its makers of the return of a long-forgotten foe, an ancient satellite consciousness embarks on a galactic adventure when it is downloaded by the plucky crew of the imperial flagship.
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
THE RE-EMERGENCE
books2read.com/the-r...
alankdell.itch.io/th...
💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
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"It was a wonderful mix of adventure and horror with an extensive lore that made the world expand around you while reading."
Nothing makes a morning warmer than reading about how my little book connects with the people who find it <3 Thank you
Nothing makes a morning warmer than reading about how my little book connects with the people who find it <3 Thank you
🌟 Sunday Spotlight 🌟
Shattered Spirits by @thatcalamity.bsky.social is an eldritch horror novella that feels a bit like a darker crossover of The Mummy and Indiana Jones. Tight dark spaces and eerie endings are what we're here for !
📚💙
Shattered Spirits by @thatcalamity.bsky.social is an eldritch horror novella that feels a bit like a darker crossover of The Mummy and Indiana Jones. Tight dark spaces and eerie endings are what we're here for !
📚💙
Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn
Light on gore and heavy on dark, tight spaces, this is a horror story that creeps under your skin!
www.karenlykkebo.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"It was a wonderful mix of adventure and horror with an extensive lore that made the world expand around you while reading."
Nothing makes a morning warmer than reading about how my little book connects with the people who find it <3 Thank you
Nothing makes a morning warmer than reading about how my little book connects with the people who find it <3 Thank you
Reposted by Alan K. Dell
New arrangement at the county library sci-fi section 📚🪐💙
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
New arrangement at the county library sci-fi section 📚🪐💙
Son of Adam/Sidera Silere: 🎭 🔫 🦹🏻 👽 🛐
The Achelon: 👽🧬🦾🏛️☄️
The God Sun: 🌞👿🧠🪱👾
The Achelon: 👽🧬🦾🏛️☄️
The God Sun: 🌞👿🧠🪱👾
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
We did this once for main characters, but today let's do it for our antagonists!
Using 5 emojis or less, tell me about your antagonists! Capture their personality and/or role in the story!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
We did this once for main characters, but today let's do it for our antagonists!
Using 5 emojis or less, tell me about your antagonists! Capture their personality and/or role in the story!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Son of Adam/Sidera Silere: 🎭 🔫 🦹🏻 👽 🛐
The Achelon: 👽🧬🦾🏛️☄️
The God Sun: 🌞👿🧠🪱👾
The Achelon: 👽🧬🦾🏛️☄️
The God Sun: 🌞👿🧠🪱👾