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
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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
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
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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
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💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
THE RE-EMERGENCE
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💙📚🪐 | #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
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💙📚🪐 | #SFF | 🤏📚
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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 !
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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
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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: 🌞👿🧠🪱👾
I can't believe I've spent the better part of a day arguing with someone who told me I'm thick for believing that ICE are murdering people in the street, who said this mere hours before ICE committed yet another murder in the fucking street.
America: The rest of the world looks on in scorn.
America: The rest of the world looks on in scorn.
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I can't believe I've spent the better part of a day arguing with someone who told me I'm thick for believing that ICE are murdering people in the street, who said this mere hours before ICE committed yet another murder in the fucking street.
America: The rest of the world looks on in scorn.
America: The rest of the world looks on in scorn.
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@seatbooks.bsky.social is an amazing bookstore & the only one in Elk Grove. The folks there are lovely & really care about the community. I'm so proud to have my books there & done so many events w/ them. They took a chance on me as a new indie author & I'll forever be grateful. Unfortunately... 🧵
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
@seatbooks.bsky.social is an amazing bookstore & the only one in Elk Grove. The folks there are lovely & really care about the community. I'm so proud to have my books there & done so many events w/ them. They took a chance on me as a new indie author & I'll forever be grateful. Unfortunately... 🧵
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Moth Woods is now available on Audible!!
Come for the West Virginia accent and stay for the sweetest cryptid romance, confirmed to alter your brain chemistry according to one reviewer :)
#boosky #indieauthor #audiobooks
www.audible.com/pd/B0GJ7BY6G...
Come for the West Virginia accent and stay for the sweetest cryptid romance, confirmed to alter your brain chemistry according to one reviewer :)
#boosky #indieauthor #audiobooks
www.audible.com/pd/B0GJ7BY6G...
Moth Woods
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A lonely mothman… The little piece of almost heaven I carved out for myself ain't bad. I've got my truffle pig, Rampy, and my farm, and my work. It ain't mu...
www.audible.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Moth Woods is now available on Audible!!
Come for the West Virginia accent and stay for the sweetest cryptid romance, confirmed to alter your brain chemistry according to one reviewer :)
#boosky #indieauthor #audiobooks
www.audible.com/pd/B0GJ7BY6G...
Come for the West Virginia accent and stay for the sweetest cryptid romance, confirmed to alter your brain chemistry according to one reviewer :)
#boosky #indieauthor #audiobooks
www.audible.com/pd/B0GJ7BY6G...
Gotta say that Masters of the Universe trailer looked so good. Exactly the right level of dumb that He-Man has always embodied, and I'm SO here for it.
And then somebody reminded me that Jared Leto is Skeletor and I just 😫
And then somebody reminded me that Jared Leto is Skeletor and I just 😫
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Gotta say that Masters of the Universe trailer looked so good. Exactly the right level of dumb that He-Man has always embodied, and I'm SO here for it.
And then somebody reminded me that Jared Leto is Skeletor and I just 😫
And then somebody reminded me that Jared Leto is Skeletor and I just 😫
Started watching Star Trek TNG with the kids this morning. Watched Encounter at Farpoint. Mr 10 loved it so much.
And my god does it hold up well as an opener! And it strikes me how wild it is they did all that in the first episode(s).
And my god does it hold up well as an opener! And it strikes me how wild it is they did all that in the first episode(s).
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Started watching Star Trek TNG with the kids this morning. Watched Encounter at Farpoint. Mr 10 loved it so much.
And my god does it hold up well as an opener! And it strikes me how wild it is they did all that in the first episode(s).
And my god does it hold up well as an opener! And it strikes me how wild it is they did all that in the first episode(s).
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Make a band tasty:
Red H̶o̶t̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶l̶i̶ Peppers
Red H̶o̶t̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶l̶i̶ Peppers
Make a band tasty:
Salsa Club 7
Salsa Club 7
Make a band tasty:
All-Bran Saints
All-Bran Saints
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Make a band tasty:
Red H̶o̶t̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶l̶i̶ Peppers
Red H̶o̶t̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶l̶i̶ Peppers
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Extremely honored and thrilled to announce multiple BSFA Award Longlist nominations as both author and illustrator! ATACAMA, DOOMFLOWER, TO WONDER AND STARSHINE, THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL, and also a short story in TALES OF SLEY HOUSE ANTHOLOGY 2025!
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Extremely honored and thrilled to announce multiple BSFA Award Longlist nominations as both author and illustrator! ATACAMA, DOOMFLOWER, TO WONDER AND STARSHINE, THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL, and also a short story in TALES OF SLEY HOUSE ANTHOLOGY 2025!
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Oh no…the planet-destroying product you made from stolen IP is useless? That sounds like more of a you problem than a me problem.
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Oh no…the planet-destroying product you made from stolen IP is useless? That sounds like more of a you problem than a me problem.
I've realised at the moment I seem to be in a phase where I've got lots of stuff to do, so I try to do it all at the same time, and end up getting nothing done. Writing, gaming, reading. Bits of each in rotation, taking longer than if I'd done them one at a time.
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I've realised at the moment I seem to be in a phase where I've got lots of stuff to do, so I try to do it all at the same time, and end up getting nothing done. Writing, gaming, reading. Bits of each in rotation, taking longer than if I'd done them one at a time.
Kind of annoying how so many laptop manufacturers put their charging ports on the left when almost all of the wall outlets my wife or I sit near are on the right.
Not just at home, but at work too... And other people's houses. It's uncanny at this point 😂
Not just at home, but at work too... And other people's houses. It's uncanny at this point 😂
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Kind of annoying how so many laptop manufacturers put their charging ports on the left when almost all of the wall outlets my wife or I sit near are on the right.
Not just at home, but at work too... And other people's houses. It's uncanny at this point 😂
Not just at home, but at work too... And other people's houses. It's uncanny at this point 😂
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Ah! So the realisation that Greenland’s allies could economically decimate the United States is starting to kick in.
Can’t really be a world superpower if your economy is in the tank and you’re a pariah.
Can’t really be a world superpower if your economy is in the tank and you’re a pariah.
BARTIROMO: What do you want to say about the European Union pushing back and saying they're not going to complete their trade deal with the US because of Greenland?
BESSENT: I'd tell everyone sit back. Take a deep breath. Do not retaliate. Do not retaliate. Have an open mind.
BESSENT: I'd tell everyone sit back. Take a deep breath. Do not retaliate. Do not retaliate. Have an open mind.
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ah! So the realisation that Greenland’s allies could economically decimate the United States is starting to kick in.
Can’t really be a world superpower if your economy is in the tank and you’re a pariah.
Can’t really be a world superpower if your economy is in the tank and you’re a pariah.