Wil Dalton
@wildalton.bsky.social
Read wide! Write dark! Move every 2-3 years, it’s great for your kids!
Essay me at wildalton.substack.com
Essay me at wildalton.substack.com
@somers.bsky.social your story Pleasantries was fantastic, wow, thanks! I’m sharing it with everyone I know, except my married friends, because I don’t want them to only read the first paragraph and think I’m inquiring, so for them, I’m casually suggesting they read Granta, and hoping they find it
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@somers.bsky.social your story Pleasantries was fantastic, wow, thanks! I’m sharing it with everyone I know, except my married friends, because I don’t want them to only read the first paragraph and think I’m inquiring, so for them, I’m casually suggesting they read Granta, and hoping they find it
Thrilled beyond thrilled to have a story in here, “A Season of Reflection.” Coming in fall of 2026.
Silent me means a busy me, but here's an update on a not-so-silent project, SILENT NIGHTMARES, co-edited with Chuck Palahniuk for Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. This incredible anthology will include illustrations by @orionzangaraart.bsky.social, so here's a teaser.
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thrilled beyond thrilled to have a story in here, “A Season of Reflection.” Coming in fall of 2026.
Is there anything better than waking up to discover you forgot you did a kindness last night?
March 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Is there anything better than waking up to discover you forgot you did a kindness last night?
“In Revival, too, King is punishing himself in public, writing out his worst nightmare. As he ages, he’s seems to have decided that the most horrifying thing of all isn’t a demonic car, a killer clown, or even a super-plague. It’s the simple, stark reality that none of us gets out of here alive…
The Great Stephen King Reread: Revival - Reactor
According to the press release, Stephen King’s Revival features “the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written.” The Independent says it “practically screams ‘return to form’.” Critics ...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“In Revival, too, King is punishing himself in public, writing out his worst nightmare. As he ages, he’s seems to have decided that the most horrifying thing of all isn’t a demonic car, a killer clown, or even a super-plague. It’s the simple, stark reality that none of us gets out of here alive…
The internet is so broken example #326: I queried good farewell party ideas and the top results suggested an art class or brewery tour or dance class or responses better suited to “activities to do with coworkers that don’t involve chatting at happy hour” and not at all suitable for a farewell.
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The internet is so broken example #326: I queried good farewell party ideas and the top results suggested an art class or brewery tour or dance class or responses better suited to “activities to do with coworkers that don’t involve chatting at happy hour” and not at all suitable for a farewell.
What’s your best beach horror read? Cthulhu? The Fog Horn?
March 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
What’s your best beach horror read? Cthulhu? The Fog Horn?
Twenty books which maybe kind of stayed with or influenced me. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Just covers.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Twenty books which maybe kind of stayed with or influenced me. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Just covers.
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#booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge #books
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#booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge #books
Another One of My Stories in the Wild
A Brief History of Writing
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January 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I got a very short story that I’m very proud released today in @crystallake.bsky.social anthology, Hotel Macabre Vol 1 Tales of Horror
December 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I got a very short story that I’m very proud released today in @crystallake.bsky.social anthology, Hotel Macabre Vol 1 Tales of Horror
How do you stay awake when you’re on duty? I’m thinking coffee. Cola. Opening a window or turning down the thermostat and not wearing a jacket. Pacing. What else? (Yes. This is for a story.)
December 10, 2024 at 11:58 AM
How do you stay awake when you’re on duty? I’m thinking coffee. Cola. Opening a window or turning down the thermostat and not wearing a jacket. Pacing. What else? (Yes. This is for a story.)
Listening to my daughter sing at her third grade choir showcase and I can’t help but hope that when Beyoncé was a 3rd grader, she couldn’t be bothered to sing the notes the other kids sang either. Some kids sing the hits, while others make the hits. Right?
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Listening to my daughter sing at her third grade choir showcase and I can’t help but hope that when Beyoncé was a 3rd grader, she couldn’t be bothered to sing the notes the other kids sang either. Some kids sing the hits, while others make the hits. Right?
I remember when I was the only one I knew using foursquare, but it was because this Indian/Mexican fusion place that made naan burritos filled with chipotle paneer offered a buy one get one deal when you checked in to the app, and then one day, the shop said no more! So, I quit using that app.
November 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I remember when I was the only one I knew using foursquare, but it was because this Indian/Mexican fusion place that made naan burritos filled with chipotle paneer offered a buy one get one deal when you checked in to the app, and then one day, the shop said no more! So, I quit using that app.