4 Promise that sales will support a lovely independent publisher? - no, there r guzillions of those, perhaps 2 many. 5 Claim that sales might change our collective mindset & save this small world of ours? - hmmm, mayb, could work...if Trump doesn't destroy it in the next 5 mins... shorturl.at/rZZNl

Hmm. How 2 boost sales of the splendid Green Man Ascendant? 1 A Machiavellian influencing scheme? - no, lacks ethical behaviour. 2 Begging & pleading - no, lacks dignity. 3 Appealing to readers who like speculative poetry (fantasy, sci-fi and horror)? - no, scares the horses (poor old horses).

Free Fiction Friday is here! Enjoy two powerful poems to take you through darkness and light: magazine.trollbreath.com/icarus-in-da... magazine.trollbreath.com/icarus-in-da... @lynnesargent.bsky.social @ajdalton1.bsky.social

Just had an article published on the history of horror poetry. You can read it for free here: sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/03/1... #horror #poetry

Favorite maritime drinking songs of the miraculous alcoholics has just been published. Cool cover, with a blurb from yours truly on the back, init. #poetry #fantasy

Free Fiction Friday Poetry! @ajdalton1.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/superstring/

4) "Dawn, the Humor Bot" by @vedavilliers.bsky.social radonjournal.com/issue9/dawn%2C-the-humor-bot 5) "Review of the Pre-Anthropocene Museum" by @ajdalton1.bsky.social radonjournal.com/issue9/review-of-the-pre-anthropocene-museum

Just had an article published on the history of fantasy poetry. You can read it for free here: sfpoetry.org/wp/2025/12/3... #fantasy #poetry

Robert Silverberg's collected short stories now published, with back cover blurb written by yours truly, don't you know. #sciencefiction #silverberg www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-multitud...

The new issue of Worlds of IF hits in a few days. This is going to be the third issue since the relaunch by Starship Sloane Publishing of this iconic science fiction magazine. It will feature a new text by yours truly! worldsofifmagazine.com

Yaaay! Just had a poem published in Eternal Haunted Summer magazine. You can read 'Banshee' for free here: eternalhauntedsummer.com//?s=dalton&s... #scifi #poetry #fantasy

#sciencefiction New issue of Worlds of IF now out! www.amazon.com/Worlds-IF-Sc...

Subscribe now for the Dec. 1st Issue! Magazine.trollbreath.com Mir Rainbird, @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @devanbarlow.bsky.social @ajdalton1.bsky.social

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

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

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

#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.

‘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...

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

#vss365 #slash #poetry

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

#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...

#vss365 #prompt #whimper

#vss365 #speaker #poetry #poem #horror

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

‘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...

‘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

‘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

‘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

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

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

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

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. radonjournal.com/interviews

'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

‘The Mechanics of Mortal Maintenance’! Hurrah! Just had a new poem published on AntipodeanSF. You can read it for free here: www.antisf.com/the-stories/... #scifi #poetry

‘The Weird Way to Dunwich’, ‘Man Grove’ and ‘S. LATITUDE 47.9, W. LONGITUDE 23.43’ – new A J Dalton poems available #horror #poetry Chuffed to let you know you can now read three of my poems for free on the Horrorzine site here: www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/March... Super dooper!

Very pleased to say I’ve just had my eco-feminist poem “Dryad” published in the latest edition of SciFanSat (@scifansat.bsky.social). You can read it for free here: scifansat.com/bibi/?book=S...! Hurrah!

#poetry #scifi 'Last Love' - new A J Dalton poem available here!: www.antisf.com/the-stories/...

What does it mean to be old - it is not a number Here we sit All old and useless Thinking we matter Thinking we help Here we sit Reading our books Listening to others Writing to no one Here we sit #poerty #poem #poet #author #questioner

New TV pilot idea dropped. Had the idea driving down to Newport on Monday, now I've got a synopsis and pitch. All I need to do now is write it, sell it and get it broadcast on TV networks around the globe. #scriptsky

"V for Vendetta" cover art by David Lloyd, 1989

“Digidreams”, “Cowfolk” and “The Newly Dead” – new A J Dalton poems #scifi #poetry Happy to say I’ve just had three poems published in issue 3 of The Genre Society! You can read them for free here: www.thegenresociety.com/ourcollectio... Hurrah!

Story idea: A family of cats just trying to survive. #hbp90