Black Petals Issue #111 Spring, 2025

A J Dalton: Underspace

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Underspace

 

By A J Dalton

 

That is where they live

watching us

waiting

and waiting

till we fall asleep

so that then

they can emerge

unchallenged.

A J Dalton (www.ajdalton.eu) is a UK-based writer. He’s published the Empire of the Saviours trilogy with Gollancz Orion, and various collections with Kristell Ink, Luna Press and Vraeyda Media. He’s currently just about making a living as a lecturer at Middlesex University. He lives with his monstrously oppressive cat named Cleopatra.

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