R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Blending science fiction and philosophy, The Future’s Eve by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is the first literary depiction of artificial life. It is celebrated for its prescient themes and its profound commentary on the meeting of human longing and technological innovation. www.rjdent.com/the-futures-... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables (with selected non-fiction), published by Contra Mundum Press. rjdent.wordpress.com/stories-tale... 001
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Two of my novels published by Incunabula - Deliverance and Revelation. Deliverance: A Victorian shipwreck transforms a mother’s love into a choice between morality and life. Revelation: A married woman discovers that a beautiful gift can become a malevolent curse. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Deliverance. A shipwreck transforms a mother’s love into a fight for survival, forcing an unthinkable choice between morality and life. The novel is a psychological thriller exploring the limits of endurance, maternal instinct, and the horrific costs of staying alive. www.rjdent.com/deliverance/ 001
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Very pleased to have my English translation of Alfred Jarry's A Practical Guide to Constructing a Time Machine, and my short story, The Pink Floyd Story Considered as a NASA Space Flight Report, published in Today: Fiction For Tomorrow. Link to book and purchase links here: www.rjdent.com/today/ 110
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Happy birthday, Georges Bataille. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Two of my novels: Revelation and Deliverance, both published by Incunabula, both with female protagonists having to deal with extreme situations. Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/revelation/ rjdent.wordpress.com/deliverance 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My Victorian Gothic novel, Deliverance, is published today. A Victorian shipwreck. A desperate fight for survival, a choice between morality and life. Mary and her infant son cling to an overturned lifeboat. To save herself, Mary must do the unimaginable. rjdent.wordpress.com/deliverance/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Very pleased to have a short story and a translation of a piece by Alfred Jarry included in Today: Fiction For Tomorrow, published by Black Scat Books. Thank you to the editor for giving them a suitable home. Book link here: www.amazon.co.uk/Today-Fictio... and here: www.amazon.com/Today-Fictio... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The cover art for each of the books I've written, translated or contributed to: www.rjdent.com 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A big thank you to L.B. Olsen for the great review of my English translations of Tarjei Vesaas' novels, The Seed and The Bridges. Original review: www.instagram.com/p/DcqW1myCJ9... Books available here: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Cover reveal: My latest novel, Deliverance, is due out in the next two weeks from @incunabulamedia The cover art is Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) by William Turner. 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Very pleased to have my English translation of Rodrigo, or The Enchanted Tower, An Allegorical Tale by the Marquis de Sade published in the Autumn 2026 (No.22) issue of @exactingclam.bsky.social Thank you to the editors for giving it such a prestigious home. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-22... 022
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Some Thoughts on the Novel and Eugenie de Franval - non-fiction and fiction by the Marquis de Sade, published by Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/some-thought... rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Eugenie de Franval and Some Thoughts on the Novel - fiction and non-fiction by the Marquis de Sade, published by Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/some-thought... rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The Marquis de Sade's fiction and non-fiction. Eugenie de Franval, Sade's incest story, and Some Thoughts on the Novel, Sade's literature overview and writing advice. Published by Incunabula, book details and links are here: rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Eugénie de Franval is now available as a bilingual paperback edition from Incunabula. rjdent.wordpress.com/eugenie-de-f... incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I have three spare illustrated hardback copies (and one illustrated paperback copy) of my English translation of Georges Bataille's The Dead Man & The Solar Anus. DM for book details if interested. 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I have a few spare copies of Lautréamont's Apocrypha, a collection of works - Poesies I and II, letters, fragments, and the first draft of Canto 1 of The Songs of Maldoror. Published by Infinity Land press I'm happy to sign copies for anyone interested. DM for details. www.rjdent.com/apocrypha/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 01/08/2026 have a few spare copies of my true crime book, Screaming at the Window: the tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers. I'm happy to sign and post copies to anyone interested. DM for details. www.rjdent.com/screaming-at... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A Season in Hell Illuminations The Drunken Boat Arthur Rimbaud www.rjdent.com/aseasoninhell/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. Book details: www.rjdent.com/flowersofevil/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Happy birthday, Mick Jagger. Voodoo Excess and a tequila sunrise. www.enitharmon.co.uk/product/vood... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Cover reveal: Due out in the first week of August from Incunabula - my English translation of Sade's challenging and controversial novel, Eugénie de Franval. Eugénie de Franval is a companion volume to Sade's Some Thoughts on the Novel, also published by Incunabula. More details to follow. 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This seems like a good opportunity to mention that T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)'s translation of The Odyssey is still the best available prose translation of Homer's epic tale. 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026My English translations of French poets and novelists published by Black Scat Books/New Urge Editions. blackscatbooks.com 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Some of the Shakespeare plays, chronologically, in my library: 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/07/2026creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...creators.spotify.comR J Dent - STORIES TALES AND FABLES OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE by Beyond The Zerohttp://www.rjdent.comBUY THE BOOK HERE https://www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tales-and-fables 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 05/07/2026My current titles from Incunabula. incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Tom Bowden's review of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press: www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Published today by Incunabula - my English translation of Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell, Illuminations, and The Drunken Boat. incunabulamedia.com/new-titles 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Cover reveal. Available in April from Incunabula. Really pleased with the striking cover designed by D M Mitchell, which includes Isaac J. Hollandan's 'Hand of Philosophy'. 040
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 14/03/2026‘Removal of the Mask’ by Jennifer Allan, used for the front cover of my book-length study of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickin... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Cover art: Rene Magritte's La Gâcheuse, used as the cover image for the now out-of-print Sade: Sex and Death, which included Apollinaire's The Divine Marquis, which now appears in Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Cover art: the woodcut used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Bridges. Title: The Bridges Author: Tarjei Vesaas ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3 Language: English Format: Paperback Pages 180 Publisher: Incunabula Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/bridges-the/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A big thank you to thewordasbait for checking out my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale... Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 08/03/2026A detail from Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, used for the cover image of my English translation of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus. ISBN (paperback): 978-1-906451-53-0 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-906451-54-7 Pages: 112 Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/alcaeus-poem... 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Celebrating World Book Day with an image of the 43 books I've either written, translated or contributed to. 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 04/03/2026A woodcut design used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Seed, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/seed-the/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The Chimera - a detail from the side of an Attic Siana cup (ca 560-550 B.C.) exhibited in Musée du Louvre, Paris, used as the cover image for my novel. Myth, published by Pegasus Press. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/myth/ 000
R J Dent @rjdent.bsky.social · 02/03/2026OPTOPHONE (1924) by Francis Picabia, used as the cover illustration for my English translation of André Breton's Soluble Fish, the first English translation of Soluble Fish, published by Incunabula. Details: rjdent.wordpress.com/soluble-fish/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 000