DS Davidson is a stalwart of Atlantean Publishing, long-time contributor, divisive poet, and founding editor of Garbaj. he is the currently the editor of Tigershark ezine — see also its page on this site. He had the honour of authoring the first in the new series of Xmas Bards and was the last regular Monomyth Featured Poet.
Appearances In Fiction[]
- DS Davidson has appeared in fictional guise in The Day of the Davidians, where he is subjected to much satire over what his mysterious initials might stand for (something Neil K. Henderson often did in his letters).
- DS Davidson appears in two Amoral Detective Agency stories: a brief cameo in The Hounds of Lust and a leading role, along with references to his booklet Surviving The Coming Apocalypse, and his story Ashbydon Hall, in The Shudder Out Of Time. They team up again in Nomads of the Timestreams.
- A DS (that is, Detective Sergeant) Davidson appears in DJ Tyrer's story Swine, published in Mad Science/Malevolent Mansions (Barbwire Butterfly Books).
Publication Elsewhere[]
- Miss, Miss, Give Us A Kiss! (co-written with DJ Tyrer) appeared in an issue of Infinitas in 2000.
- DS Davidson contributed articles or reviews to all six issues of Redsine in 2000/01.
- The poem Sound of Silence appeared in the July 2013 issue of Poetry Explosion Newsletter (The Pen).
- DS Davidson has contributed poetry to issues 12,13, 16 and 19 of Cyaegha fanzine (2015/16/17).
- The poems Apocalyptic and Sound of Silence appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of the CRM Online Newsletter
Awards[]
Data Dump Award[]
- His poem Effervescent was long-listed in 2016.
- His poem Mars Attack was long-listed in 2014.
- His poem Walt Disney's Cryogenic Head was long-listed in 2012.
- His poem Strange Days was long-listed in 2007
Publications[]
Broadsides[]
- The Bards 10: These Fortean Times
- The Bards 26: Love and Hate...
- Xmas Bards 1: Counting The Days...
- Xothic Sathlattae: The Sixth Sathlatta
- Xothic Sathlattae: The Eleventh Sathlatta
- Yellow Leaves 9: Dreams of Carcosa
- Garbaj presents... Preparing For Things You Cannot Reasonably Expect To Prepare For Adequately – or, An Exercise In Futility
- Garbaj presents... Deal or No Deal: Surviving Brexit
Poetry Booklets[]
Fiction Booklets and collections[]
Buxton University Press[]
Poetry Appearances in Atlantean publications[]
Poetry Booklets[]
A Broken Mind[]
- The Monster in the Ruins
- Shattered Thoughts
Angst[]
- Sound of Silence
- I Wish I Knew
- untitled haiku ("Live a wasted life...")
- untitled couplet ("If this plateau is as happy as I'll ever be ...")
- The Cynic
Apocalypse: Poetry from the End of the World[]
Beyond The Wall of Death: Lovecraft @125[]
- The Tomb
- Dreaming Minds
Carcass Literature[]
- Odalisque
- Carcass
Car Door Sans Car[]
- untitled poem
- Ring-Ting-Ting
- I sat down pen in hand, to write a psychedelic, poetic extravaganza (Helps if you recall the songs of Woodstock, although I've misremembered the words)
- Ring the Changes
Cast a Curse[]
- Hell-owe'en
- The King Comes
- Stranger Danger
Caverns Dark[]
- Hungry Haunters
- Stay Out!
Chapel of Ease[]
- Vile
Cosmic Decadent[]
Culinary You[]
Danse Macabre[]
- Fright Club
- Dreams In The Witch House
- Cairn of the Old Ones
The Dark Tower Volume 4: A Skull of Doom[]
- Alien Tower
- Mind Tower
The Dark Tower Volume 5: Towers of Time[]
- Dark Tower Neighbourhood
Final Arrangements[]
- two untitled haiku
Great War: 1914-2014[]
- Entrenched
Great War: Over By Christmas[]
- By Christmas
Great War: To End All Wars?[]
- Finished By Flu
- untitled backcover haiku
Lunar Module[]
- Pledge to Return
- Good Night, Moon
The Vegetable Archdeacon[]
- In San Francisco
- Farewell World!
Witching Hour[]
- Skeleton Waltz
- untitled haiku
- Cackling
Awen[]
Awen 74[]
Awen 76[]
Awen 78[]
Awen 80[]
Awen 81[]
- Mars Attack
- Strangely
- Publicity
- untitled haiku
Awen 82[]
- three untitled haiku
Awen 83[]
- Floods Limerick
- Beneath The Black Stone
- Running Out Of Time
Awen 85[]
Awen 87[]
- untitled haiku
Awen Online[]
Awen Online 1[]
- Comet
- Probe
- Message In A Bottle
- Star Wars
Awen Online 2[]
Awen Online 5[]
- Embrace
Awen Online 6[]
- The Sun
Awen Online 9[]
- Alice Down The Wormhole
Awen Online 10[]
- Life & Death
Awen Online 11[]
- Mars Attacks
- untitled haiku ("Voyage to Venus ...")
Awen Online 12[]
- Hero
- Knights Adventurous
- untitled haiku ("knights adventurous...")
Bard[]
Bard 119[]
- Christmas On The Wagon
- Christmas Off The Rails
Bard 120[]
Bard 124[]
Bard 125[]
Bard 128[]
Bard 133[]
Bard 134[]
Bard 137[]
- Sad Face
Bard 139[]
Bard 140[]
Bard 141[]
- Take A Glance
Bard 143[]
- Christmas Songs
Bard 147[]
Bard 149[]
Bard 150[]
Bard 151[]
- Effervescent
Bard 152[]
- Last Christmas
- untitled haiku
Bard 153[]
- Haunted Hospital
Bard 154[]
Bard 155[]
- Vacuum Packed
Bard 156[]
- Destiny In A City Street
Garbaj[]
Garbaj 49[]
- Food For Thought
Garbaj 50[]
- Addiction
- Iced
- To Use And Abuse
- untitled haiku
- Limerick Limerick
- Baldie Limerick
Garbaj 51[]
Garbaj 52[]
Garbaj 53[]
Garbaj 54[]
Garbaj 55[]
Garbaj 57[]
- Yew Tree
Garbaj 58[]
Garbaj 60[]
- Free Speech
Garbaj 61[]
- Unto The Ballot Box
Garbaj 62[]
- Scotland The Bold
- Untitled Limerick
Garbaj 63[]
- Thong
- Greek Holiday
Garbaj 64[]
- Mary Poppins Redux
- untitled poem
Garbaj 65[]
Garbaj 67[]
- Shooting Civil Servants
Garbaj 68[]
- On Trend
Monomyth[]
Monomyth 60[]
Monomyth 61[]
Prose Fiction[]
Fiction Booklets[]
Christmas Chillers V[]
Christmas Chillers VI[]
Awen[]
Awen 82[]
Garbaj[]
Garbaj 54[]
- Doctor Who & The Sideboard of Doom
Monomyth[]
Monomyth 52[]
Monomyth 54[]
Monomyth 55[]
- Jin-Yu & The Grail
Monomyth 56[]
- Tolerance & Compassion
Monomyth 58[]
Humour[]
Garbaj 49[]
- two untitled quips
Non-Fiction[]
The Supplement 61[]
The Supplement 65[]
- Three reviews