📚 Max Wallis | Author of the Polari Prize-shortlisted Modern Love (2011) & Everything Everything (2016). 🖋️ Poems in The Rialto, Poetry Scotland, Spectator ✍️ Freelance journalist (The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph). 🌈 Gay, disabled, survivor.https://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3mtqe6qxwe22xIt’s time. February 2027. The Last Song of the World by Joseph Fasano (@joseph.fasano) is published in the UK with five previously unreleased poems, by @aftershockpoetry.23 Aug 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqe6qxwe22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3msohgkghsc2f30% off until tomorrow with the code BIRTHDAY www.aftershockreview.com09 Aug 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msohgkghsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3mmyjcqdmlk2k@chenchenwrites.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyjcqdmlk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3mm25su7w5c2sI came up with this idea when I was bed-bound with PTSD, flailing but paralysed by the horrible nature of that beast. Some days still, it returns, but this time I have to get back up to do the work. Aftershock in a sense is the reason I am still functioning. https://open.substack.com/pub/aftershockpoetry/p/dear-aftershock-readers-poets-friends?r=7ncof&utm_medium=ios17 May 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm25su7w5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3ml6qcw6xc222Oh you pretty things! Pocket Aftershocks have arrived and are available to buy! https://www.aftershockreview.com/category/all-products06 May 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6qcw6xc222https://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3meyhvzgpoc2iIt's time for renewal - a neon-tinged hope. Issue Three is not finalised yet but here's your chance to pre-order now. https://www.aftershockreview.com/product-page/issue-three16 Feb 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyhvzgpoc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3mabsej7ic22xhttps://open.substack.com/pub/aftershockpoetry/p/lets-talk-about-wallpaper-and-poetry?r=7ncof&utm_medium=ios18 Dec 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabsej7ic22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3m7ah3v67hc2gI feel almost shy writing an editorial letter about this incredible poem. Some poems do not arrive; they detonate, and Inua Ellams’ Fuck / The Incalculable Unknown blasts everything open from its first line. cc @rsliterature.bsky.social https://aftershockpoetry.substack.com/p/fuck-the-incalculable-unknown-by05 Dec 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ah3v67hc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3m75vhsgddc2tI'm still unwell - how is everyone else?04 Dec 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75vhsgddc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/maxwallis.bsky.social/post/3m73wco2uj22gI'm ill in bed, which I hate being and reminds me of being ill in bed in other ways. If you want a 2 for £20 christmas bundle we have one up now, just add two issues and it will do the rest: www.aftershockreview.com03 Dec 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:hatm5gktnbqqgianrmzbvfcj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73wco2uj22g