C.F. Dalton

07/24/2026

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07/23/2026

I've wanted to write something to honor my childhood and early adulthood hero, Jim Steinman. While I admit my talents pale in comparison to his, this is the best I could do. Thank you, Jim Steinman, the Rock and Roll Dreams STILL Come Through!

Did the Music Die?I used to believe Jim Steinman had carved the u...

07/21/2026

Anno Domini Defended, link: https://a.co/d/0ekJTtFk
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07/18/2026

🕰️ Time itself bears witness: Anno Domini — the Year of Our Lord.

For 1,500 years, our calendar has boldly proclaimed Christ's centrality in human history. From the monk Dionysius Exiguus in 525, who anchored time to the Incarnation, replacing a persecutor's era... to the Venerable Bede popularizing BC/AD... to Pope Gregory XIII's masterful reform that keeps Easter aligned and time accurate to within a day every 3,300 years.

This isn't just a dating system. It's a Christian legacy of scholarship, devotion, and unity — forged by monks, astronomers, and popes to honor the Savior and order worship.

Yet today we see a quiet rewrite: BCE/CE keeps the exact same Christ-centered framework while erasing the faith that created it. That's not neutrality. It's historical dishonesty.

The Anno Domini Defended makes the clear, unapologetic case for truth: Honor the legacy. Defend the calendar. Let time tell the Christian story.

📖 Grab your copy today (paperback + Kindle + Audible): https://a.co/d/069CzzN4

What say you — keep BC/AD as a stand for intellectual honesty, or let the secular scrub win? Drop your thoughts below. 👇



Pinned for the fight over truth in every tick of the clock. 🙏

The Anno Domini Defended: The 1,500-Year Christian Legacy of Time

07/13/2026

Lightning struck her at 18.
Twelve years later she’s 30, still answering his texts like a ju**ie chasing the first hit.
Cheap whiskey regrets. Bathroom floor promises. One name on her phone and every “never again” goes up in flames.
This isn’t a love story.
It’s a limerence autopsy soaked in Georgia rain and Southern Gothic truth.
Drunk on Maybe is FREE on Kindle until the 17th — raw, unflinching, and brutally honest about the obsessions that ruin us.
Plus four razor-sharp short stories that cut even deeper.
Grab it now before it’s gone → https://a.co/d/0eeJJmUy
Who else has ever been drunk on a “maybe” that kept destroying them? Drop it below. 👇

Drunk On Maybe: And Four Short Stories

07/11/2026

Just dropped a new short story on Substack: "The Date"
Five years widowed after losing her husband in Vietnam, Ellen finally says yes to dinner with the preacher’s son. A quiet, aching story of grief, grace, and the strange courage it takes to keep living when part of you never left the grave. Loosely inspired by LeAnn Rimes’ “Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way.”
If you’ve ever carried love and loss in the same breath, this one’s for you.
Read it here: https://cfdalton.substack.com/p/short-story-the-date
What does moving on really look like when the heart refuses to let go? Would love to hear your thoughts. ❤️

06/19/2026

Just dropped a new short story inspired by The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” — a dark romance told entirely through tangled first-person thoughts. No dialogue. Just two broken souls circling the same irresistible mistake.

Read “Closer” here: https://open.substack.com/pub/cfdalton/p/short-story-closer?r=3c2w0c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What song would you want turned into a story next?

06/10/2026

New story just dropped: The Pale Mourner.

A three-tailed albino fox spirit born from grief walks the Oconee. She appears before wars, floods, broken treaties, mill closings, and quiet family sorrows—witness to every tilt in the balance of the Three Worlds.

Grandmother Rising Moon tells it true under the whippoorwill song. Haunting, rooted in red clay and river mist.

Read “The Pale Mourner” now: https://cfdalton.substack.com/p/short-story-the-pale-mourner

What old sorrow would *you* see her mourning along your fence line? Drop a line below. 👇

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06/10/2026

With Andrew Klavan – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/29/2026

🌃 Brass bells ringing through an old Gothic church. Neon lights buzzing over sticky bar floors. One desperate night in Milledgeville where a young man walks the line between surrender and survival.
"Brass Bells and Neon Lights" — a raw, atmospheric short story about mental darkness, Southern grit, unexpected grace, and the quiet courage it takes to keep walking.
Read it here: https://cfdalton.substack.com/p/short-story-brass-bells-and-neon
Would love to hear what you think.