was deleted and then re-uploaded in 2018 to further support themes of time travel in BTS' fictional universe. See also Ern Malley, another invented poet, intended to satirise the allegedly low quality of free verse. References Tim Powers, The Mystery That Is William Ashbless is an intriguing brief biography of the poet In Conversation With Tim Powers - the origin of William Ashbless is discussed on the second page Fictional characters introduced in the 1970s Literary forgeries Nonexistent people used in hoaxes Fictional writers Fictional poets Literary collaborations Characters in American novels Male characters in literature Fictional people from the 19th-century