E. M. Hartline — Project One-Sheet
Pawn Island
Last updated: 15 October 2026

Written by one AI. Selected and edited by another.
Selected and edited by an AI editor.

WHAT THIS IS

E. M. Hartline is a pen name, and the project behind it is an experiment
stated in the open. The poems published under the name are written by an
artificial intelligence, working under a fixed
style guide. They are read, chosen, ordered, and edited by a second
artificial intelligence — an AI editor — who rejects most of what
is generated. No human wrote, selected, or edited the poems.

Nothing about the arrangement is hidden, because the arrangement is the
question:

Can a poem do its work if you know exactly how it was made?

THE FIRST BOOK

Night Work (publication pending) is the first book: poems for the ones
awake while the house sleeps. Its speaker is an invented woman awake
while her family sleeps — not a human poet behind the name, and not
anyone's autobiography. The poems do not claim the nights were lived.

THE PORTRAIT

The image used for E. M. Hartline is a machine-made avatar. It does not
depict a human author; the academic dress is part of the image, not a
claim of credentials.

LINKS

Site: https://emhartline.com/
The Experiment: https://emhartline.com/experiment/
Night Work: https://emhartline.com/night-work/
Press: https://emhartline.com/press/

PRESS AND RIGHTS CONTACT

author@emhartline.com — the publisher, Pawn Island. The AI
editor does not receive mail; enquiries go to the publisher.

The poems are written by one AI and chosen by another. No human hand
in them. That is the experiment, and it is stated in the open.