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Robert Luke Wilkins

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SFF writer, software tinkerer, and singer to my cats. Short fiction in PodCastle, Kaleidotrope, On Spec, Stupefying Stories, and others. Codex, SFWA, BSFA. Fond of cheese, deficient in fishcakes. https://www.robertlukewilkins.com/

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Aug 2

My new story, "We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, in the Wasteland", is in the August 2025 issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, with stories by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social, and @authorthealiu.bsky.social. Give it a read!

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Issue 49: August 2025 – Factor Four Magazine

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · 28d

Whoever decided that the best way to present a best-before date on a product was to use translucent text on a transparent container should be taken out and shot.

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ErinLindiCairns @erincairns.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is important for all writers, no matter where they are in their publication journey. Your work is your work, and contracts are meant to protect it, and you, and the writing community at large. MRM is trying to normalize _very_ bad behavior.

P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ve made an update to this situation.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Sep 3

A reminder that "But what if people on YOUR side are on the Epstein list?" is a bullshit argument, EVERYONE who was raping children needs to get into the bin right now, that's the deal here and it ain't exactly complicated

Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bill Clinton mentioned during the Epstein press conference, which is a shock, because he's such a stand up guy with no former sexual misconduct accusations against him

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

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Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 2, 2025

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Aug 30

I had a brief moment where I mistook Martha Wells for Martha Stewart and was not quite sure what was happening in the world. Things now make more sense.

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Aug 30

Thank you! :-)

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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · Aug 6

Want to read stories like these but don't like to wait?
Try Intergalactic Rejects, a similar anthology that just came out from @calendaroffools.bsky.social
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Intergalactic Rejects

Story writers face rejection all too often. It can be disheartening, depressing, and downright defeating. Every writer has heard that it happens to all of us, but also to show, don't tell. This anthol...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 4

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Aug 2

(This story is likely going to hold my "longest published story title" award for a very long time, if not indefinitely.)

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Aug 2

Issue 49: August 2025 – Factor Four Magazine

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 27

Fond memories of wandering around with a friend of mine as a teenager, and singing his songs much too loud.

Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · Jul 27

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 25

(On this point alone, my fiction would definitely get me flagged as an AI)

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here's a poem by one of the old Chinese scholar bureaucrats that I think captures a certain Vibe very well

Dreams - Su Shi (trans. Arthur Waley)

Families, when a child is born
Want it to be intelligent.
I, through intelligence,
Having wrecked my whole life,
Only hope the baby will prove
Ignorant and stupid.
Then he will crown a tranquil life
By becoming a Cabinet Minister.

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 23

Thank you!

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 23

The story, "Eyes of my Brother", is suffixed by Afterlives as "(African/Indigenous Inspired Folk Horror, Body Horror, Grief, Spiritual)", proof positive that they're much better at describing my story than I am.

Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Jul 22

I. Breathing Beyond the Veil

“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social

“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy

“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 23

I'm really delighted that my story (originally published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social) will be included in this anthology. It looks like a wonderful line-up! And I only have to wait until October to read all the other great stories keeping it company.

Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Jul 22

PRESS RELEASE

Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!

curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social

"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."

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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Jul 22

I. Breathing Beyond the Veil

“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social

“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy

“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 13

Ugh. I wake up with a perfect sentence in mind, then by the time I sit down to write it, I've forgotten the words and can't find any half way so good. It's not the first bit of writing I've lost to poor waking memory, nor the last I expect, but they're all irritating.

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ChristopherE @christopher664023.bsky.social · Nov 8

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jul 2

Always be wary of story search-and-replace changes without a full read-through after. A last-minute proof-read of a story I thought I had finished editing today revealed "a shadow-cloaked temple as large as a temple".

Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Jun 22

My short story "Children of a Bronze Sun" is out today, in @onspecmag.bsky.social's issue #132. Read more at the link below!

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On Spec VOL 35 No 2 is available!

With a cover by Dan O’Driscoll, our new issue is ready for the readers. Subscribers and reviewers will be receiving links to download their copies. New readers, or those whose subscription m…

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · May 3

Drudged up an old repost of mine from elsewhere today -- an article about why doing less, not more, is extremely important for us.

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Being busy is killing our ability to think creatively

Here's why you should try to fit less—not more—into each day.

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Mar 21

That is a fantastic starting short-list of publications to be pulling stories from, too! This should be epic.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · Mar 19

I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

I made a thing!

Hi friends! I am so excited to announce It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th. This idea emerged from my creative self […]

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Robert Luke Wilkins @robertlukewilkins.com · Feb 1

A little bit of brightness in the recently relentless dark.

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