Kelly Robson
@kellyrobson.com
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, High Times in the Low Parliament, A Human Stain, Waters of Versailles https://kellyrobson.com/books
Trans rights are human rights for f*cks sake
she/her in Toronto, Canada
Trans rights are human rights for f*cks sake
she/her in Toronto, Canada
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Kelly Robson
@kellyrobson.com
· Sep 11
I wrote books. I'm writing more.
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES is also available for pre-order from all finer booksellers and directly via Tachyon
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“In RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” — @foxesandroses.bsky.social
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“In RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” — @foxesandroses.bsky.social
Rabbit Test and Other Stories - Tachyon Publications
“In Rabbit Test and Other Stories, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” —Eugenia Triantafyllou This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the hot...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES is also available for pre-order from all finer booksellers and directly via Tachyon
tachyonpublications.com/product/rabb...
“In RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” — @foxesandroses.bsky.social
tachyonpublications.com/product/rabb...
“In RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” — @foxesandroses.bsky.social
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Pre-orders are open for my sexy messed up space marines @reactorsff.bsky.social story. Get horny sci fi horror for $1.99! LOOK AT THAT ART BRO! bookshop.org/p/books/deat...
Deathcap: A Tor Original
A Tor Original
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January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Pre-orders are open for my sexy messed up space marines @reactorsff.bsky.social story. Get horny sci fi horror for $1.99! LOOK AT THAT ART BRO! bookshop.org/p/books/deat...
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Books to look forward to in the coming year, including "The Children" by Melissa Albert, which I need to pre-order. And also mine! The one that's like Clone High x The Village!
26 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward To In 2026
We are so lucky to have such an incredible year ahead of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative works from a mix of established and debut authors. In an unsurprising bit of kismet, a lot of thes…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Books to look forward to in the coming year, including "The Children" by Melissa Albert, which I need to pre-order. And also mine! The one that's like Clone High x The Village!
Yes but Frankenstein is the exact equivalent of the men who protect their families by collecting an arsenal instead of say, feeding, bathing, and emotionally nurturing for their children.
I'd like to see one Frankenstein ever that just grapples with the fact that somebody obsessed with beating death should be working on sickness and the aging process, not trying to re-animate dead tissue, like what did you *think* success would look like, Vic.
FRANKENSTEIN is, in my opinion, not half-bad. boxd.it/csMZm7
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Yes but Frankenstein is the exact equivalent of the men who protect their families by collecting an arsenal instead of say, feeding, bathing, and emotionally nurturing for their children.
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okay open call, if you have an SFF romance coming out in 2026, and it's not grindingly heteropatriarchal in outlook and values, please tell me about it! I'm compiling my reading lists!
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
okay open call, if you have an SFF romance coming out in 2026, and it's not grindingly heteropatriarchal in outlook and values, please tell me about it! I'm compiling my reading lists!
I came up with a title and googled it to see how original it might or might not be. Google’s AI claims it’s an ee cummings quote, but that seems to be an AI lie because there’s no discoverable evidence or source. So irritating.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I came up with a title and googled it to see how original it might or might not be. Google’s AI claims it’s an ee cummings quote, but that seems to be an AI lie because there’s no discoverable evidence or source. So irritating.
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A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...
In Winter, A Wedding: a poem and an interview with Sara Norja
I invited Sara Norja to read her Worlds of Possibility poem, "In Winter, a Wedding" and to talk to me about her creative process.
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January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...
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FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025
Landline by @kellyrobson.com in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Landline by @kellyrobson.com in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Landline - Reactor
A woman about to leave on an overseas business trip, calls home from the airport and discovers that “daddy” isn’t there and her six-year-old son is all alone in the dark…
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December 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025
Landline by @kellyrobson.com in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Landline by @kellyrobson.com in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Years of hard work and putting effort into the community, showing up for other writers, showing you care about the whole ecosystem, not just your damn self
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Years of hard work and putting effort into the community, showing up for other writers, showing you care about the whole ecosystem, not just your damn self
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I wrote about WE WILL RISE AGAIN, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social , for @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org 's 2025 Notable Books!
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ARB’s 2025 Notable Books
At the end of the year, we ask ARB’s contributors to pick just one book that they found really interesting this year: maybe already a best-seller or award-frontrunner, maybe something obscure…
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December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I wrote about WE WILL RISE AGAIN, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social , for @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org 's 2025 Notable Books!
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For anyone in the US or Canada, Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for just 7 days, starting today.
Enjoy!
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#romancelandia
Enjoy!
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#romancelandia
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
For anyone in the US or Canada, Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for just 7 days, starting today.
Enjoy!
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www.kobo.com/us/en/search...
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www.indigo.ca/en-ca/wooing...
#romancelandia
Enjoy!
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#romancelandia
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We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yes, give me a witchy barn. Or sawmill, or something. Račak, Croatia. #witchyskeet
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yes, give me a witchy barn. Or sawmill, or something. Račak, Croatia. #witchyskeet
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Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
From the ProgressionFantasy community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ProgressionFantasy community
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December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Cougar (back half)
Bears, black and grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Mountain caribou
Mountain goat
Cougar (back half)
Bears, black and grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Mountain caribou
Mountain goat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Honey Badger
Manta ray
Lion
Badger
Crocodile
Honey Badger
Manta ray
Lion
Badger
Crocodile
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Mongoose
Barracuda
Chamois
Dolphin
Badger
Mongoose
Barracuda
Chamois
Dolphin
Badger
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Cougar (back half)
Bears, black and grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Mountain caribou
Mountain goat
Cougar (back half)
Bears, black and grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Mountain caribou
Mountain goat
A writer's residency specifically for writers debuting after the age of 40? Amazing!!!
BLOOM your writing at the Debut 40 Residency in scenic Portland!
This residency includes a stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and plenty of uninterrupted creative time in beautiful Portland!
Apply: tinhouseonline.submittable.com/submit/34311...
This residency includes a stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and plenty of uninterrupted creative time in beautiful Portland!
Apply: tinhouseonline.submittable.com/submit/34311...
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A writer's residency specifically for writers debuting after the age of 40? Amazing!!!
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Coming soon: What Elegant Stars
Queer Tales of Impossible Style
www.kickstarter.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.
This this this this this. We desperately need fantasies of truth and justice because there sure as hell isn't any in the real world. Too much detective backstory gets in the way of that pleasure.
EXACTLY but most of the more recent adaptations misunderstand the importance of an inscrutable little man as a tool to realize our fantasies of truth & justice!!!
December 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This this this this this. We desperately need fantasies of truth and justice because there sure as hell isn't any in the real world. Too much detective backstory gets in the way of that pleasure.
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I was introduced to Dykes to Watch Our For as a baby gay in the late 90s and I felt like I was visiting friends within the comic strips via out alt-weekly newspaper.
Alison Bechdel's world showed me about queer chosen family and activism and the messy fun that is life lived with queer joy.
Alison Bechdel's world showed me about queer chosen family and activism and the messy fun that is life lived with queer joy.
Sit down children, I'm going to tell you a story about the olden times.
Once, there was a young lesbian newly out of the closet. It was 1989. She was a third year student at the University of Alberta. And she had no idea how to lesbian.
*pun intended
Once, there was a young lesbian newly out of the closet. It was 1989. She was a third year student at the University of Alberta. And she had no idea how to lesbian.
*pun intended
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was introduced to Dykes to Watch Our For as a baby gay in the late 90s and I felt like I was visiting friends within the comic strips via out alt-weekly newspaper.
Alison Bechdel's world showed me about queer chosen family and activism and the messy fun that is life lived with queer joy.
Alison Bechdel's world showed me about queer chosen family and activism and the messy fun that is life lived with queer joy.
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For #EgyptologyWednesday here’s an ancient template for how to do wall paintings. My 📷 from Made in Egypt at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
For #EgyptologyWednesday here’s an ancient template for how to do wall paintings. My 📷 from Made in Egypt at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge