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Kelly Robson
@kellyrobson.com
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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
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Yes, give me a witchy barn. Or sawmill, or something. Račak, Croatia. #witchyskeet
A green treed landscape, with a green lawn and shrubs. Blue sky above a large workshop-like barn structure made of caramel colored wood, with a wood shake roof. The long side is turned toward us, and has three butterscotch half doors or shutters, all closed. Above are two open dormers protruding from the roof like eyes, and between them is a small, narrow bell tower made of red brick. The third of the building on the right side is right open, with the roof held up by wooden pillars. The three pillars on the outside have red brick bases and have a low fence built between them. It's quite a lovely structure.
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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So imagine her delight when this year -- 2025! -- Alison Bechdel publishes the semi-autobiographical SPENT, and cleverly includes many of the Dykes to Watch Out For characters. It’s an utter delight. Buy it from your local independent bookstore.*

*before it’s gone
Cover of SPENT, A COMIC NOVEL by the author of Fun Home Alison Bechdel is done is bright, high contrast comic book colours: On a bright blue background is a comic style illustration spoofing the classic American Gothic painting, with two short haired, older women gazing wearily at the viewer from behind a pitchfork.
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Our young lesbian was hooked. She returned to the resource centre over and over again read all the strips from in the back issues of OOB. When she got caught up, she desperately needed more. A cosmic force drew her to Common Woman Books,* Alberta’s Only Feminist Bookstore.

*no longer exists
COMMON WOMAN BOOKS - Alberta’s Only Feminist Bookstore. Non sexist children’s books – records – jewelry – t-shirts – fiction – feminist theory – overcoming male & female stereotypes – a good selection of lesbian literature. (hours) 8208 – 104 Street. 432-9344
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Reskeet with a time you looked cool
Against a painterly red-orange background, a middle-aged white woman looks imperiously down at the camera. We only see her from the shoulders up, and she seems to be naked. She is wearing a black plastic bag on her head. We see a glimpse of an octopus tattoo on her left shoulder.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Happy Friday
At a restaurant, a red headed, long haired white woman dressed in pink holds a big pink cocktail and smiles widely
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Now the weather has turned cold, I get this
A redheaded white woman in glasses is peering over the head of a brown tabby cat who is snuggled on her chest. The only reason this is happening is the cat wants her body heat. She is just a space heater to him. A space heater who must not type.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Huge turnout today for the launch of The Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, stretched from wall to wall to wall @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Tomorrow in Toronto! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3. Sat, Nov 8 at Bakka Phoenix @ 3pm @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social
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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three. Book Launch, meet the authors, buy books, eat snacks! Hear readings from Kelly Robson, YM Pang, Timothy Quinn, Chris Clemens, Lisa Cai, Agata Antonow, Kaya Skovdatter, Gillian Secord, Pauline Barmby. November 8, 2025, Bakka Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, Toronto
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The era has not changed. I'm still exactly this human though perhaps am reading slightly more sophisticated books at the moment
An old scratchy color photo of a white toddler in a big blue onesie, with a red bow in her brown hair, sleeping in a crib with a Dr. Seuss book lying tented on her chest.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Greetings from nature
Kelly is a white woman with long red hair and red cat eyeglasses. She is standing in a park with dirt paths criss crossing behind her and trees in fall
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Greetings from my very favourite post-apocalyptic subway station, which has been in renovation since at least 2014
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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How the heck did I get this in my list of emojis

A screenshot of an emoji picklist, with a red arrow pointing at a black shoebill-like bird image, serious and maybe menacing. The arrow says WTF.
September 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Here’s Ai Juang @aijiang.bsky.social at our last (whaaaah) reading at the Banff centre.
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I haven’t been posting much from Banff, because it’s been so intense and wonderful here. Our group of Science Fiction writers are absolutely amazing and I love every single one of them. Here is a mountain.
Under a dark blue sky, a mountain in the distance rises to the right. A range of mountains receipt into the horizon on the left. In the mid ground is a lit up street with a few glowing buildings along it, and in the foreground are the upper parts of conifer trees framing the view.
September 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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My story "BLOCKBUSTER" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd.

You can preorder the collection now at www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
WE WILL RISE AGAIN, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older, featuring Kelly Robson’s story BLOCKBUSTER, a short story, exploring burlesque, public art, police violence, and prison abolition. Available for pre-order now. Published December 2, 2025.
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Ridiculously early to be up but here we are at the Banff Centre
In Moonlight, a house with lit up windows behind a screen of conifer trees. A staircase leads down towards the door. In the dark, a sweep of driveway curves toward a lit up building with many square feet of glowing glass. Conifer branches hang over the foreground.
September 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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I’m sorry but this is a just a wood chipper. Calling it a Bandit Intimidator just shows how toxic your masculinity is.
An orange metal machine, seen only partially, with a sticker of a cartoon raccoon, very mean looking, holding a bunch of twigs, next to the words BANDIT INTIMIDATOR 15 XP
September 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Reading Pride and Prejudice for the zillionth time, and I never realized that Elizabeth endures Darcy‘s terrible proposal while she has a migraine
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Stop everything and look at this face.
A dirty white sheep with a face like a teddy bear.
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Pilgrimage complete.
Gravestone of Mervyn Peake. Burpham, West Sussex.
August 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The Jurassic Coast! Lyme Regis was so busy but @alyxdellamonica.bsky.social magicked up a parking spot.
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Hello from Tintagel!
August 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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We are here right now, only place outside of London, where we’ve had five bars. Dartmoor!
An expensive view from a hillside, looking down at green forests and checkered fields, with bonus town of Tavistock in the middle
August 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Some views from yesterday with bonus tiny door. Cotehele, Cornwall
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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In the crappy town where I’m a hero. Calstock, Cornwall.

(Not a crappy place; quite the opposite. Do you get the reference?)
Road sign: Higher Kelly Road sign: Kellydown Road sign: Lower Kelly
August 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM