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.
kellyrobson.com/books/
kellyrobson.com/books/
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
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
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If you looked like a bot so I blocked you, but you weren’t, that still kinda seems like a you problem.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you looked like a bot so I blocked you, but you weren’t, that still kinda seems like a you problem.
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This is today!
I'll be at the Texas Book Festival in Austin this weekend doing a panel with @scalzi.com!
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is today!
Today! In Toronto! See you there???
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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maps.app.goo.gl/2qnXrY1mcgE7...
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today! In Toronto! See you there???
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
maps.app.goo.gl/2qnXrY1mcgE7...
maps.app.goo.gl/2qnXrY1mcgE7...
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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
maps.app.goo.gl/2qnXrY1mcgE7...
maps.app.goo.gl/2qnXrY1mcgE7...
The era has not changed. I'm still exactly this human though perhaps am reading slightly more sophisticated books at the moment
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The era has not changed. I'm still exactly this human though perhaps am reading slightly more sophisticated books at the moment
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i know its been a busy day but omg look at this pelican footage i got today!!! 🪶
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
i know its been a busy day but omg look at this pelican footage i got today!!! 🪶
Greetings from nature
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Greetings from nature
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
Greetings from my very favourite post-apocalyptic subway station, which has been in renovation since at least 2014
Using ai to put personal details in the scam emails, "you've done THIS and THIS and THIS," and honestly I was momentarily touched before I realized no human soul sent the email.
Writing can be a lonely pursuit. I hate that they're exploiting our very human vulnerabilities for minor gain.
Writing can be a lonely pursuit. I hate that they're exploiting our very human vulnerabilities for minor gain.
Writers: Bots are sweeping through Amazon's reviews and emailing authors with gushing scams like "Only 2 reviews for a thrilling work like this?! Jesus wept! I can get your brilliant words in front of yadda yadda yadda..."
Please do not fall for the okey doke.
Please do not fall for the okey doke.
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Using ai to put personal details in the scam emails, "you've done THIS and THIS and THIS," and honestly I was momentarily touched before I realized no human soul sent the email.
Writing can be a lonely pursuit. I hate that they're exploiting our very human vulnerabilities for minor gain.
Writing can be a lonely pursuit. I hate that they're exploiting our very human vulnerabilities for minor gain.
Toronto, you're invited to the launch of The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction. 3PM, Sat Nov 8, at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Toronto, you're invited to the launch of The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction. 3PM, Sat Nov 8, at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
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Great review: "If you're looking to read a horror novella with heart—and many, many teeth—then We Who Hunt Alexanders is the book for you. While it may not solve the world's problems, it nevertheless provides an excellent catharsis for those who wish for justice." 1/2 imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the...
Catch of the Month – October 2025 | Trouvailles du mois – Octobre 2025 - ImaginAtlas
We Who Hunt Alexanders By Magdalena Nitchi Picture this: a millennia-old monster who turns invisible at night and can change your memories, hypnotize you, and swallow you whole, sending you to a helli...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great review: "If you're looking to read a horror novella with heart—and many, many teeth—then We Who Hunt Alexanders is the book for you. While it may not solve the world's problems, it nevertheless provides an excellent catharsis for those who wish for justice." 1/2 imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the...
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Trick or treat! I have one free copy of the WEARING THE LION audiobook and I want to give it out to a lucky trick-or-treater. I'll draw the winner at random in a few days.
To enter: show me a costume you loved wearing, or tell me your favorite Halloween costume.
(Follow me so I can DM you later!)
To enter: show me a costume you loved wearing, or tell me your favorite Halloween costume.
(Follow me so I can DM you later!)
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trick or treat! I have one free copy of the WEARING THE LION audiobook and I want to give it out to a lucky trick-or-treater. I'll draw the winner at random in a few days.
To enter: show me a costume you loved wearing, or tell me your favorite Halloween costume.
(Follow me so I can DM you later!)
To enter: show me a costume you loved wearing, or tell me your favorite Halloween costume.
(Follow me so I can DM you later!)
<- A million emotions in a trenchcoat
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
<- A million emotions in a trenchcoat
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Possibly my most Halloweeny book: witches and ghosts...
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Possibly my most Halloweeny book: witches and ghosts...
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HURRICANE MELISSA SUPPORT FOR JAMAICA 🇯🇲
Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share!
Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org
Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate
Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...
Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share!
Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org
Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate
Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...
Dar Al Islam Jamaica Hurricane Relief | THE SUHBA INITIATIVE INC (Powered by Donorbox)
🕌 Dar Al Islam JamaicaHurricane Melissa Emergency ReliefA powerful Category 5 hurricane is approaching Jamaica. Many families are at risk — especially those already struggling. Dar Al Islam Jamaica is...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
HURRICANE MELISSA SUPPORT FOR JAMAICA 🇯🇲
Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share!
Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org
Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate
Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...
Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share!
Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org
Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate
Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...
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NEW EPISODE DAY! In this edition of NOT NOW BUT SOON, I talk to my friend Nasir Andisha, ambassador and permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, where he represents the people—not the current government—of a country that has been navigating disaster for decades.
Not Now, But Soon: Losing Your Country
Nasir Andisha, Afghan ambassador to the UN, shares the story of what it’s like to lose his nation, but continue to advocate for its people.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEW EPISODE DAY! In this edition of NOT NOW BUT SOON, I talk to my friend Nasir Andisha, ambassador and permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, where he represents the people—not the current government—of a country that has been navigating disaster for decades.
Nightmare fuel
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nightmare fuel
Favorites from Art Toronto yesterday:
Allison Katz allison-katz.com
Jazz Kiellor jazzkeillor.ca
Emma Haworth www.emmahaworth.co.uk
Allison Katz allison-katz.com
Jazz Kiellor jazzkeillor.ca
Emma Haworth www.emmahaworth.co.uk
JAZZ KEILLOR
Jasmine Keillor is a multidisciplinary artist with a studio practice focused in painting, drawing and sculpture. Her work revolves around notions of memory, nostalgia and personal history.
jazzkeillor.ca
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Favorites from Art Toronto yesterday:
Allison Katz allison-katz.com
Jazz Kiellor jazzkeillor.ca
Emma Haworth www.emmahaworth.co.uk
Allison Katz allison-katz.com
Jazz Kiellor jazzkeillor.ca
Emma Haworth www.emmahaworth.co.uk
I'd been seriously trying to write for eight years, with results I wasn't confident in or happy with. Waters of Versailles was the breakthrough that put me on track for writing professionally, after climbing a freaking shit ton of psychological mountains.
Sometimes you luck up on a story and you realize you're with that writer for LIFE. No matter what they put out, you're there. @kellyrobson.com did that for me with Waters of Versailles. First came out in 2015. 10 years later I still think about it. I analyze how she constructed that brilliant thing.
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'd been seriously trying to write for eight years, with results I wasn't confident in or happy with. Waters of Versailles was the breakthrough that put me on track for writing professionally, after climbing a freaking shit ton of psychological mountains.
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In 2018, this gentleman backed my Kickstarter for Faces on the Ferry, choosing a custom portrait tier. He sprung it on his ferry-loving girlfriend. Fast forward to 2025, and she surprises him with a portrait of their family of three on his birthday. Sweet, huh?
open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In 2018, this gentleman backed my Kickstarter for Faces on the Ferry, choosing a custom portrait tier. He sprung it on his ferry-loving girlfriend. Fast forward to 2025, and she surprises him with a portrait of their family of three on his birthday. Sweet, huh?
open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...
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We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Tonight!!!
Reminder: my event with @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 6:30 PM! Last stop before I skate out of town!
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Tonight!!!
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My GM of 30 years is offering a public Werewolf game set in the 1CE Lowlands on the border of the Roman Empire. Jamie does amazing, well-researched historical settings, highly recommended! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Werewolf: Pax Romana - Rage Across Gallia Belgica - Discord - Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition | StartPlaying Games
Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a roleplaying game in which players take on the role of Garou, werewolves who are partly of the spirit world, given the task of defending the world, Gaia, from the forces o...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My GM of 30 years is offering a public Werewolf game set in the 1CE Lowlands on the border of the Roman Empire. Jamie does amazing, well-researched historical settings, highly recommended! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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After years of watching Canadian cons disappear and American ones become more inaccessible, I am SO PSYCHED for this renaissance in Canadian spec!! Our talent & tastemakers & visionaries deserve the spotlight with WorldCons like this (and cons like @canconsffh.bsky.social every year.)
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
After years of watching Canadian cons disappear and American ones become more inaccessible, I am SO PSYCHED for this renaissance in Canadian spec!! Our talent & tastemakers & visionaries deserve the spotlight with WorldCons like this (and cons like @canconsffh.bsky.social every year.)