M. R. Robinson
@mruthrobinson.bsky.social
MR, she/her. writer, teacher, tired · reader at Diabolical Plots · Clarion West ‘25 · VP2024 · SFWA · Codex · words at BCS, Small Wonders, Haven Spec, elsewhere · co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🪐 🗡️ 🌈
https://m-r-robinson.com
https://m-r-robinson.com
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god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
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We are open! We've received ~300 subs and replied to ~130. About 30 more are waiting on a second read.
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We are open! We've received ~300 subs and replied to ~130. About 30 more are waiting on a second read.
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
I LOVE THIS STORY! It’s absolutely gorgeous… and it’s flash, so drop everything and read it before you do anything else today, please and thanks.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I LOVE THIS STORY! It’s absolutely gorgeous… and it’s flash, so drop everything and read it before you do anything else today, please and thanks.
My mom said my new story should be a movie. But if you're like "uhh, that source seems biased, can't be trusted," here's a second opinion for you: my dad said it should be a movie but a novel would work too.
If you need a third opinion, I also think it is good. 🙂↕️
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...
If you need a third opinion, I also think it is good. 🙂↕️
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...
January 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
My mom said my new story should be a movie. But if you're like "uhh, that source seems biased, can't be trusted," here's a second opinion for you: my dad said it should be a movie but a novel would work too.
If you need a third opinion, I also think it is good. 🙂↕️
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...
If you need a third opinion, I also think it is good. 🙂↕️
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...
This post is going around again! So, let me take this chance to say… we are having the best time! It’s looking like we will be able to accept <1% of total subs, so please don’t be discouraged by a quick response (we hope that’s better than a long wait!) and please do send more in the future! 🌈 🪐 🗡️
OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This post is going around again! So, let me take this chance to say… we are having the best time! It’s looking like we will be able to accept <1% of total subs, so please don’t be discouraged by a quick response (we hope that’s better than a long wait!) and please do send more in the future! 🌈 🪐 🗡️
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man what the fuck
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
man what the fuck
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so gorgeous and also broke my heart please read!! your life will change
New story day!!! I can’t even tell you how much this one means to me. It’s the first short story I wrote, the story of my heart. I’ll find better words later, but… for now I will just say thank you to GNS for giving this one a home, and thank you to anyone who takes the time to read it, too. 🖤
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
so gorgeous and also broke my heart please read!! your life will change
I stood up for all of one minute and now he’s in my spot and I have to say no to this face. Send help.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I stood up for all of one minute and now he’s in my spot and I have to say no to this face. Send help.
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Different publication! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social's "The Last God of Talam Dor" in GigaNotoSaurus is a heartrending queer tale of religious sacrifice and forbidden love, and how queer love was the sacred thing all along (in my reading).
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Different publication! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social's "The Last God of Talam Dor" in GigaNotoSaurus is a heartrending queer tale of religious sacrifice and forbidden love, and how queer love was the sacred thing all along (in my reading).
You should absolutely read Claire's brilliant work, and you should absolutely consider Claire's brilliant work for awards this year. My favorites are "Celestial Migrations" and "If an Algorithm Can Cast a Shadow" (wait no don't make me choose) and you can find both linked in her thread!
what I did in 2025! I'm very proud of the year I had, and would love if you checked any of my stories out, I've linked some below :D
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
You should absolutely read Claire's brilliant work, and you should absolutely consider Claire's brilliant work for awards this year. My favorites are "Celestial Migrations" and "If an Algorithm Can Cast a Shadow" (wait no don't make me choose) and you can find both linked in her thread!
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New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
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rocked my shit. just so tender and defiant, with MR's characteristic showstopping prose
New story day!!! I can’t even tell you how much this one means to me. It’s the first short story I wrote, the story of my heart. I’ll find better words later, but… for now I will just say thank you to GNS for giving this one a home, and thank you to anyone who takes the time to read it, too. 🖤
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
January 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
rocked my shit. just so tender and defiant, with MR's characteristic showstopping prose
New story day!!! I can’t even tell you how much this one means to me. It’s the first short story I wrote, the story of my heart. I’ll find better words later, but… for now I will just say thank you to GNS for giving this one a home, and thank you to anyone who takes the time to read it, too. 🖤
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
New story day!!! I can’t even tell you how much this one means to me. It’s the first short story I wrote, the story of my heart. I’ll find better words later, but… for now I will just say thank you to GNS for giving this one a home, and thank you to anyone who takes the time to read it, too. 🖤
HI HELLO I AM IN THIS ISSUE OF LIGHTSPEED AND I AM VERY EXCITED (can you tell??). “Academic Neutrality” is a flash horror-satire about, well… academic neutrality. This story is the grossest and truest thing I have ever written. I can’t wait for you to read it!
Let the new year's reading begin! We have January issues of @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com @locusmag.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @foofarawpress.bsky.social, Sally Port, The Dark, Dirty Magick, @smallwondersmag.com, and more coming! weightlessbooks.com/2026/01/
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
HI HELLO I AM IN THIS ISSUE OF LIGHTSPEED AND I AM VERY EXCITED (can you tell??). “Academic Neutrality” is a flash horror-satire about, well… academic neutrality. This story is the grossest and truest thing I have ever written. I can’t wait for you to read it!
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Are you a writer resolving to build craft and community in 2026? Applications to the Viable Paradise workshop are now open! We’re looking for 24 writers to join us in October.
Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com
Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Are you a writer resolving to build craft and community in 2026? Applications to the Viable Paradise workshop are now open! We’re looking for 24 writers to join us in October.
Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com
Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
www.seizethepress.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Just sent off my last story submission of the year, which means I can do a small by-the-numbers writing wrap-up now! So, in 2025, I had…
Submissions: 65
Acceptances: 11
Rejections: 39
Published: 9 stories, 1 essay
This latest sub was my 150th lifetime submission! Which is a cool milestone. (1/4)
Submissions: 65
Acceptances: 11
Rejections: 39
Published: 9 stories, 1 essay
This latest sub was my 150th lifetime submission! Which is a cool milestone. (1/4)
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Just sent off my last story submission of the year, which means I can do a small by-the-numbers writing wrap-up now! So, in 2025, I had…
Submissions: 65
Acceptances: 11
Rejections: 39
Published: 9 stories, 1 essay
This latest sub was my 150th lifetime submission! Which is a cool milestone. (1/4)
Submissions: 65
Acceptances: 11
Rejections: 39
Published: 9 stories, 1 essay
This latest sub was my 150th lifetime submission! Which is a cool milestone. (1/4)
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Last minute eligibility post! If you’re reading for awards, here’s a list of all my work that came out in 2025. Hit me up if you want a PDF of one of the ones that isn’t available online. Happy new year!
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last minute eligibility post! If you’re reading for awards, here’s a list of all my work that came out in 2025. Hit me up if you want a PDF of one of the ones that isn’t available online. Happy new year!
This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
The point of fiction is to communicate, to connect, to say all the things you could never say otherwise… no, just kidding, the point is to make people feel really sad.
16. This one's a classic, which you'll know if you've been reading FF for a while. I am, and always will be, an easy mark for a doomed romance, as in "Lucinda Espinosa’s Twenty-Seventh Death" by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Issue #24
“All the Pretty Starships Fly Like This” by J.R. Dewitt: freedom from imperial control / mindships / hot fudge cherry berry”As Big As A Whale” by Avra Margariti: obsession /…
www.fusionfragment.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The point of fiction is to communicate, to connect, to say all the things you could never say otherwise… no, just kidding, the point is to make people feel really sad.
I need one more submission and three more rejections to hit satisfying numbers for 2026… but nowhere is open and no queues are moving. Need one of you to start a magazine called Submit One Time And We Will Send Three Form Rejections, please and thank you 🙏
December 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I need one more submission and three more rejections to hit satisfying numbers for 2026… but nowhere is open and no queues are moving. Need one of you to start a magazine called Submit One Time And We Will Send Three Form Rejections, please and thank you 🙏
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Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
After 4+ years spent trying to find the right mantelpiece for our living room (in order to restore a walled-up fireplace), today we walked into an antique store and it was JUST SITTING THERE. THE PERFECT ONE. This is so exciting that I feel the need to announce it like a new publication.
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
After 4+ years spent trying to find the right mantelpiece for our living room (in order to restore a walled-up fireplace), today we walked into an antique store and it was JUST SITTING THERE. THE PERFECT ONE. This is so exciting that I feel the need to announce it like a new publication.