R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
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I do not absolve you.
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R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Taking lengthy breaks from this website for my mental health for the foreseeable. Here are some stories about politics and anger while you wait.
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
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i remember doing a zine cover featuring a recent x-ray of the aftermath of a frenchman bunker-busting himself with an unexploded artillery shell. i think spice world was in theaters. this happens every year. it's like the swallows returning to capistrano, except it's krupp returning to a french anus
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 AM
i remember doing a zine cover featuring a recent x-ray of the aftermath of a frenchman bunker-busting himself with an unexploded artillery shell. i think spice world was in theaters. this happens every year. it's like the swallows returning to capistrano, except it's krupp returning to a french anus
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Making the rounds this week among Christian progressives: new poem by Rob Hardy, poet laureate, Northfield, MN. Yes, the protests and all the work being done to throw sand in the gears and provide aid to those at home and being released from Whipple are a kind of liturgy — “work of the people.” ⚓️
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Making the rounds this week among Christian progressives: new poem by Rob Hardy, poet laureate, Northfield, MN. Yes, the protests and all the work being done to throw sand in the gears and provide aid to those at home and being released from Whipple are a kind of liturgy — “work of the people.” ⚓️
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The commonsense reform to concentration camps is not having them.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The commonsense reform to concentration camps is not having them.
I, like many of my friends, remember Ender's Game as containing the first gay kiss we encountered in fiction.
It remains one of the books I most identify with. OSC remains one of the worse people whose work I have read and loved.
It remains one of the books I most identify with. OSC remains one of the worse people whose work I have read and loved.
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I, like many of my friends, remember Ender's Game as containing the first gay kiss we encountered in fiction.
It remains one of the books I most identify with. OSC remains one of the worse people whose work I have read and loved.
It remains one of the books I most identify with. OSC remains one of the worse people whose work I have read and loved.
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
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Me, tired, tapping the sign
USian trans people aren't telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom to cause you distress and despair.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Me, tired, tapping the sign
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Still can't believe the latest Epstein Files release just casually confirmed the anti-SJW movement was planned by pedophiles.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Still can't believe the latest Epstein Files release just casually confirmed the anti-SJW movement was planned by pedophiles.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
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Neil Gaiman has returned to the Internet to signal boost a Substack 'investigation' by an independent journalist known as "technopathology" which apparently proves his innocence
the main thing it proves is technopathology needs an editor.
the main thing it proves is technopathology needs an editor.
February 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Neil Gaiman has returned to the Internet to signal boost a Substack 'investigation' by an independent journalist known as "technopathology" which apparently proves his innocence
the main thing it proves is technopathology needs an editor.
the main thing it proves is technopathology needs an editor.
It's got hoplites and ghosts and the struggle for secure masculinity. (jingles keys)
BCS #449: "The Great King’s Lost Bride" @rkduncan.bsky.social "I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked like cowardice. Our captain already thought me unfit" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Great King’s Lost Bride by R.K. Duncan
I prayed all the gods to steady me when the spirits came close. I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked li...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It's got hoplites and ghosts and the struggle for secure masculinity. (jingles keys)
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@rkduncan.bsky.social I really dug your hoplite story in beneath ceaseless skies! Must have been a blast (and also a real challenge) to ape the style and tone of those classic greek translations
February 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
@rkduncan.bsky.social I really dug your hoplite story in beneath ceaseless skies! Must have been a blast (and also a real challenge) to ape the style and tone of those classic greek translations
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BCS #449: "The Great King’s Lost Bride" @rkduncan.bsky.social "I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked like cowardice. Our captain already thought me unfit" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Great King’s Lost Bride by R.K. Duncan
I prayed all the gods to steady me when the spirits came close. I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked li...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
BCS #449: "The Great King’s Lost Bride" @rkduncan.bsky.social "I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked like cowardice. Our captain already thought me unfit" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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Yep, still love this one!
February 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Yep, still love this one!
Nothing salves a rejection like editing accepted stories for publication.
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Nothing salves a rejection like editing accepted stories for publication.
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Please subscribe to my website so I can delete social media, write only for the people who want to read my writing, write shitloads more books and live like a human being: www.tom-cox.com
Fist bump to anyone else caught between the need to bow down & accept the dire, broken reality of the attention economy to continue surviving via their creativity & a desire to disconnect which becomes more vast, and more potentially vital to their sense of inner peace, with every year that passes.
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Please subscribe to my website so I can delete social media, write only for the people who want to read my writing, write shitloads more books and live like a human being: www.tom-cox.com
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this latest from @mruthrobinson.bsky.social is the only piece of fiction that deserves the designation of “dark academia,” i said what i said. brooding white guys are OUT doomed postdocs doing their best in the face of devilish fascism is IN
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/acad...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/acad...
Academic Neutrality - Lightspeed Magazine
When Amy begins to flay herself during office hours, you aren’t quite sure what to do. You hate office hours. You used to enjoy them, actually, back before the flayings started. Sure, it’s hard sharin...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM
this latest from @mruthrobinson.bsky.social is the only piece of fiction that deserves the designation of “dark academia,” i said what i said. brooding white guys are OUT doomed postdocs doing their best in the face of devilish fascism is IN
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/acad...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/acad...
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I am also offering a $250 level which is just the voice, video, or chat coaching session without the read, critique, and edit.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I am also offering a $250 level which is just the voice, video, or chat coaching session without the read, critique, and edit.
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The price for each session is $500; that includes a detailed critique and edit of up to 7,000 words of fiction, plus a one-hour voice or video, or a 90-minute chat consultation-slash-coaching session-slash-AMA scheduled at our mutual convenience.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The price for each session is $500; that includes a detailed critique and edit of up to 7,000 words of fiction, plus a one-hour voice or video, or a 90-minute chat consultation-slash-coaching session-slash-AMA scheduled at our mutual convenience.
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Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
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And a reminder: everyone named, every perpetrator, throw them in the oubliette.
This isn't a politics thing.
It's a mother fucking class war where the rich have different rules than the rest of us, up to and including hunting children for sex.
This isn't a politics thing.
It's a mother fucking class war where the rich have different rules than the rest of us, up to and including hunting children for sex.
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
And a reminder: everyone named, every perpetrator, throw them in the oubliette.
This isn't a politics thing.
It's a mother fucking class war where the rich have different rules than the rest of us, up to and including hunting children for sex.
This isn't a politics thing.
It's a mother fucking class war where the rich have different rules than the rest of us, up to and including hunting children for sex.
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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HEY, I'VE GOT A RENT FUND THAT WILL GET TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO PAY THEIR RENT WITH AS FEW DELAYS AS POSSIBLE!
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HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
January 31, 2026 at 8:18 PM
HEY, I'VE GOT A RENT FUND THAT WILL GET TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO PAY THEIR RENT WITH AS FEW DELAYS AS POSSIBLE!
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We JUST missed out on the ballot for the past couple of years, and I think it's at least in part because a lot of voters have kinda forgotten Craft exists? Not saying it is necessarily the most deserving to win (my bias aside), but it definitely deserves to be on the BALLOT.
So. Sign up. For me.
So. Sign up. For me.
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
We JUST missed out on the ballot for the past couple of years, and I think it's at least in part because a lot of voters have kinda forgotten Craft exists? Not saying it is necessarily the most deserving to win (my bias aside), but it definitely deserves to be on the BALLOT.
So. Sign up. For me.
So. Sign up. For me.
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Right, I have now got a WSFS membership to nominate and vote in the Hugos.
You should do the same, even if you can't / don't want to attend WorldCon. Because it means you can nominate the Craft Sequence for Best Series. Which you should most definitely do.
You should do the same, even if you can't / don't want to attend WorldCon. Because it means you can nominate the Craft Sequence for Best Series. Which you should most definitely do.
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Right, I have now got a WSFS membership to nominate and vote in the Hugos.
You should do the same, even if you can't / don't want to attend WorldCon. Because it means you can nominate the Craft Sequence for Best Series. Which you should most definitely do.
You should do the same, even if you can't / don't want to attend WorldCon. Because it means you can nominate the Craft Sequence for Best Series. Which you should most definitely do.