Benjamin Rosenbaum
@benjaminrosenbaum.com
A plausible-fabulist of some meager renown, in a mere handful of universes.
latest: https://www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-the-golem/
Podcast: https://speculativeliterature.org/mrah/
He/him
latest: https://www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-the-golem/
Podcast: https://speculativeliterature.org/mrah/
He/him
One week until my story, "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way," edited by the splendid @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, drops on Reactor.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
A child who falls through the cracks in a world run by machines and politics might be the savior of all humanity...
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One week until my story, "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way," edited by the splendid @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, drops on Reactor.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
A million identical Shakespeares banging away at typewriters will eventually produce the complete works of any given monkey.
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A million identical Shakespeares banging away at typewriters will eventually produce the complete works of any given monkey.
On the podcast, we talk with my illustrious editor @jasonstevanhill.bsky.social, Grouch-in-Chief of Choice of Games, about interactive fiction, their process and history, and the game I made under Jason's watchful eye, the Nebula-nominated Jewish historical fantasy game _The Ghost and the Golem_
Hey Humans! We're back with another episode of MRAH. This week, Mary Anne and Ben are joined by Jason Stevan Hill of Choice of Games!
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/KkHJkwHwlH8
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/KkHJkwHwlH8
Ep. 70 "Interactive Art with Jason Stevan Hill"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
On the podcast, we talk with my illustrious editor @jasonstevanhill.bsky.social, Grouch-in-Chief of Choice of Games, about interactive fiction, their process and history, and the game I made under Jason's watchful eye, the Nebula-nominated Jewish historical fantasy game _The Ghost and the Golem_
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Hey Humans, we're back with another episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode, @benjaminrosenbaum.com is joined by guest co-host @swingingstorm.bsky.social.
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Ep. 68 "Flying Cars and Homosexuals with Guest Co-Host Sophia Babai"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey Humans, we're back with another episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode, @benjaminrosenbaum.com is joined by guest co-host @swingingstorm.bsky.social.
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Hey Humans, welcome back to your weekly dose of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans with @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/8QFoPRG4RK8
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/8QFoPRG4RK8
Ep. 69 "The Visibility Episode"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey Humans, welcome back to your weekly dose of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans with @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/8QFoPRG4RK8
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/8QFoPRG4RK8
@swingingstorm.bsky.social guest-hosts the Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans podcast!
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social
Hey Humans, we're back with another episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode, @benjaminrosenbaum.com is joined by guest co-host @swingingstorm.bsky.social.
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Ep. 68 "Flying Cars and Homosexuals with Guest Co-Host Sophia Babai"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
@swingingstorm.bsky.social guest-hosts the Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans podcast!
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social
We're back!
This episode is a throwback -- our February discussion of then-current politics. A lot of what we have to say is still relevant! As for the rest, you can listen to find out what we called correctly and what we were wrong about. :-D
This episode is a throwback -- our February discussion of then-current politics. A lot of what we have to say is still relevant! As for the rest, you can listen to find out what we called correctly and what we were wrong about. :-D
Though Season 3 of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans had slowed for a while, we're back up and running! This episode was originally recorded in February and a lot has changed since then.
Check out the latest episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/lZFixxJzzKw
Check out the latest episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/lZFixxJzzKw
Ep. 67 "Facebook Said We're Joining the Resistance with Connor Nevitt"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We're back!
This episode is a throwback -- our February discussion of then-current politics. A lot of what we have to say is still relevant! As for the rest, you can listen to find out what we called correctly and what we were wrong about. :-D
This episode is a throwback -- our February discussion of then-current politics. A lot of what we have to say is still relevant! As for the rest, you can listen to find out what we called correctly and what we were wrong about. :-D
From @vajra.me via
@amalelmohtar.com's latest newsletter, this link
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
from this excerpt
from this essay
amalelmohtar.com/r/928d43e7?m...
about refusing the bad bargains of demons
@amalelmohtar.com's latest newsletter, this link
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
from this excerpt
from this essay
amalelmohtar.com/r/928d43e7?m...
about refusing the bad bargains of demons
September 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
From @vajra.me via
@amalelmohtar.com's latest newsletter, this link
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
from this excerpt
from this essay
amalelmohtar.com/r/928d43e7?m...
about refusing the bad bargains of demons
@amalelmohtar.com's latest newsletter, this link
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
from this excerpt
from this essay
amalelmohtar.com/r/928d43e7?m...
about refusing the bad bargains of demons
We need a word for fiction which is dystopian, but not MORE dystopian than the historical moment it's being written in.
Like, I wanna warn critiquers that the story is dystopian SF, but the dystopian parts aren't the SF parts, the dystopian parts are already here.
idiodystopian? mimetic dystopia?
Like, I wanna warn critiquers that the story is dystopian SF, but the dystopian parts aren't the SF parts, the dystopian parts are already here.
idiodystopian? mimetic dystopia?
September 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We need a word for fiction which is dystopian, but not MORE dystopian than the historical moment it's being written in.
Like, I wanna warn critiquers that the story is dystopian SF, but the dystopian parts aren't the SF parts, the dystopian parts are already here.
idiodystopian? mimetic dystopia?
Like, I wanna warn critiquers that the story is dystopian SF, but the dystopian parts aren't the SF parts, the dystopian parts are already here.
idiodystopian? mimetic dystopia?
This story is terrific, and I'm so excited @meghanmccarron.bsky.social is publishing fiction!
My new short story is now live at @lightspeedmagazine.com. It's set in a struggling private Mars colony. I'm really proud of this one, and so happy to be putting fiction out into the world again www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Lord of Mars - Lightspeed Magazine
The grow pods clung to a red, humped ridge about a twenty-minute hike west from the habitats. Inside one of their plastic domes, a farmer named Oliver Judd nestled potato starts in the ground with nim...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This story is terrific, and I'm so excited @meghanmccarron.bsky.social is publishing fiction!
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18.
Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and I just finished teaching our (by which I mean, @speclit.bsky.social's) week-long Chicago intermediate SF/F workshop with a bunch of terrific students. We miss 'em already.
August 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and I just finished teaching our (by which I mean, @speclit.bsky.social's) week-long Chicago intermediate SF/F workshop with a bunch of terrific students. We miss 'em already.
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Episode 260 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @benjaminrosenbaum.com! Join us for lunch as we discuss how he gamified the submission/rejection process to get into Clarion, why he believes "I am very much a child of Chip Delany" — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
August 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Episode 260 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @benjaminrosenbaum.com! Join us for lunch as we discuss how he gamified the submission/rejection process to get into Clarion, why he believes "I am very much a child of Chip Delany" — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
ICYMI — a new episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with @benjaminrosenbaum.com. Join us and learn why the story he found the most difficult to sell became his most-read work, the reason he couldn’t write for a while after his first Nebula nomination — and more. pod.link/1083737796
Eating the Fantastic
Listen to Eating the Fantastic wherever you get your podcasts!
pod.link
August 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
ICYMI — a new episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with @benjaminrosenbaum.com. Join us and learn why the story he found the most difficult to sell became his most-read work, the reason he couldn’t write for a while after his first Nebula nomination — and more. pod.link/1083737796
It is undisputed that the previous, widely scattered, ventilation system, was unacceptably providing air to terrorists.
We therefore ask inhabitants of the rebel sector to visit any of the four newly-installed authorized air hoses safely located in the vicinity of our automated death-ray systems.
We therefore ask inhabitants of the rebel sector to visit any of the four newly-installed authorized air hoses safely located in the vicinity of our automated death-ray systems.
July 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It is undisputed that the previous, widely scattered, ventilation system, was unacceptably providing air to terrorists.
We therefore ask inhabitants of the rebel sector to visit any of the four newly-installed authorized air hoses safely located in the vicinity of our automated death-ray systems.
We therefore ask inhabitants of the rebel sector to visit any of the four newly-installed authorized air hoses safely located in the vicinity of our automated death-ray systems.
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You & @benjaminrosenbaum.com & Liz & Carlos have the RECORD-SETTING 9 hour that no other game of NI has ever approached. Give 4 novelists/LARPers a role-playing game…
July 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You & @benjaminrosenbaum.com & Liz & Carlos have the RECORD-SETTING 9 hour that no other game of NI has ever approached. Give 4 novelists/LARPers a role-playing game…
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Today is the last day to sign up for the SLF's Writing SFF Workshop!
Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.
Learn more at speclit.org
Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.
Learn more at speclit.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today is the last day to sign up for the SLF's Writing SFF Workshop!
Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.
Learn more at speclit.org
Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.
Learn more at speclit.org
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@benjaminrosenbaum.com talking about recognizing the victory that is having bland queer romance books, while also wishing for interesting ones. And then talking about queerness as social action
July 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@benjaminrosenbaum.com talking about recognizing the victory that is having bland queer romance books, while also wishing for interesting ones. And then talking about queerness as social action
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Two panels in a row, @benjaminrosenbaum.com with some great quotes
July 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Two panels in a row, @benjaminrosenbaum.com with some great quotes
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Starting it off strong with a like from @benjaminrosenbaum.com at the @readercon.org fantastical shtetls panel
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Starting it off strong with a like from @benjaminrosenbaum.com at the @readercon.org fantastical shtetls panel
Reposted by Benjamin Rosenbaum
The deadline of July 21st is fast approaching to join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com in August for the Writing SF&F Workshop.
We still have 5 slots remaining for our workshop and 9 slots for our retreat!
Learn more at speclit.org
We still have 5 slots remaining for our workshop and 9 slots for our retreat!
Learn more at speclit.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The deadline of July 21st is fast approaching to join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com in August for the Writing SF&F Workshop.
We still have 5 slots remaining for our workshop and 9 slots for our retreat!
Learn more at speclit.org
We still have 5 slots remaining for our workshop and 9 slots for our retreat!
Learn more at speclit.org
Readercon this coming weekend!
My schedule:
Fri 11:00 - The Fantastical Shtetl, and Other Wanderings
Fri 12:00 - Unexpectedly Relevant SF
Sat 10:00 - Reading: Benjamin Rosenbaum
Sat 12:00 - Queer Romance in Speculative Fiction
Who's coming?
My schedule:
Fri 11:00 - The Fantastical Shtetl, and Other Wanderings
Fri 12:00 - Unexpectedly Relevant SF
Sat 10:00 - Reading: Benjamin Rosenbaum
Sat 12:00 - Queer Romance in Speculative Fiction
Who's coming?
July 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Readercon this coming weekend!
My schedule:
Fri 11:00 - The Fantastical Shtetl, and Other Wanderings
Fri 12:00 - Unexpectedly Relevant SF
Sat 10:00 - Reading: Benjamin Rosenbaum
Sat 12:00 - Queer Romance in Speculative Fiction
Who's coming?
My schedule:
Fri 11:00 - The Fantastical Shtetl, and Other Wanderings
Fri 12:00 - Unexpectedly Relevant SF
Sat 10:00 - Reading: Benjamin Rosenbaum
Sat 12:00 - Queer Romance in Speculative Fiction
Who's coming?
If you would like to hang out with me and @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social the first week of August, to write, critique some manuscripts if you want, talk about writing, and learn things... we're running a workshop/retreat for the SLF & the signup form is up now! Details below.
Join Mary Anne Mohanraj and Ben Rosenbaum in August for the Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop!
Learn more in the thread below.
Register online at: speculativeliterature.org/register/wri...
Learn more in the thread below.
Register online at: speculativeliterature.org/register/wri...
Writing SF & Fantasy: Intermediate – Speculative Literature Foundation
speculativeliterature.org
June 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you would like to hang out with me and @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social the first week of August, to write, critique some manuscripts if you want, talk about writing, and learn things... we're running a workshop/retreat for the SLF & the signup form is up now! Details below.