R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
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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 was headed straight for a heart attack before I finally got a CPAP. Please help if you can!
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I was headed straight for a heart attack before I finally got a CPAP. Please help if you can!
New follow back button in the notification for a new follower. Amy way to turn that off?
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New follow back button in the notification for a new follower. Amy way to turn that off?
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I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
America's Atlantis: The "Lost" Colony of Roanoke
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
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It’s hard to choose my favorite part of this wonderful panel we held in my writing classes this morning, but… no, yeah, my favorite part was absolutely the “fuck AI” part.
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s hard to choose my favorite part of this wonderful panel we held in my writing classes this morning, but… no, yeah, my favorite part was absolutely the “fuck AI” part.
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
I myself am in the awkward position of awaiting a contract from Asimov's. I think, given Scott's account and others I have read of MRM's behavior, I will hope for a good contract, not expect one, deliver a single list of necessary changes if I get a bad one, and walk away if they won't meet them.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I myself am in the awkward position of awaiting a contract from Asimov's. I think, given Scott's account and others I have read of MRM's behavior, I will hope for a good contract, not expect one, deliver a single list of necessary changes if I get a bad one, and walk away if they won't meet them.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
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dropped off my son at the montressori school today and when i came back the entrance was bricked up??! i'm calling the police
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
dropped off my son at the montressori school today and when i came back the entrance was bricked up??! i'm calling the police
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More people should be reading the Craft Sequence. Goth baddies, I beg of you!!!
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
More people should be reading the Craft Sequence. Goth baddies, I beg of you!!!
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
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Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
Centrist dems want buses running over LGBT people. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants free and clear bus lanes instead. The difference won him the election.
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
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Hello from Time-change-with-a-toddler Land!
THE SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT YEAR ROUND STANDARD TIME IS BEST.
I know it’s the least of our worries right now, but let’s get some data driven policy going and end this hellscape of twice a year time change.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
THE SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT YEAR ROUND STANDARD TIME IS BEST.
I know it’s the least of our worries right now, but let’s get some data driven policy going and end this hellscape of twice a year time change.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time
According to a new analysis by Stanford Medicine scientists, changing clocks twice a year disrupts circadian rhythms, leading to higher rates of stroke and obesity.
med.stanford.edu
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hello from Time-change-with-a-toddler Land!
THE SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT YEAR ROUND STANDARD TIME IS BEST.
I know it’s the least of our worries right now, but let’s get some data driven policy going and end this hellscape of twice a year time change.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
THE SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT YEAR ROUND STANDARD TIME IS BEST.
I know it’s the least of our worries right now, but let’s get some data driven policy going and end this hellscape of twice a year time change.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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My newsletter is coming tomorrow, with a reflective essay, an official sale and a poem about eating the moon.
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Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My newsletter is coming tomorrow, with a reflective essay, an official sale and a poem about eating the moon.
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Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
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Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
My newsletter is coming tomorrow, with a reflective essay, an official sale and a poem about eating the moon.
www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
Signup — R. K. Duncan
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October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My newsletter is coming tomorrow, with a reflective essay, an official sale and a poem about eating the moon.
www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
www.rkduncan-author.com/signup
Odly, it won't be must first poem about eating the moon. I already published this one in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
I wrote this piece about myself and my unease writing about suffering and oppression as a person of privilege. I try to be at least a little better than my self-insert villain.
Ghostly BCS for your Halloween week! "Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand" @rkduncan.bsky.social BCS #322: "I staged a fight on the ground floor, scattered the broken furniture and pinned scraps of the boy, the middle child, all around." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/her-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand by R.K. Duncan
I staged a fight on the ground floor, scattered the broken furniture Ashton had found me and pinned scraps of the boy, the middle child, all around. He hadn’t been a fighter, but people would believe ...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I wrote this piece about myself and my unease writing about suffering and oppression as a person of privilege. I try to be at least a little better than my self-insert villain.
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Ghostly BCS for your Halloween week! "Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand" @rkduncan.bsky.social BCS #322: "I staged a fight on the ground floor, scattered the broken furniture and pinned scraps of the boy, the middle child, all around." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/her-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand by R.K. Duncan
I staged a fight on the ground floor, scattered the broken furniture Ashton had found me and pinned scraps of the boy, the middle child, all around. He hadn’t been a fighter, but people would believe ...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ghostly BCS for your Halloween week! "Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand" @rkduncan.bsky.social BCS #322: "I staged a fight on the ground floor, scattered the broken furniture and pinned scraps of the boy, the middle child, all around." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/her-...
@amalelmohtar.com I went to a cabin in the Endless Mountains for my birthday and 6 year VP anniversary this week and I read the copy of Time War you and Max signed for me and I thought of VP and all the poetry I've written since you taught me there.
Thank you.
Thank you.
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@amalelmohtar.com I went to a cabin in the Endless Mountains for my birthday and 6 year VP anniversary this week and I read the copy of Time War you and Max signed for me and I thought of VP and all the poetry I've written since you taught me there.
Thank you.
Thank you.