Robert Luke Wilkins
@robertlukewilkins.com
SFF writer, software tinkerer, and singer to my cats. Short fiction in PodCastle, Kaleidotrope, On Spec, Stupefying Stories, and others. Codex, SFWA, BSFA. Fond of cheese, deficient in fishcakes.
https://www.robertlukewilkins.com/
https://www.robertlukewilkins.com/
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Issue 49: August 2025 – Factor Four Magazine
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My new story, "We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, in the Wasteland", is in the August 2025 issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, with stories by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social, and @authorthealiu.bsky.social. Give it a read!
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Just one of the most wonderful things I've seen, so now you can see it too -- a guy built a 2-billion frame per second camera and used it to observe the speed of light with a laser bouncing between two mirrors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...
A laser pointer at 2 billion fps makes the speed of light look... kinda weird
YouTube video by AlphaPhoenix
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October 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Just one of the most wonderful things I've seen, so now you can see it too -- a guy built a 2-billion frame per second camera and used it to observe the speed of light with a laser bouncing between two mirrors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...
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There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal!
Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃
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Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃
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October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal!
Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃
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Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
Afterlives 2024: Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
One cool thing about being a psychopomp is the ability to lead people to places they haven't been before. Sure sure, the main place we lead people is the Realm of the Dead, yeah yeah, but we can take ...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
1. Afterlives 2024 curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has been COVER REVEALED
2. the collection will be available FOR FREE to paid patrons of @thedeadlands.com
3. join now, read The Deadlands, and receive the book magically when it is released beginning of November
go see! 👇
Whoever decided that the best way to present a best-before date on a product was to use translucent text on a transparent container should be taken out and shot.
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Whoever decided that the best way to present a best-before date on a product was to use translucent text on a transparent container should be taken out and shot.
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This is important for all writers, no matter where they are in their publication journey. Your work is your work, and contracts are meant to protect it, and you, and the writing community at large. MRM is trying to normalize _very_ bad behavior.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
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This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is important for all writers, no matter where they are in their publication journey. Your work is your work, and contracts are meant to protect it, and you, and the writing community at large. MRM is trying to normalize _very_ bad behavior.
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A reminder that "But what if people on YOUR side are on the Epstein list?" is a bullshit argument, EVERYONE who was raping children needs to get into the bin right now, that's the deal here and it ain't exactly complicated
Bill Clinton mentioned during the Epstein press conference, which is a shock, because he's such a stand up guy with no former sexual misconduct accusations against him
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A reminder that "But what if people on YOUR side are on the Epstein list?" is a bullshit argument, EVERYONE who was raping children needs to get into the bin right now, that's the deal here and it ain't exactly complicated
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are you ready for some big news?
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
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WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated September 2, 2025
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September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
are you ready for some big news?
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
WE ARE OPEN
for BIPOC subs for issue 100!
and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body
💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖
find out more here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
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Want to read stories like these but don't like to wait?
Try Intergalactic Rejects, a similar anthology that just came out from @calendaroffools.bsky.social
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Try Intergalactic Rejects, a similar anthology that just came out from @calendaroffools.bsky.social
calendaroffools.com/intergalacti...
Intergalactic Rejects
Story writers face rejection all too often. It can be disheartening, depressing, and downright defeating. Every writer has heard that it happens to all of us, but also to show, don't tell. This anthol...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Want to read stories like these but don't like to wait?
Try Intergalactic Rejects, a similar anthology that just came out from @calendaroffools.bsky.social
calendaroffools.com/intergalacti...
Try Intergalactic Rejects, a similar anthology that just came out from @calendaroffools.bsky.social
calendaroffools.com/intergalacti...
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
My new story, "We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, in the Wasteland", is in the August 2025 issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, with stories by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social, and @authorthealiu.bsky.social. Give it a read!
factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Issue 49: August 2025 – Factor Four Magazine
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August 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My new story, "We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, in the Wasteland", is in the August 2025 issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, with stories by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social, and @authorthealiu.bsky.social. Give it a read!
factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Fond memories of wandering around with a friend of mine as a teenager, and singing his songs much too loud.
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Fond memories of wandering around with a friend of mine as a teenager, and singing his songs much too loud.
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Here's a poem by one of the old Chinese scholar bureaucrats that I think captures a certain Vibe very well
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here's a poem by one of the old Chinese scholar bureaucrats that I think captures a certain Vibe very well
I'm really delighted that my story (originally published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social) will be included in this anthology. It looks like a wonderful line-up! And I only have to wait until October to read all the other great stories keeping it company.
PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
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July 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'm really delighted that my story (originally published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social) will be included in this anthology. It looks like a wonderful line-up! And I only have to wait until October to read all the other great stories keeping it company.
Reposted by Robert Luke Wilkins
I. Breathing Beyond the Veil
“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social
“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy
“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social
“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social
“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy
“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I. Breathing Beyond the Veil
“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social
“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy
“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social
“How To Get Away with Living” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social
“Drinking Dead Brazilians” by Lia Mulcahy
“Eyes Of My Brother” by @robertlukewilkins.bsky.social
Ugh. I wake up with a perfect sentence in mind, then by the time I sit down to write it, I've forgotten the words and can't find any half way so good. It's not the first bit of writing I've lost to poor waking memory, nor the last I expect, but they're all irritating.
July 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ugh. I wake up with a perfect sentence in mind, then by the time I sit down to write it, I've forgotten the words and can't find any half way so good. It's not the first bit of writing I've lost to poor waking memory, nor the last I expect, but they're all irritating.
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In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
November 8, 2024 at 11:28 PM
In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
Always be wary of story search-and-replace changes without a full read-through after. A last-minute proof-read of a story I thought I had finished editing today revealed "a shadow-cloaked temple as large as a temple".
July 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Always be wary of story search-and-replace changes without a full read-through after. A last-minute proof-read of a story I thought I had finished editing today revealed "a shadow-cloaked temple as large as a temple".
My short story "Children of a Bronze Sun" is out today, in @onspecmag.bsky.social's issue #132. Read more at the link below!
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On Spec VOL 35 No 2 is available!
With a cover by Dan O’Driscoll, our new issue is ready for the readers. Subscribers and reviewers will be receiving links to download their copies. New readers, or those whose subscription m…
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June 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My short story "Children of a Bronze Sun" is out today, in @onspecmag.bsky.social's issue #132. Read more at the link below!
onspec.ca/2025/06/22/o...
onspec.ca/2025/06/22/o...
Drudged up an old repost of mine from elsewhere today -- an article about why doing less, not more, is extremely important for us.
bigthink.com/neuropsych/c...
bigthink.com/neuropsych/c...
Being busy is killing our ability to think creatively
Here's why you should try to fit less—not more—into each day.
bigthink.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Drudged up an old repost of mine from elsewhere today -- an article about why doing less, not more, is extremely important for us.
bigthink.com/neuropsych/c...
bigthink.com/neuropsych/c...
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I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.
I made a thing!
Hi friends! I am so excited to announce It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th. This idea emerged from my creative self […]
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March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.
A little bit of brightness in the recently relentless dark.
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A little bit of brightness in the recently relentless dark.
I've got a flash-fiction story that'll be coming out in the Chaotic Cupids anthology (cover attached below), which will be released July 2025. For the interested, the book's available to pre-order now: wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
January 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I've got a flash-fiction story that'll be coming out in the Chaotic Cupids anthology (cover attached below), which will be released July 2025. For the interested, the book's available to pre-order now: wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
I miss the news being something you checked periodically, rather than this vile, relentless torrent being forced down your neck in an effort to build anxiety and secure your dependency on their nightmare drip-feed.
I'll be uncoupling myself from it for a little while.
I'll be uncoupling myself from it for a little while.
January 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I miss the news being something you checked periodically, rather than this vile, relentless torrent being forced down your neck in an effort to build anxiety and secure your dependency on their nightmare drip-feed.
I'll be uncoupling myself from it for a little while.
I'll be uncoupling myself from it for a little while.
BlueSky does feel a lot like old Twitter did.
- Creative folks talking creatively? Check!
- Actually seeing things from people I choose? Check!
- Mostly non-toxic content? Again, check!
- Random OnlyFans porn-bots for me to block? Check!
So...not ALL good, but still beats the pants off X.
- Creative folks talking creatively? Check!
- Actually seeing things from people I choose? Check!
- Mostly non-toxic content? Again, check!
- Random OnlyFans porn-bots for me to block? Check!
So...not ALL good, but still beats the pants off X.
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BlueSky does feel a lot like old Twitter did.
- Creative folks talking creatively? Check!
- Actually seeing things from people I choose? Check!
- Mostly non-toxic content? Again, check!
- Random OnlyFans porn-bots for me to block? Check!
So...not ALL good, but still beats the pants off X.
- Creative folks talking creatively? Check!
- Actually seeing things from people I choose? Check!
- Mostly non-toxic content? Again, check!
- Random OnlyFans porn-bots for me to block? Check!
So...not ALL good, but still beats the pants off X.