Lance Robinson
@lancerobinsonwriter.com
I write humble SF stories of humble characters thrust into extraordinary situations, and grand epic tales of heroes at the horizon of wonder.
The latest issue of my newsletter muses about rangeland ecosystems in #sciencefiction. Head over to substack to check it out. lancerobinsonwriter.substack.com/p/newsletter... ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸📖 #rangelands
Camels, Rangelands, and Sci-fi—Newsletter issue no. 11
Rangeland ecosystem—savannas, grass-lands, bushland ecosystems, and the like—cover about half the land area of the Earth, store vast amounts of carbon in their soils, and provide livelihoods to billio...
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Stepping back from the politics of the moment to take a wide view can be frightening but healthy, if you can find an honest reason for hope. Here's a sober but hopeful take on the direction we're headed: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202.... #weaponizedhope
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
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Now reading: Sawyer On Science Fiction. I'm not far in yet, but as I expected, so far there’s no shortage of incisive insights. ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #SawyerOnScienceFiction #sciencefiction @robertjsawyer.com 📚🪐
Recently, I was a guest on the Kino Isaac podcast. We talked about climate change, hope, community, and my soon-to-be published novelette. open.spotify.com/episode/1ELX.... ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #speculativefiction #climatechange #fivecamels
Climate Change, Community & the Power of Story: Nomad to Award Winning Author with Lance Robinson
The Kino Isaac Podcast (Live) · Episode
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Recently, my novelette “One Step Away”, which was originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, appeared in translation in Science Fiction World, the premiere SF magazine in China. Today my author copies arrived in my mailbox. ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸 #iwritesciencefiction
I started writing a joke about Pandora, but I'm afraid of thinking outside the box...
Guy Gavriel Kay@guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 2mo agoOkay, fine… I started writing a joke about Penelope, but I had a looming deadline…
Gotta feel bad for Percy Shelley. He didn't realize she was actually a fembot.
Martin Paul Eve@eve.gd · 3mo agoBig let down, to be honest
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opening of chapter 5 from Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
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It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that
almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of
being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered
dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-
extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hnpt7ns2lecdujegbi6qkqqm/bafkreieghmvj7f4exbd7ff54vytavzczleoxj5uwxhld6vf5owzuamruqq)
Had my first sale of the morning at Thunder Bay LitFest. 🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀 #iwritespecfic #thunderbay #tbaylitfest
CBC radio’s “Up North” did a little piece on my Thunder Bay coffee mission. I had a nice little chat with host @jonathanpinto.bsky.social . www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #upnorth #coffeelife #thunderbay #iwritesciencefiction @rnccoffee.bsky.social
Winnipeg’s premiere #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy convention Keycon is happening soon, and I’ll be there. The marketplace is open to the public; convention passes not required. Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites, 1800 Wellington Ave. from May 15th to May 17th. @keycon.bsky.social #winnipeg #keycon42
Back in December, I embarked on a mission to do some writing in every coffee shop in Thunder Bay. Check my newsletter for reflections on the journey, and accolades for some of my favourite stops along the way. lancerobinsonwriter.substack.com/p/newsletter... ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀 #thunderbay #iwritesciencefiction
Coffee Shop Quest—Newsletter issue no. 10
Lance Robinson, SF writer. May 2026. Back in December, I gave myself a goal of writing in every coffeehouse and coffee shop in Thunder Bay.
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I’ve fallen behind on #Sci-fiMovies I want to watch, but I’m starting to catch up. This week I watched #Metropolis (1927, directed by Fritz Lang), and, Wow! Special effects have come a long way since Le Voyage dans La Lune. Next, I think I’ll watch H.G. Wells’ Things to Come. It’s a “talkie”! 🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀
In the best SF, the world the author creates is not just “setting”; it becomes a character in the story and vehicle for exploring ideas. I recently finished Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, which does this brilliantly. 🪐📚 #sciencefiction #worldbuilding #childrenoftime
How would you open the Strait of Hormuz? Wrong answers only.
a group of people are rowing a boat that says storm king on the side
Alt: Dragon boat kid rockin' for his paddlers
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 6mo agoHow would you open the Strait of Hormuz? Wrong answers only.
"What It’s Like To … Build Space for African Speculative Fiction from Nairobi" www.okayafrica.com/what-its-lik...
What It’s Like To … Build Space for African Speculative Fiction from Nairobi
As editor of the speculative fiction journal ‘Will This Be A Problem?,’ Olivia Kidula talks to OkayAfrica about building literary space, paying writers, and creating room for African horror, fantasy, ...
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Award season is upon us. And CSFFA members, Aurora Award nominations are now open (in case you’re in a nominating mood). lancerobinsonwriter.com/stories/awar... ✏️🇨🇦🚀🛸 #auroraawards #bestnovelette #canadiansciencefiction
The #PublicLendingRight program of the Canada Council for the Arts provides modest payments to creators to compensate them for their books in public libraries. I just received my very small, but very heartwarming payment for 2025. This feels like what a civilized country does. 🇨🇦 #BringTheArtsToLife
Announcements! 📣 Marketplace emails are out! If you applied, check your inbox; and your spam folder just in case. AND… exciting news! Authors’ Alley is coming to Keycon 42! 📚✨ Come meet amazing writers, discover new stories, and celebrate the literary side of Keycon. More announcements soon!
A #speculativefiction Kickstarter to consider supporting: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey.... 🚀📖🚀📖🚀📖🚀📖 📚🪐 @nathanielluscombe.bsky.social ky.social @seraamoroso.bsky.social so.bsky.social @beyondtstarspress.bsky.social ess.bsky.social
The Anthropocene Epic
From heart-wrenching short stories to hope-filled poems, join 20+ authors in celebrating humanity and Earth.
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Caine Prize submissions close soon! short fic betw 3K & 10K pub between 27 Feb 2021 & 27 Feb 2026 authored by an African Writer: "An ‘African writer’ is taken to mean someone who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality." www.caineprize.com
The Caine Prize for African Writing
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award. In addition to administering the Prize, we work t...
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The latest issue of Uncaged Book Reviews has a review of the urban fantasy Hex and City by @markleslie.bsky.social and Julie Strauss. It also includes my column, in which I muse about short stories, Ray Bradbury, and dumplings. online.fliphtml5.com/blsto/Uncage... 🪐📚 @uncagedbooks.bsky.social
Uncaged Book Reviews February 2026
Feature Authors: Aviva Orr, Christine Donovan, Holly B. Gutwillinger and S.E. Tschritter<br><br>Guest Columns<br>Book Reviews
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Canadian writers! Please do this. Help others discover your work. Stephen’s Best of Volumes are an amazing snapshot of not just the best short fiction out there but also a great summary of the previous year in publishing.
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 7mo agoONLY 24 DAYS LEFT! Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian F&SF: Volume 4 (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025--details in the link below. Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY. (And why 24 day? Well, because I forgot to post this on a day that is a multiple of 5!)
One of the basic truths of physics that struggles to find a comfortable home in my brain is that there is no such thing as cold…. I’ve been thinking about how the same thinking might apply to concepts like love and hate, justice and injustice. lancerobinsonwriter.substack.com/p/cold-doesn...
"Cold doesn't exist." Really?—Newsletter issue no. 9
There’s no such thing as cold (but it’s still a good idea to light a fire). Lance Robinson, science fiction writer, newsletter - issue no. 9.
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A different take on #AI #CopyrightInfringement in this Walrus article. Instead of leaning further into "my artistic creation is my private property" and fighting giant corporations on their terms, should creators instead fight to re-establish art as a public good? thewalrus.ca/suing-ai-com...
My Book Was Stolen by an AI Company. Why Does Suing Them Feel Wrong? | The Walrus
The courtroom isn’t where this fight belongs—each lawsuit legitimizes the very system artists oppose
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Lately I’ve been enjoying old sci-fi movies from the dawn of cinema. My favorite so far is the 1927 film Alfalfopolis, in which a coven of millennia-old beings who do not age and appear as children battle against wealthy industrialists who have taken control of the world. #fritzlang #scifimovies
A few days before Christmas I embarked on a quest: do some writing in every coffee shop in #ThunderBay by 31 Mar. ’26. I didn’t realize how many coffee shops the city has! I am now thoroughly caffeinated and feeling creative. ☕✏️🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🛸 #iwritespecfic #coffeelife
