Robin CM Duncan
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
Writer of SF/F stories; pub by Space Wizard SF; mem. BFS, BSFA, GSFWC, RE, eSFF.
*** The Rigel Redemption OUT NOW ***
*** The Rigel Redemption OUT NOW ***
BFS Horizons open for short fiction subs!!
BFS Horizons is open for Fiction submissions. Send us your Fantasy, SF and Horror stories, and anything in between! (Guidelines on our website, details in comments below.)
September 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
BFS Horizons open for short fiction subs!!
It was great fun to record an excerpt for the podcast. Many thanks for the invite. These guys really know their Who; it’s a great listen.
Special thanks to @robincmduncan.bsky.social for performing the dramatic reading this month. 🎙️
Check him out on “Long Story Short,” the official podcast of the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
Check him out on “Long Story Short,” the official podcast of the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
That was excellent thanks , I never found or read the book , I found the reading oddly moving as I didn’t know how Roz died , thanks again
September 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It was great fun to record an excerpt for the podcast. Many thanks for the invite. These guys really know their Who; it’s a great listen.
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Still time to listen to Lex Croucher discussing among others, their dark academia fantasy novel THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES, before tomorrow's new episode drops. Lex answers important questions like ‘What type of armour is best worn to a book signing?’
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September 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Still time to listen to Lex Croucher discussing among others, their dark academia fantasy novel THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES, before tomorrow's new episode drops. Lex answers important questions like ‘What type of armour is best worn to a book signing?’
britishfantasysociety.org/.../bfs-podc...
britishfantasysociety.org/.../bfs-podc...
Very pleased to be an advisor in BFS's 1st 10 Pages initiative, offering BIPOC authors feedback from industry professionals. Critiqued one excerpt which I really enjoyed. Open for subs to end September! (link in post)
September 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Very pleased to be an advisor in BFS's 1st 10 Pages initiative, offering BIPOC authors feedback from industry professionals. Critiqued one excerpt which I really enjoyed. Open for subs to end September! (link in post)
Delighted my story "Over the Mountain" appears in the GSFWC antho HAVERIN celebrating the Circle's remarkable 40th anniversary with 40 stories from members past & present, launching at Fantasycon in Glasgow, October. I’m forever grateful to this endlessly supportive group of truly excellent writers.
#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
September 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Delighted my story "Over the Mountain" appears in the GSFWC antho HAVERIN celebrating the Circle's remarkable 40th anniversary with 40 stories from members past & present, launching at Fantasycon in Glasgow, October. I’m forever grateful to this endlessly supportive group of truly excellent writers.
This was an excellent chat; you need more ballet-set fantasy fiction in your life, you just don't know it yet.
Robin speaks to @rymkechacha.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE APPLE AND THE PEARL. We also get into spinning plots, tricksters of the world, when corvids attack, a reading taskforce, and a good deal more.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
August 24, 2026 at 8:56 AM
This was an excellent chat; you need more ballet-set fantasy fiction in your life, you just don't know it yet.
Another really enjoyable interview, this time the great R.J. Barker.
David & Robin greet @rjbarker.bsky.social to discuss MORTEDANT’S PERIL, introducing The Trials of Irody Hasp. They talk poetic railway stations, listening habits, the watching birds, failed rock stars, space cats & taxidermy bears. It’s a menagerie of fun!
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August 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Another really enjoyable interview, this time the great R.J. Barker.
This is a great story.
July 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is a great story.
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Support the Kickstarter today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/182...
July 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Support the Kickstarter today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/182...
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled feed for a special announcement:
"Milton, Morrison & Valentine are delighted to announce: Haverin. An anthology celebrating 40 years of Glasgow SF Writer’s Circle, with stories from members past and present. Coming October 2026." #GSFWC40 #Haverin
"Milton, Morrison & Valentine are delighted to announce: Haverin. An anthology celebrating 40 years of Glasgow SF Writer’s Circle, with stories from members past and present. Coming October 2026." #GSFWC40 #Haverin
July 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Fantastic initiative from the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
#BIPOC members of the BFS can now join the First Ten Pages programme for feedback from industry professionals! Mentors include our own PS Livingstone and Robin C.M. Duncan, and alumnae Eliza Chan and Shona Kinsella.
Check out the link below for more details:
Check out the link below for more details:
UPDATED ADVISORS LIST: The First Ten Pages Programme
The BFS is offering BIPOC members anonymous feedback from industry professionals on the first ten pages of speculative fiction novels.
To submit your work as a writer, you can sign up here: british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome
The BFS is offering BIPOC members anonymous feedback from industry professionals on the first ten pages of speculative fiction novels.
To submit your work as a writer, you can sign up here: british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome
July 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Fantastic initiative from the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Weekly Patreon with @mkhardywrites.com, @rainewilson.bsky.social, @robincmduncan.bsky.social @wtalabi.com @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @russjoneswrites.bsky.social, and my Massive Indulgent Mannerpunk Fantasy of Queer Religious Love and Also Killing Wealthy Despots
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
Hot in the City (and the Country tbh) | CL Hellisen
The Week That Was It has been a hot week. I hope you're keeping hydrated and putting out water for the mice and bees. Other then sweltering,
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June 24, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Weekly Patreon with @mkhardywrites.com, @rainewilson.bsky.social, @robincmduncan.bsky.social @wtalabi.com @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @russjoneswrites.bsky.social, and my Massive Indulgent Mannerpunk Fantasy of Queer Religious Love and Also Killing Wealthy Despots
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
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Join Robin in conversation with engineer and award-winning writer and editor @wtalabi.com to hear about his novels, short fiction, the Sauúti Collective and Wole’s approach to writing everything from a heist novel to contemplating the end of time.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
June 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Join Robin in conversation with engineer and award-winning writer and editor @wtalabi.com to hear about his novels, short fiction, the Sauúti Collective and Wole’s approach to writing everything from a heist novel to contemplating the end of time.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
I’m doing a thing; really excited to be on the stage at @cymerafestival.co.uk tomorrow talking about a subject that fascinates and captivates me - the power of language.
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And now for the programme!
Friday 5th June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Online & In-person
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
And now for the programme!
Friday 5th June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Online & In-person
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong — CYMERA
Every word carries a world—stories shaped by the rhythms, roots, and power of language. In Robin C.M. Duncan’s “The Sarry Heid Free Press”, Monty Johnston's up tae no good. Nae change there then, ...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
June 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I’m doing a thing; really excited to be on the stage at @cymerafestival.co.uk tomorrow talking about a subject that fascinates and captivates me - the power of language.
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Join David and Robin in conversation with the irrepressible @georgiasummers.bsky.social author of THE BOOKSHOP BELOW and TROLLHEIM: TALE OF SÝSTIR, discussing book boxes, process and how Georgia’s experiences as an editor & bookseller fed into her writing.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
May 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Join David and Robin in conversation with the irrepressible @georgiasummers.bsky.social author of THE BOOKSHOP BELOW and TROLLHEIM: TALE OF SÝSTIR, discussing book boxes, process and how Georgia’s experiences as an editor & bookseller fed into her writing.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
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My first podcast! Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
O my brothers, I had a bona raz palavering with @robincmduncan.bsky.social about tutto libro things. Molti parreko for the opportuna, bencove.
(Well, we did talk a lot about constructed languages!)
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q5auc...
O my brothers, I had a bona raz palavering with @robincmduncan.bsky.social about tutto libro things. Molti parreko for the opportuna, bencove.
(Well, we did talk a lot about constructed languages!)
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q5auc...
Long Story Short Ep-30: Old Lags and Conlangs, with Mahmud El Sayed
Mahmud El Sayed, author of The Republic of Memory talks about his journey as an author, and the evolution of his debut novel, winning the prestigious 2023 Future Worlds prize for Fantasy and Science F...
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May 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
My first podcast! Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
O my brothers, I had a bona raz palavering with @robincmduncan.bsky.social about tutto libro things. Molti parreko for the opportuna, bencove.
(Well, we did talk a lot about constructed languages!)
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q5auc...
O my brothers, I had a bona raz palavering with @robincmduncan.bsky.social about tutto libro things. Molti parreko for the opportuna, bencove.
(Well, we did talk a lot about constructed languages!)
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q5auc...
15CC
Slightly increase a band.
Complex minds.
Complex minds.
They're statistically likely to be giants.
May 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
15CC
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Prodigious creator Janet Forbes joins to talk all things @worldanvil.com; 3M members can’t be wrong! Rob & Dave put a tea cosy over their brains’ worst impulses & let auto-magic do the rest; TTRPG chat in abundance & more than one moment when the whole cast slips sideways into an alternate reality
April 30, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Prodigious creator Janet Forbes joins to talk all things @worldanvil.com; 3M members can’t be wrong! Rob & Dave put a tea cosy over their brains’ worst impulses & let auto-magic do the rest; TTRPG chat in abundance & more than one moment when the whole cast slips sideways into an alternate reality
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We have crossed the £1k mark! Which is immensely exciting. And, in an entirely pre-meditated and deliberate choice to heighten the drama, we have less than 2 days to raise the remaining £2500...
A touch too much drama, perhaps?
Tell your friends, tell your family (especially that rich aunt).
A touch too much drama, perhaps?
Tell your friends, tell your family (especially that rich aunt).
Less than 2 weeks left to back the comic! Tell your friends! Help us bring this #indiecomic to life 🧡
24 pages of beautiful art and the start of an exciting frontier adventure in a half-flooded world. You can get a copy for as little as £6.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...
24 pages of beautiful art and the start of an exciting frontier adventure in a half-flooded world. You can get a copy for as little as £6.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...
April 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We have crossed the £1k mark! Which is immensely exciting. And, in an entirely pre-meditated and deliberate choice to heighten the drama, we have less than 2 days to raise the remaining £2500...
A touch too much drama, perhaps?
Tell your friends, tell your family (especially that rich aunt).
A touch too much drama, perhaps?
Tell your friends, tell your family (especially that rich aunt).
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#Cymera 2026 event tickets are now on sale! From workshops to talks, here's a reminder of what your GSFWC pals will be bringing you this Cymeramas.
@cymerafestival.co.uk @jennicoutts.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
@cymerafestival.co.uk @jennicoutts.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Genre fans klaxon! Cymera's 2026 programme is out now! Behold events with your GSFWC pals for your perusal, from workshopping realistic injuries to weird'n'wise capering about.
Feat. Jenni Coutts, Robin C.M. Duncan, Cameron Johnston, Shona Kinsella & Neil Williamson.
@cymerafestival.co.uk (1/6)
Feat. Jenni Coutts, Robin C.M. Duncan, Cameron Johnston, Shona Kinsella & Neil Williamson.
@cymerafestival.co.uk (1/6)
2026 Programme — CYMERA
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
April 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#Cymera 2026 event tickets are now on sale! From workshops to talks, here's a reminder of what your GSFWC pals will be bringing you this Cymeramas.
@cymerafestival.co.uk @jennicoutts.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
@cymerafestival.co.uk @jennicoutts.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
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(2/6)
Friday 5 June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
Friday 5 June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong — CYMERA
Every word carries a world—stories shaped by the rhythms, roots, and power of language. In Robin C.M. Duncan’s “The Sarry Heid Free Press”, Monty Johnston's up tae no good. Nae change there then, ...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
April 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
(2/6)
Friday 5 June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
Friday 5 June
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Wor(l)d Weaving with Robin C.M. Duncan and Tim Armstrong
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
@robincmduncan.bsky.social
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And for some audio-related fun, I'll be on "The Joy of Podcasts" alongside my buddy @mickallister.bsky.social and our good friends @quietandscreaming.bsky.social @scottedelman.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social. If you enjoy listening to podcasts, come along! It should be a fun chat.
March 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
And for some audio-related fun, I'll be on "The Joy of Podcasts" alongside my buddy @mickallister.bsky.social and our good friends @quietandscreaming.bsky.social @scottedelman.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social. If you enjoy listening to podcasts, come along! It should be a fun chat.
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Ahoy fantasy fans! Love Mortal Engines? 13th Feb is a red-letter day. Celebrating the book’s 25th anniversary, Ritzy Picturehouse hosts Philip Reeve for a Q&A +movie screening (link in comments)
...& watch our socials for another treat!
#MortalEngines #PhilipReeve #bridgeofstorms #ritzypicturehouse
...& watch our socials for another treat!
#MortalEngines #PhilipReeve #bridgeofstorms #ritzypicturehouse
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Ahoy fantasy fans! Love Mortal Engines? 13th Feb is a red-letter day. Celebrating the book’s 25th anniversary, Ritzy Picturehouse hosts Philip Reeve for a Q&A +movie screening (link in comments)
...& watch our socials for another treat!
#MortalEngines #PhilipReeve #bridgeofstorms #ritzypicturehouse
...& watch our socials for another treat!
#MortalEngines #PhilipReeve #bridgeofstorms #ritzypicturehouse
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Time for the BFS podcast roundup, hosted by our Robin CM Duncan and David Green! January's guests include Priya Sharma, Cheryl Morgan, and two oddly familiar names... Audio link below:
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
BFS Podcast: Long Story Short – The British Fantasy Society
britishfantasysociety.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Time for the BFS podcast roundup, hosted by our Robin CM Duncan and David Green! January's guests include Priya Sharma, Cheryl Morgan, and two oddly familiar names... Audio link below:
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social