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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 18/09/2026

autocorrect informs me that the Gays of Heaven close monday night at 6:11pm i hope they have a good rest and reopen shortly thereafter

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Neon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖 @hellotherexu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to see us! I had such a blast playing DnD live at @laworldcon.bsky.social ! Special thanks to our fearless leader @gregoryawilson.com, and the amazing cast @amalelmohtar.com, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @cxorlando.bsky.social, @benjaminrosenbaum.com and SPAWN 💕

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 24/08/2026

I'm headed to Worldcon! My schedule is here: guide.lacon.org/people/a9537... And @chronodm.bsky.social and I are also hosting a piblic-beta launch party for our cosmic SF TTRPG game, Numinous: guide.lacon.org/id/8a2fbecd-... Hope to see you there!

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Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com · 05/08/2026

I'm excited to post my @laworldcon.bsky.social schedule, which not only features a reading and several amazing panels but also a Worldcon first: a live D&D actual play with @amalelmohtar.com, @benjaminrosenbaum.com, @cxorlando.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, and Xu Mason, DM'ed by me!

Gregory A. Wilson's LAcon V Schedule:

--Legacy of Tolkien & Le Guin Today, Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. PDT, 260 C room

--D&D Actual Play at LACon, Friday, August 28, 2026 at 6 p.m. PDT, 255 ABC room

--Virtual Reading, Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 3 p.m. PDT, 255 ABC room

--Cocreation & Storytelling at the Table, Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. PDT, 256 B room

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Everyone stop what they're doing and go read this amazing Babar fanfic

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 24/07/2026

not to mention an Arthur easter egg

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/07/2026

I guess I should probably post the Babar + Curious George fanfic I once got published in McSweeney's

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 19/07/2026

August 15 & 16 near Chicago, @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social & I are teaching a mini-workshop -- a bunch of short talks, seminars, excercises, with time to write, connect and re-energize your writing praxis. speculativeliterature.org/register/sum...

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Summer 2026 Mini-Workshop – Speculative Literature Foundation

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 16/07/2026

I gave this talk at Wiscon many years ago; it explains how Jewish culture arose from its millennia-long material and social conditions, as well as being an autobiographical essay on late-20th and early-21st century SF media culture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PfE...

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Doctor Who as the Wandering Jew

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Susan Stinson @susanstinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I had a great time at #readercon. "Writing from a POV that Hates You" was unexpectedly moving. It was great to be on the panel with Sally Wiener Motta, @andreahairston.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com. Not pictured: Alexander Jablokov, moderator. Behind my papers: my novel Spider in a Tree.

Sally, Andrea, Susan and Benjamin stand in a con bookstore, lean together. Sally, a white woman with shoulder-length dark hair, holds her book Of Being Woman. Andrea, a Black woman with her hair tied back and one finger lifted, holds her book the Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays. I am a fat white women with short, curly gray hair. I’ve got papers in front of my book and I’m clutching a tote. Benjamin, a white man with his glasses hannging from the neck of his t-shirt and his panelist nametag visible, as is Sally’s, smiles warmly. We are all smiling.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 11/07/2026

The drive by calligraphy is absolutely always one of my favorite parts of being on panels at Readercon!

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 08/07/2026

let's compare notes once they authorize us to reveal our programming scheduling :-)

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 08/07/2026

they were! any chance you're going to worldcon?

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 08/07/2026

Readercon! What @swingingstorm.bsky.social said, except less tea and more games, robots, & Unlicensed Zones! schedule.readercon.org/people/e2884...

Friday, July 10, 2026
11:00 - AI Imaginarium In The Age of the Cybernetic Hot Mess
Salon E
13:00 - Group Reading: Interdimensional Investigations
Empower - Embrace
14:00 - Delany's "Trouble on Triton" at 50
Salon C-D
15:00 - Writing from a POV that Hates You
Create - Collaborate
17:00 - Converting Games to Stories
Salon C-D

Saturday, July 11, 2026
15:00 - Games as Historical Arguments
Salon C-D

Sunday, July 12, 2026
12:00 - The Robot Indifference Spectrum
Salon A-B

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 08/07/2026

My story “Memeostasis” was in last month’s @lightspeedmagazine.com! I'm a slacker & also underwater with various eldercare & moving adventures so I am only posting about it now. It's a classic kinda outer-space-shenanigans/literature-of-ideas SF yarn, with a stylistic nod to Terry Bisson. Enjoy!

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 12/06/2026

I'm not a professor, but this strikes me as amazing pedagogy, a fascinating experiment... and also just a great story (I particularly like the third-act twist).

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C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 07/06/2026

Not every speech at the Nebulas quotes current academic philosophy, but I figure they knew what they were getting when they drafted me. (@add-hawk.bsky.social I hope I didn't misrepresent your arguments.) youtu.be/nmAxXj7-xxA?...

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The 61st Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hey Humans! We're back with another episode of MRAH. This episode, @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com are joined by V.V Ganeshananthan to discuss her novel "Brotherless Night" as well as her life and other stories. youtu.be/7A45e2Pv4QQ

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Ep. 75 "Fireside Chat with V.V. Ganeshananthan"

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 05/05/2026

in which @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social & I drop another episode of our podcast! We recorded this back in July, reeling from all the chaos, and talking about how it affects our writing. Chaos has not abated. The grappling with it still feels topical.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 05/05/2026

The first time I know of, anyway! How did it go? What happened to Zusa the rueful-eyed skeptic matchmaker?

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 09/04/2026

May 30 – June 3, 2026 Oak Park IL (near Chicago) Come write & critique fiction with us!

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 05/04/2026

badass action-movie-hero frog possibly a teenage mutant ninja frog played by Kermit in a terrible casting decision

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 05/04/2026

About the anxiety of influence, the glee of influence & even, the anxiety of *lack* of influence... & everything else that entered our lovely & distractible little heads, of course. speculativeliterature.org/ep-73-show-n... with @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social & @speclit.bsky.social

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Ep. 73 Show Notes – Speculative Literature Foundation

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

From Butler to Borges, Le Guin to Asimov—writers who have moved speculative fiction forward know that defying convention can be necessary. For the next generation of writers ready to use defiance as inspiration, Saturday's class with @benjaminrosenbaum.com is a must. Info here: bit.ly/4scjlid.

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

There are a lot of rules (some written, some not) for writing. But do you always have to follow them? What could be possible when you explore defiance as inspiration and subversion as structure? Explore in a virtual class by @benjaminrosenbaum.com on March 29. Register here: bit.ly/4scjlid

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/03/2026

Um… and probably I should post the link to sign up for the SLF Writing Workshop :-) speculativeliterature.org/register/wri...

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Writing SF & Fantasy: Intermediate – Speculative Literature Foundation

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/03/2026

4) Three prolific contributors to ChoiceBeat magazine listed their Top Ten all-time Choice of Games titles — and “The Ghost and the Golem” made two out of three of the lists! www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c... You can try the game here (& it’s on sale atm) www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-th...

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/03/2026

3) You can sign up for the next class I’m teaching at Clarion West Online, “Breaking the Rules” (where we will tell not show, write unprotagging protagonists, break POV and shake our fists at the sky) here: secure.clarionwest.org/nx/portal/ne...

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/03/2026

2) “Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way” made the Locus Recommended Reading List! speculativeliterature.org/register/wri... You can read it here: reactormag.com/regarding-th... And vote in the Locus poll here: poll.voting.locusmag.com

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Writing SF & Fantasy: Intermediate – Speculative Literature Foundation

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 22/03/2026

Since I’ve wandered onto social media, here are some things I should be promoting: 1) There’s still time to sign up for the 1-week in-person writing workshop with @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social & me near Chicago, May 30-June 3 (right before the Nebulas Conference, so we can all roll there together)

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 19/03/2026

in a pretty climactic moment, no less!

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

What's the price of authenticity? Sometimes it requires breaking boxes. Learn how to break the rules with the best of them in our upcoming class with the one-and-only @benjaminrosenbaum.com. Details and registration for the March 29 class here: bit.ly/4scjlid

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We still have slots open for the SLF's 2026 Writing SFF Workshop. Visit speclit.org to learn more if you're interested!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way," as weird and cool as most of @benjaminrosenbaum.com's stuff. This one's a novelette. reactormag.com/regarding-th...

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Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way - Reactor

A child who falls through the cracks in a world run by machines and politics, might be the savior of all humanity...

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The SLF is excited to announce the return of our Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop and Retreat! Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop or retreat to improve your writing and meet other members of the community. You can learn more at speclit.org!

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hey, if you're a writer struggling to make your next idea fully come together, this online one-off course with @benjaminrosenbaum.com looks fantastic: secure.clarionwest.org/nx/portal/ne... I have wonderful memories of brainstorming with Ben at the writing workshop where we met. He's so good at it!

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 02/02/2026

...and save the date for... Speculative Literature Foundation One-Week Writing Workshop IRL in Oak Park, IL May 30 – June 3, 2026 with Benjamin Rosenbaum and Mary Anne Mohanraj @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 02/02/2026

Writing is Half the Story: the Theory and Praxis of Being Critiqued April 26, 2026 | Online | 9:300-10:30AM PT How can we glimpse the crucible of the reader's mind? secure.clarionwest.org/nx/portal/ne...

"Writing is Half the Story: the Theory and Praxis of Being Critiqued with Benjamin Rosenbaum”, along with a very bearded me grinning obnoxiously in a scarf.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 02/02/2026

Breaking the Rules March 29, 2026 | Online | 9:30—11:30AM PT Show don’t tell. Keep your point of view consistent. Beware the dreaded infodump. Protagonists must protag. Don’t tell Bob things he already knows. IT'S TIME TO BREAK THEM ALL. secure.clarionwest.org/nx/portal/ne...

“Breaking the Rules with Benjamin Rosenbaum”, along with a very bearded me grinning obnoxiously in a scarf.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 02/02/2026

secure.clarionwest.org/nx/portal/ne... 2 hours. Techniques to bust through self-censorious scarcity. We will have SO many ideas.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com · 02/02/2026

This spring I'm teaching three online courses for Clarion West Online, and one week-long workshop for the Speculative Literature Foundation! Here’s the first one: Profligacy: An Idea Jam with Benjamin Rosenbaum March 15, 2026 | Online | 9:30—11:30AM PT

“Profligacy: an Idea Jam with Benjamin Rosenbaum”, along with a very bearded me grinning obnoxiously in a scarf.

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