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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel. Also widely believed to be one of the best novels ever written in the English language.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean I don't necessarily AGREE that my book is similar to the top selling SFF books out there, but I'm not mad about it...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Enchanting, and sometimes disturbing" I feel like this could be my author brand strapline.... www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Early reviews of Visions & Hauntings have been absolutely lovely. Delighted that my ARC readers are enjoying the stories so much!

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have I mentioned I have a book coming out next month? OK, I have. But have I mentioned it ENOUGH! I think not. Pre-order links for the e-book are now live in a whole bunch of places... Apple Books! Kobo! books2read.com/u/bxKQKv

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Visions & Hauntings: Tales of Women Wanting More by Karin Robinson

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I enjoyed seeing the great @alisonbechdel.bsky.social at the British Library so much it triggered me to tell you all that her latest book, Spent, is terrific. It updates the lives of her Dykes to Watch Out For characters as they wrestle with Trump era America. It's fun, I promise!

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have received two proof of my book. One has a glossy cover, the other has a matte cover. I expected to like the matte better, but the colour just POPs on the glossy. It looks so much brighter and more eye catching. What would you do? Go glossy or stay matte?

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Over the weekend, I quietly renamed my Substack to "Just Speculating". Why, you ask? 1) I mostly write speculative fiction - fantasy, science fiction, horror and other stuff that's not real 2) Substack is where I think out loud - I'm just riffing faerypolitic.substack.com/p/why-do-i-w...

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Why do I write short stories?

A week ago, I revealed my big secret, announcing my debut short story collection is coming out next month.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Though she be little, she is fucking fierce.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Major author milestone achieved: a reviewer writing about the Wish You Were Here anthology singled out my story as one of their favourites. I could pretend I'm too cool to care, but who are we kidding, I'm not too cool for anything. www.facebook.com/groups/11947...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I really enjoyed chatting with @robincmduncan.bsky.social for this article / writers if you’ve been considering submitting to BFS Horizons, here’s all you need to know…

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have big news! For the last few months I've been working on a secret project. Today I'm revealing all. I'm delighted to announce Visions & Hauntings: Tales of Women Wanting More This collection of my speculative fiction features 13 stories of strong-willed women in worlds that don't work for them

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reading the first book in this series now- so far it’s very good

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Berna Hudson @bernahudson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New fantasy series. Epic, a little hopeful, a lot dark. Two books out, a third coming and two more in the works. Free ebook related novellas for those who sign up to my newsletter! linktr.ee/bernahudson

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wow, context sure does matter, doesn't it? This video on "the case for voting reform" sure hits different when you know it about US politics and therefore about "the case for reforming the way we vote" rather than "the case for voting for Nigel Farage's party".

Still from a video labelled "the case for voting reform"

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think this is right but also... So many of my simplest and most joyful pleasures have been taken from me that at this point I'm afraid to like things. *SIGHS FOREVER*

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Twenty five years ago today, I huddled around computer screens with colleagues in shock to watch the twin towers come down. The phone lines were overwhelmed, so I jumped on MSN Messenger to check my US family were still alive (they were). Hug your loved ones close - history can happen in a moment.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So excited for this! I will be speaking on a panel about fairy tale retellings and doing a reading of my "witchlights have appeared in the hills above Grasmere" flas fiction. Hope to see many of you there?!

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just sold a story to a publication that I submitted to on January 29th. That's 7 months! I'd honestly already marked it as a CNR. Super pleased about that as I really enjoy this one and I've submitted it so many places. Yay! Finally!

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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A space has come up at the last minute at my writers retreat in France next month; details here! www.retreatfrance.co.uk/yoga-mindful...

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Writing Retreat - Speculative Fiction — Le Verger

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So... it's been a dramatic week for me, culminating in emergency surgery for a detached retina. As a result, I am now home pretty much on bedrest at home while I wait for the puffiness to go down and my vision to come back. How's YOUR week going?

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This perfectly describes my own relationshop with the icon that is Dolly Parton. It's hard to believe she's gone.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Delighted to say that my haunted beach house story will be published in this excellent anthology, which is coming out on September 4th. Get your preorders in now, people! a.co/d/05fJlaGU

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I can't understand why anyone would care about this? It's not a meaningful record? We've had machines faster than humans for a long time now? Am I missing some reason why this is noteworthy? Is it a meaningful milestone in the development of robotics?

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When they send you the draft conference schedule and the only panel you've been scheduled on is happening at the same time as the reading you've been scheduled to do. Lolz.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here's a little thing I wrote, for your enjoyment...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

No "sniffs" in my MS, but here's a passage on the smell of longing.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

No uses of the word "heartbreak" but here's a pretty heartbreaking passage...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Roo is determined to play it cool even if it kills her. Like, literally.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This morning, I woke up with an idea in my head. And today I wrote that idea (it's a short play). I just wrote the whole thing - from the germ of an idea inspired by something I saw yesterday to a 10-minute piece of theatre that came out of my little brain. AI could never make me feel like this.

Charlie Dalton from the movie Dead Poet's Society saying "To indeed be a god!"

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You guys... I am working on an unannounced personal writing project and OK, I am going to have to announce it soon because I am SO EXCITED about how it is coming together! So I guess... watch this space? I'll post about it on my Substack soon. faerypolitic.substack.com

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is a stupid and offensive idea, but also: why only target girl's sports? If we are going to impose a huge burden on the ability to play a sport at school level, shouldn't the burden be equal? I think NO kid should get tested, but if every girl is getting tested, then every boy should be too.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I wrote a 5K+ word story specifically intended for a particular magazine. And I'm happy with the story, but now I don't think it's a great fit for the publication I wrote it for! Do I 1) rewrite it to be a better fit b) just let that go and submit to other pubs or c) send to them anyway bc why not?

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"During their third summer at the Cromer Pier Theatre, Cassandra Burns informed Gareth Fisher that she would no longer let him to cut her into pieces and put her back together again. 'It's banal. The sawing a girl in half trick? Come on.'" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/07/a-sp...

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A Sprinkling of Stardust by Karin J. Robinson

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 27/07/2026

In 1970, a young woman was killed after opposing the war in Cambodia. *President Nixon had publicly referred to some anti-war college protesters as “bums.” Her father asked: “Is dissent a crime?” History does not always repeat itself exactly, but it often echoes. Are we listening? #SheShed

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Proud to say that my story A Sprinkling of Stardust is featured this week on Fiction on the Web. I love this story, which is about ambition and what makes a good life and features campy end-of-pier theatre and also a wizard. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/07/a-sp...

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A Sprinkling of Stardust by Karin J. Robinson

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There are no "grand"s in my story, but plenty of "great"s. Here's Roo deploying her sarcasm about their course of action...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Oooh, this is cool! Waterstones is running a pre-order campaign for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree that's coming out in September. I've got a story in this that I'm really proud of - from the POV of an aging Helen decades after the war. Just enter SUMMER26 as your discount code.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Me at the start of last night's final: I'll be equally happy no matter who wins because I don't have a strong preference between Spain and Argentina. Me near the end: Argentina are dicks and if Spain loses I will riot. Fortunately, we got to the right outcome.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am instantly obsessed with this.

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy to say that I've won an honorable mention in the Writers of the Future. Last year I achieved a Semi-Finalist place for my Lesbians in Space story, so this is two years in a row or recognition from this prize. writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-t...

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Writers of the Future 2nd Quarter Winners Announced for Volume 43 | Writers & Illustrators of the Future

The judging results are in! And here are the 2nd Quarter 2026 Writers of the Future Contest winners for Volume 43. Congratulations to you all!

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Verify your age" Sticks a pencil in the spokes of a cassette tape and turns....

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