Benjamin C. Kinney

Hello new followers! I'm not super social-media-active, but I sometimes talk neuroscience and/or speculative fiction. I've got 30+ short stories out in the world (most free to read), here's an intro sampler: benjaminckinney.com/introduction/

I had a lovely time at World Fantasy even if I missed most of the programming! For those of you who heard the sad tale of "work explosion 6pm Friday, on a project I am responsible for fixing with Monday deadline"... I am pleased to report that it is FIXED.

Table of contents and cover reveal for volume 2 is now up at thinkweirder.com! This will be the best book I've ever released, with stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Peter Watts, Isabel J. Kim, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Thomas Ha, and others. I keep re-reading the stories, they're all so good.

YOU COULD WIN THIS QUILT! This Breast Cancer Awareness month I'm having a giveaway to help raise funds for the increasing costs of my breast cancer treatment. Every donation from today to Oct 31 will be eligible to win! See link for details! Kindly boost & share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

While I'm talking about how tough discoverability is for books these days...I keep hearing that people didn't realize I've got a book coming out! So yes! The third and final book of The Echo Archives, THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, is out on Nov 10! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Excited to announce that I'll be attending the @banffcentre.bsky.social Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency in February 2027! It's a dream-trifecta for me: a two-week writing residency, awesome mentors, and finally getting a chance to visit Banff.

“That’s right: We can no longer have towering, absurdly hirsute, functionally deranged drainpipes made from bears murdered with medieval weaponry on the heads of our rigidly immobile palace guards, because of Woke.” Amazing. Read the footnotes.

Gordan Ramsay: Monstresor's got himself into a spot of trouble. His restaurant has an excellent wine selection, but the decor is in shambles. He tells me he's planning to renovate but I'll believe it when I see it. Fuck me where's the exit gone?

Hey, my book THE UPPER TENTACLE I've been talking about? Here's Union Square's press release announcing their new novella line Singularity, of which TUT is a part! ("high-impact, one-sitting fiction! That's me [too]!) www.hachettebookgroup.com/articles/uni...

It's September 18, which means that in exactly one month, my special call for @diabolicalplots.com, Diabolical Rot, will be opening for submissions! Check out the full details here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26

New podcast interview of me, at High Variance, on AI consciousness and the future of what I call "debatable persons". www.dannybuerkli.com/podcast/2026...

Boarding my flight home from @laworldcon.bsky.social. What a fantastic time, full of great conversations with new friends (old, new, and previously-online) & on panels. Coming out with so many schemes [positive] and exhaustions [inevitable]!

✨✨✨COVER REVEAL✨✨✨ I'm delighted with my cover design and art by Caroline Teagle Johnson, who nailed the retro, campy vibes I requested for my debut, THE UPPER TENTACLE! TUT publishes 02 09 27 from Union Square &. Co, but preorders are available now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amand...

Reach heaven through violence

Proud to be the lead story in this collection of lost children from @metaphorosis.com. Thanks to @bmorrisallen.com for his excellent editorial work on this piece. Pick up a copy of this wonderful weird anthology!

Just adding "starship armor made of shrimps" to my WIP notes, as you do.

It's not a proper date night until you've been yelled at by security.

Behold: The First Medical X-rays Ever Taken in Space https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-first-medical-x-rays-ever-taken-in-space-2000785035

6 days left and we are 70% funded—toss a coin, spread the word, help us reach the finish line!

There are fewer Best of anthologies every year! We need books that showcase top SFF stories and help readers find new authors. 'Back the Book' and reverse the trend with Locus's new anthology! locusmag.com/anthology #backthebook

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? (WIP #2): "You've forced me to be a truth-teller, so here's my truth: I regret nothing."

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? "Five days before final exams, my girlfriend convinced me to get rid of hands."

I've got a piece in this anthology! About faith and facing uncertainty... and about pirates, retired warlords, and priestess-magi of the ocean's sunken treasures. The story's long road includes time as a Writers of the Future finalist - until I withdrew when I learned about their shenanigans.

Submissions are opening today! We are seeking speculative fiction by immigrant/diaspora writers for upcoming issues. Open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.

You've machined your last florin.

I wrote this knowing full well I was about to and cite the Lurianic Kabbalah on a panel about heist consequences. I did not know I was also about to cite Pac-Man.

Fourth Street Fantasy remains, as the sages would say, fukkin' rad.

Today in IQ is BS!

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Hello hello and welcome to the shortlist announcement thread for the #2026IgnyteAwards, recognizing outstanding contributions to SFFH and its community in 2025! We are grateful to be supported this year by sponsors @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, & @laworldcon.bsky.social

Here's a gift link. It's a very important article for people to read: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

Finally got around to @melissacaruso.bsky.social's "Last Hour Between Worlds" and damn that book is everything its (brilliant) premise promises. 🧑‍🍳👌

That feeling you're behind on your work/projects and need to catch up? No amount of extra work will make it go away. It's a personality trait.

I swear I didn't plan for my article on human enhancement's technological potential & moral risks (@neurotechx.bsky.social) to appear right before the Pope's warning against transhumanism and human enhancement! medium.com/neurotechx/h...

📣 Details for Lark Morgan Lu’s upcoming call for stories, themed “Aftermath,” are now available via our Patreon page. ✔️ Submissions open JULY 1st! ✔️ All genres ✔️ 500-1000 words as per usual This issue will release in January 2027 #writingcommunity #flashfiction

The Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Artists and Writers is now open!! No submission fees No rights encumbered 1st Place: $1500 (the art contest’s prize money as part of the Monu Bose Memorial Prize) 2nd Place: $750 3rd Place: $400 Submit by June 8, 2026 1/2

My nonfiction article on human enhancement and transhumanism is live on @neurotechx.bsky.social Content Blog today! It's about why "enhancement" and "transhumanism" are bad goals, and how we might reframe neurotechnology to do cool stuff that's worth doing.🧠🧪 medium.com/neurotechx/h...

Post your warning sign

She is very lonely

More integral, even. Academic writing is a tool for thinking, and it's the brainstorming and outlining where ideas coalesce and solidify.

It’s not like I’m angry at anyone who lists seemingly every publication they’ve ever had, it’s just that a better cover letter is just “Dear Magazine, I hope you like my story. My other stories have appeared in X, Y, and Z, among others. Thank you.”

Ugh, this silly meme. 5 words? What women want is the true secrets, the important things. Fourteen words to make someone fall in love with you forever. Seven words to make them go without pain. How to say good-bye to a friend who is dying.