Editor, author, sociologist, educator. (he/him)https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mqxdst3ck22gMy short story, "Murgatroyd and the AI" is up at Reimagined AI. www.reimaginedai.org/stories [The story is reprinted from the “Heavens to Murgatroyd”, Shawn Bird (ed.) Lintusen Press, March 2024. The cover photo is Pepper, an actual emotional support robot from Aldebaran Robotics.]18 Jul 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxdst3ck22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mpyeidtd7k2jThe audiobook version of Dave Duncan's The Traitor's Son narrated by David Bendena is now available from all the usual outlets (Koko, Audible, Barns & Noble,spotify, etc.) I was the editor on this book.It's one of Duncan's few pure SF novels https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/audiobook/the-traitor-s-son-306 Jul 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyeidtd7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mojfcpilmc22My review of Thomas Trofimuk's Saudade up today at Ottawa Review of Books: https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/saudade-by-thomas-trofimuk17 Jun 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojfcpilmc22https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mm6axcs2i22yMy review of As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories is up at Ottawa Review of Books https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/as-the-earth-dreams-edited-by-terese-mason-pierre19 May 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6axcs2i22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3ml5eexlz3c2vAttended (via Google Meets) the launch of David Gerrold's short story anthology, "Shadows & Reflections: Diving in the Sea of Time". from Donovan Street Press Inc. this evening. Great to see, can't wait to read. (now available for pre-order): https://www.amazon.ca/Shadows-Reflections-Diving-Sea-Time-ebook/dp/B0GPR2172Z/ref=sr_1_2? https://www.amazon.ca/Shadows-Reflections-Diving-Sea-Time-ebook/dp/B0GPR2172Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OE6EKYMJPP8Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lgkVDN_b18pSvNN6BtXa-p06ozl35V3rNYlgR5byqdqA8uuRJ8jepI0bW89-UDp6zonX9BUZUqz7hhCu13XCwGmxYxe2QoGdUVS50vcELNdqphud734aMWVGZbDXtEuOIpDprQKvce-8SSr3crBKeJQiX0rgppTvRdB_sXva63QNKNHGNtPg8MXSti56yZvnr-gceuj4vvT5XEMRaBevlml0b3ljKZcUsY5bS9UE0z7TSBCZYkcp48r3OM7lhS5y8GmvUm8AOl4dApAgTQ0dvqpMiMVskx_ax1qBzkDx4no.omMY3iSM6Epb9CawBPvJaDxvz8p2Ii4PXoB7_vRh22A&dib_tag=se&keywords=david+gerrold&qid=1778024235&sprefix=david+ger%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-105 May 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5eexlz3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mjpiovlunk25My review of "Borderlandz: Tales from the Edges" by Douglas Smith is up at the Ottawa Review of Books: https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/borderlanz-tales-from-the-edges-by-douglas-smith17 Apr 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpiovlunk25https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mhg6rxudsc2rMy review of Matthew Hughes' memoir, "A Guy Just Passing Through" is up at Ottawa Review of Books: https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/a-guy-just-passing-through-by-matthew-hughes19 Mar 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg6rxudsc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mf5zlvsqfc2yFor people in the Lethbridge area...18 Feb 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5zlvsqfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3meyo2cbyh226My review of Finnian Burnett's "Redshirts Sometimes Survive" is up at Ottawa Review of Books. https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/redshirts-sometimes-survive-by-finnian-burnett16 Feb 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyo2cbyh226https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mczz5hrnek2yhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/writing-when-youre-dead-estate-planning-for-authors-w-dr-robert-runte-tickets-198071233691922 Jan 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczz5hrnek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mchzczfbxc2yMy flash fiction, "Kill Switch Override", was published today in Infocalypse #1. www.infocalypse.press/issue-one/ https://www.infocalypse.press/issue-one/15 Jan 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchzczfbxc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mbz2vtojsc2eOf possible interest to anyone thinking about trying to write flash fiction. Karen Schauber was the person who got me into, and published my first, flash fiction.09 Jan 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz2vtojsc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3mabhwss34k2wMy 485-word flash fiction, "The Yard Sale", is up at Sudden Fiction. https://yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-yard-sale.html18 Dec 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabhwss34k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3m7b22wj3ck2rMy short story, "Grandfather's Birthday Barbeque" has been reprinted in Professor Feiff's Trans-Dimensional Travelogue (JayHenge Publishing). Thanks to Jessica Augustsson for including it. I think this is the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G57TDPM9/ref=sr_1_105 Dec 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7b22wj3ck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3m5yrdrsafk23@bsky.app My review of Emily Weedon's Hemo Sapiens now up at the Ottawa Review of Books https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/hemo-sapiens-by-emily-a-weedon19 Nov 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yrdrsafk23https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3m3t5bztgmc24My short story, "Schrodenger's Train," is up today at Metastellar Science Fiction. https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/schrodengers-train/23 Oct 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3t5bztgmc24https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3m363amllwc2tMy review of Starship Librarians, edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell, from Tyche Books is now up at Ottawa Review of Books. https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/starship-librarians-edited-by-shannon-allen-and-jr-campbell14 Oct 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m363amllwc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3lz5dgonvqc2dMy 50-word story, "The Experimental Writer," is up at Sudden Flash. (And yes, he's an example of an unreliable narrator.) https://yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-experimental-writer.html18 Sep 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz5dgonvqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3lytp4uosp225My short story, "Split Decision", has been reprinted and is up for free reading at Twin Flame Literary as of Sept 14. https://twinflameliterary.com/split-decision/ The story originally appeared in Tesseracts 15, 2012. This is the story's fourth appearance, but the first time available online for free.15 Sep 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lytp4uosp225https://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3luxd6oiats2dPleased my flash fiction, "Iceberg" has been reprinted in Polar Borealis #35. PB is available for free download from https://polarborealis.ca/currentback-issues/27 Jul 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxd6oiats2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3lrt3h552qc2jMy Review of Sorry, Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Celebration of Canadian Life Through Story, edited by Shawn Bird, is up at Ottawa Review of Books. https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/sorry-not-sorry-edited-by-shawn-bird17 Jun 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrt3h552qc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3lrlzjrvoo22eMy drabble, "The Perfect Storm," was reprinted today in Flash Flood (an annual online event in which a piece of flash fiction is published every 15 minutes for 24 hours) https://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2025-06-14T05:50:00%2B01:00&max-results=7&start=154&by-date=false14 Jun 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrlzjrvoo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3loejytfhlc2hDr. Robert Runte @DrRunte My flash, "Fami's Dissertation Defence" is out today on AntiSF Radio Show. This is the 13th appearance of Fami. My thanks to editor Ion Newcombe and narrator Ed Errington. antisf.libsyn.com Fami's Dissertation Defence originally appeared in Ripples in Space, Spring 2020. https://antisf.libsyn.com04 May 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loejytfhlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/robertrunte.bsky.social/post/3lo2hbhjgpc2iMy drabble, “Perfect Storm", will be reprinted on National Flash Fiction Day at 5:10 a.m. (BST) on 14 June 2025. You don't have to get up then to see it, though: the posting is permanent. "Perfect Storm" was previously published by Fatal Flaw (2020) and ScribesMicro (2022).30 Apr 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:fuqtjowdvimdplfx4eyns6vq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2hbhjgpc2i