Author of dark speculative fiction

Rob Gillham

I'm an author of dark, sometimes silly, speculative fiction and a musician living in London. I also do design stuff with technology. I do most of my writing in the margins of the day.

Writing

Joy Worms - OUT NOW

A satirical sci-fi short story published in daily installments by Daily Tomorrow all week of 20th Jan 2025. Free to access via Substack.

short story

·

sci-fi

·

humor

Read now at Daily Tomorrow

Pillars of Distraction

Published in October 2024 by Mythaxis magazine and available to read for free online. A dystopian sci-fi story set in a near future where medication is commonly taken to numb people to the relentless intrusion of media and technology into their lives.

sci-fi

·

short story

Read at Mythaxis.co.uk

Rupert Weard & The Case of The Adamant Annihilist

A very silly story about a dimension-hopping, crime solving stage magician and his sidekick, a talking rabbit. Appears in the 27 June 2024 episode of Escape Pod sci-fi podcast.

short story

·

science fiction

·

audio

·

humour

Listen / read at Escape Pod

What Was Left Behind

A gang of children roaming a post-apocalyptic UK adopt a mysterious new member into their family. Appeared in audio format in Creepy Podcast on August 27, 2023 with narration by David Ault.

horror

·

audio

·

short story

Listen at Creepy podcast

Perfect Skin

My first ever fiction sale appeared on the Daily Science Fiction site on July 3rd, 2020. Sadly, Daily Science Fiction is no longer available. The link below is to the archived version of the story's page on the DSF site.

flash-fiction

·

sci-fi

Read at web.archive.org

Made in