I'm an author of mostly 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.

Author of dark speculative fiction


Rob Gillham


@robgillham.bsky.social

@robertgillham

I occasionally publish articles here about design and technology.

Medium

Jocasta's lifecraft is rescued  from the void of space, but the ship that rescues her is vast gothic mausoleum that hides many secrets.
Appears in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld. 

This Sepulchral Aegis

A man revisits his old home and discovers his childhood imaginary friend might not be so imaginary after all.
Featured on Tales To Terrify podcast episode 703 (18 July 2025)

The Horrid Tale of Jeremy Timkins

In the March 2025 issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly: a legendary post-punk band's dabblings with the occult leads to their inevitable downfall and descent into madness.

Dark Rapture

A satirical sci-fi short story published in daily installments by Daily Tomorrow in January 2025 (requires subscription). 

Joy Worms

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.

Pillars of Distraction

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.

Rupert Weard & The Case of The Adamant Annihilist

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.

What Was Left Behind

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.