Robin Sloan is a writer who codes – and a coder who tells stories. Known for novels like Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and The Future Library, he runs his website as a digital storytelling laboratory.
This is not a standard blog or author page – it’s a living archive of ideas, short essays, fictional experiments, literary musings, and software prototypes. Some entries are tiny daily notes, others are full-length short stories, technical deep dives, or conceptual frameworks for new modes of storytelling.
Sloan is fascinated by the future of narrative: he tinkers with language models, builds writing tools (like “Writing with the Machine”), and explores publishing hybrids that blend book, blog, and app.
Yet, he writes with warmth, clarity, and a genuine love for the craft. His work is never just about tech – it’s about how humans shape and are shaped by digital expression.
This site is a treasure for writers, thinkers, and curious minds who believe that storytelling is still evolving – and that code might be its next alphabet.
Minimalist, unpredictable, and deeply personal, robinsloan.com embodies the best of the slow web movement.