A. A. Rubin
@thesurrealari.bsky.social
Writer, author, poet, teacher…cosmic cain. Member SFWA and HWA. He/him.
Words in Pseudopod, Trollbreath, Ahoy Comics, others. #amquerying
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Words in Pseudopod, Trollbreath, Ahoy Comics, others. #amquerying
https://www.flowcode.com/page/aarubin
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A. A. Rubin
@thesurrealari.bsky.social
· Mar 28
PseudoPod 968: The Vibrations, Louder
Insanity? Sure, why not. My lawyer advised me to plead insanity, and maybe it will help me. At least I’ll be able to talk to somebody qualified. The state of mental health care is deplorable in this…
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“The Vibrations Louder,” my modern retelling of #EdgarAllanPoe’s #TheTellTaleHeart is out today on #Pseudopod. I’d be honored if you gave it a listen or a #read.
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#gothic #horror #gothichorror #poe #shortstory @pseudopod.org
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#gothic #horror #gothichorror #poe #shortstory @pseudopod.org
Happy #halloween. If you need me, I’ll be looking for a phone booth.
October 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy #halloween. If you need me, I’ll be looking for a phone booth.
I want my readers to say there’s nothing my characters should have done differently. They don’t go down the stairs into the creepy basement. They don’t read from the demonic book they were warned not read from. That makes it scarier– #Punko #horror
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Best Writing Advice from New York Comic Con
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October 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I want my readers to say there’s nothing my characters should have done differently. They don’t go down the stairs into the creepy basement. They don’t read from the demonic book they were warned not read from. That makes it scarier– #Punko #horror
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One more for #caturday and #halloween, as she’s too cute.
October 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
One more for #caturday and #halloween, as she’s too cute.
His exhilaration and anticipation turned quickly to disappointment after his tween daughter asked him not to embarrass her by dressing up for Halloween today.
#vss365
#vss365
October 31, 2026 at 5:09 PM
His exhilaration and anticipation turned quickly to disappointment after his tween daughter asked him not to embarrass her by dressing up for Halloween today.
#vss365
#vss365
My October monthly newsletter just came out: #Halloween, #NYCC, and a tribute to #SirPatrickStewart.
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A. A. Rubin's Monthly Newsletter
Official newsletter of A. A. Rubin, writer, author, poet, storyteller.
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October 31, 2026 at 4:14 PM
My October monthly newsletter just came out: #Halloween, #NYCC, and a tribute to #SirPatrickStewart.
Check it out and subscribe here:
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It may be #halloween, but it’s also #caturday
October 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
It may be #halloween, but it’s also #caturday
AVAILABLE NOW! Don’t look so grave, the October issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Come and raise your spirits with our Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
October 31, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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AVAILABLE NOW! Don’t look so grave, the October issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Come and raise your spirits with our Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
October 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
AVAILABLE NOW! Don’t look so grave, the October issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Come and raise your spirits with our Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!
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#vss365
#prompt
#exhilaration
The exhilaration I've experienced being a host these past two weeks is indescribable.
I wish I could've read every single one of your posts.
You are amazing. Thank you everyone.
Tomorrow, the spectacular @authorpjm.bsky.social begins.
Please give him a follow.
#prompt
#exhilaration
The exhilaration I've experienced being a host these past two weeks is indescribable.
I wish I could've read every single one of your posts.
You are amazing. Thank you everyone.
Tomorrow, the spectacular @authorpjm.bsky.social begins.
Please give him a follow.
October 31, 2026 at 11:59 AM
#vss365
#prompt
#exhilaration
The exhilaration I've experienced being a host these past two weeks is indescribable.
I wish I could've read every single one of your posts.
You are amazing. Thank you everyone.
Tomorrow, the spectacular @authorpjm.bsky.social begins.
Please give him a follow.
#prompt
#exhilaration
The exhilaration I've experienced being a host these past two weeks is indescribable.
I wish I could've read every single one of your posts.
You are amazing. Thank you everyone.
Tomorrow, the spectacular @authorpjm.bsky.social begins.
Please give him a follow.
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
#bookwormsat
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
#bookwormsat
October 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
#bookwormsat
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
#bookwormsat
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The best was ravenous for knowledge. It ate every book in the library, the book sellers, the schools, and the university. Once the books were consumed, no one else could use them. Even if they subdued and captured the beast, they would need to find a way to extract all that knowledge. #vss365
October 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The best was ravenous for knowledge. It ate every book in the library, the book sellers, the schools, and the university. Once the books were consumed, no one else could use them. Even if they subdued and captured the beast, they would need to find a way to extract all that knowledge. #vss365
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'Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror...'
-Bram Stoker
🦇Join #BookWormSat on Halloween with scary beings you would rather not encounter outside the pages of a book. 🦇
-Bram Stoker
🦇Join #BookWormSat on Halloween with scary beings you would rather not encounter outside the pages of a book. 🦇
October 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
'Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror...'
-Bram Stoker
🦇Join #BookWormSat on Halloween with scary beings you would rather not encounter outside the pages of a book. 🦇
-Bram Stoker
🦇Join #BookWormSat on Halloween with scary beings you would rather not encounter outside the pages of a book. 🦇
The streets are full of ghosts, pale memories devoid of color. Dreams of things, hinting at significance, their meaning nearly forgotten. I walk in the footsteps of friends now gone, seeking for phantoms in the anonymous faces ‘neath the cold city’s neon, nighttime glow. #FromOneLine
October 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The streets are full of ghosts, pale memories devoid of color. Dreams of things, hinting at significance, their meaning nearly forgotten. I walk in the footsteps of friends now gone, seeking for phantoms in the anonymous faces ‘neath the cold city’s neon, nighttime glow. #FromOneLine
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Patrick Stewart in lockdown reading my favorite sonnet, Sonnet 73, “That Time of Year Thou May’st in Me Behold.” RIP.
October 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Patrick Stewart in lockdown reading my favorite sonnet, Sonnet 73, “That Time of Year Thou May’st in Me Behold.” RIP.
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"It ate every book in the library," 📚📚📚❤️🌟
The best was ravenous for knowledge. It ate every book in the library, the book sellers, the schools, and the university. Once the books were consumed, no one else could use them. Even if they subdued and captured the beast, they would need to find a way to extract all that knowledge. #vss365
October 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"It ate every book in the library," 📚📚📚❤️🌟
The best was ravenous for knowledge. It ate every book in the library, the book sellers, the schools, and the university. Once the books were consumed, no one else could use them. Even if they subdued and captured the beast, they would need to find a way to extract all that knowledge. #vss365
October 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The best was ravenous for knowledge. It ate every book in the library, the book sellers, the schools, and the university. Once the books were consumed, no one else could use them. Even if they subdued and captured the beast, they would need to find a way to extract all that knowledge. #vss365
On the one hand, I want to make a dent in my tbr pile, on the hand hand there are many independent #book stores I frequent and I wouldn’t want any of them to go out of business because I decided to #read the #books I already have.
#amreading #reading #readingcommunity #indiebookstore
#amreading #reading #readingcommunity #indiebookstore
October 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
On the one hand, I want to make a dent in my tbr pile, on the hand hand there are many independent #book stores I frequent and I wouldn’t want any of them to go out of business because I decided to #read the #books I already have.
#amreading #reading #readingcommunity #indiebookstore
#amreading #reading #readingcommunity #indiebookstore
October 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Aurora and I wish you a happy #nationalcatday.
October 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Aurora and I wish you a happy #nationalcatday.
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October 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I find it fascinating how personal fear is. What is a person afraid of? That tells you more than any other emotion. What are you afraid of? You see someone more intimately than any other question– @nickmartell.bsky.social
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
Best Writing Advice from New York Comic Con
Writing Advice from authors like Jon Scalzi, Neal Stephenson, RL Stine
aarubin.wordpress.com
October 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I find it fascinating how personal fear is. What is a person afraid of? That tells you more than any other emotion. What are you afraid of? You see someone more intimately than any other question– @nickmartell.bsky.social
aarubin.wordpress.com/2026/10/16/t...
#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
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This crisp white star once shone, #cheering the cold, cold night. Its glimmer twinkling with every orbiting thought. Over time, half becomes quarter. The dim dims, fading fades. Toward turns to past. Turning ever inward, until none but itself can see, the beauty of its black, black whole.
#vss365
#vss365
October 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
October 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM