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Ed Robins
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Sci-fi fan who loves contemplating the future and admiring the past. I've been writing since I was 11 and am now the proud author of the 10 Cent Universe, a macrocosm of genre-bending book series.

I also make chili.

https://10CentUniverse.com
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Ed Robins @authoredrobins.bsky.social · Apr 23
Hello! I'm the author of the "10 Cent Universe", a sci-fi macrocosm of genre-bending stories. "The Starship Australis Mysteries" follows a disgraced detective on a generation ship, while "Gunslingers of Gaea" is a western series on a new planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Lots more books/series on the way!
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Heavy into revisions on "Easy As It Gets", book 4 of my #hardboiled #scifi #noir series. Really, the title applies, not only to Tom's struggles, but my writing the damned thing as well.

I'm getting there; I'm getting there... 🪐📚💙
I’d never seen so many weapons: knives and swords of every description, brass knuckles, blackjacks big and small, even a damn crossbow. He reached in and handed back a twenty centimeter stiletto in a sheath. “Warn’t thinking you’d go unarmed?” he asked. “Give me some knuckles, too.” He obliged and I slipped them over the fingers of my left hand. The knife went into my back waistband under my shirt. Louie picked up a Bowie. “Too hard to conceal that,” I said. “Bend over.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I've always been a bit of an astronomy dork (nerd implies far too much knowledge) and dreamed of one day seeing the Aurora Borealis. I know it's even more spectacular in the north, but seeing it at all from Kansas is a dream come true!
Aurora Borealis
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Kurt Vonnegut letter.
A picture of a letter with the text: E 48 NYC 10017 212-688-2682 November 5, 2006 Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Conglusta: I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) In his sunset years. I don't make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana. What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's Inside you, te make your soul grow. Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give It to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you're Count Dracula. Here's an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you don't do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But don't tell anybody what you're doing. Don't show it or recite It to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK? Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been glorlously rewarded for your poem. You have experlenced becoming, learned a lot more about what's inside you, and you have made your soul grow. God bless you all! Kurt Vonnegut (Charmingly rough profile drawing of Vonnegut in lower right corner)
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Woke up with an alcohol-free hangover. Splitting headache, stiff back, eyes like mothballs. Took 2 ibuprofen with meds. Eating leftover spaghetti and gulping coffee for breakfast.

Why does getting old feel like the opening of a noir hardboiled-detective novel?
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Gorgeous day for a trail run!
Trees in autumn with a blue sky
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Any recommendations from the BookSky community? Who's reading what for #Noirvember? 🪐📚💙
authoredrobins.bsky.social Ed Robins @authoredrobins.bsky.social · 5d
Paperbacks of my #hardboiled #detective series with the new covers arrived! I couldn't be happier with them. The artist (Driope Project) did a fantastic job on the art.

What are you reading to celebrate #Noirvember? Below are my favorite #scifi cross-genre reads. Add your #noir favorites!
Hard copies of the books in the "Murder on the Starship Australis" series: Chivalry Will Get You Dead, Murders in the Gray, and A Violent Man.
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Paperbacks of my #hardboiled #detective series with the new covers arrived! I couldn't be happier with them. The artist (Driope Project) did a fantastic job on the art.

What are you reading to celebrate #Noirvember? Below are my favorite #scifi cross-genre reads. Add your #noir favorites!
Hard copies of the books in the "Murder on the Starship Australis" series: Chivalry Will Get You Dead, Murders in the Gray, and A Violent Man.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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What is this? A starship for ANTS?! How can they be expected to boldly go where no one has gone before if they can't even fit inside the ship? #startrek #scifi #lego
Enterprise D lego set
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Coherence was fantastic! Exciting news to hear a sequel may be in the works.
jimbyrkit.bsky.social Jim Byrkit @jimbyrkit.bsky.social · 10d
If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🔎🧢🌆The city never sleeps – because the nightmares do not end.

You Go to My Head: A Detective Jack Steinway Case, by Manos Psistakis

Free until November 2nd!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY3YJR3C

#detectivemystery #HardBoiled #booksky
You Go to My Head: A Detective Jack Steinway Case
Amazon.com: You Go to My Head: A Detective Jack Steinway Case eBook : Psistakis, Manos: Books
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October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Sunbutter is a hardboiled, close to retirement detective, and Jelly is his holistic crystal astrology partner with "crime vibes."
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Highly recommend! If you enjoyed my books, I think you'll love this (and the related "Ashetown Blues").
authorwhmitchell.bsky.social Author W. H. Mitchell @authorwhmitchell.bsky.social · 15d
For a limited time, get the Ronin of Vine Street ebook for FREE!

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#scifidetective #scifinoir #booksky
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Went to see #BlueMoon tonight... wow! Fantastic performances all around, and Hawke was phenomenal. The script by Robert Kaplow (a high school teacher!) was witty, fun and heartbreaking. This was easily my favorite #movie so far this year!
authoredrobins.bsky.social Ed Robins @authoredrobins.bsky.social · 22d
Looks like 2025 is Ethan Hawke's year to shine. I've been really enjoying "The Lowdown" and "Blue Moon" looks fantastic! I'll pretty much watch anything with Andrew Scott in it anyway. Will I finally make it out to the theater for a non-horror movie?
BLUE MOON | Official Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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October 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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My final, definitive comment on Return of the Jedi -
Darth Vader Feels Blue
YouTube video by Billy Faithfull
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October 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#booksky
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I mean wtf is supposed to be going on here?
Write a post. The text reads “right”. Autocorrect offers “I mearight” or “Rught”.
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Looks like 2025 is Ethan Hawke's year to shine. I've been really enjoying "The Lowdown" and "Blue Moon" looks fantastic! I'll pretty much watch anything with Andrew Scott in it anyway. Will I finally make it out to the theater for a non-horror movie?
BLUE MOON | Official Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Took the family camping in western Kansas this past weekend. The Milky Way was so bright! Both my city kids were in awe.

I've heard people say looking up at the stars makes them think of how small and insignificant humans are.

When I look up, I think of all the amazing possibilities open to us!
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Well, it's Wednesday, but I'm making #sundaysauce anyway. Anyone have a special #tip? I like to roast my veggies to bring out their sweetness before adding them to my #marinara!
Sunday sauce made with roasted vegetables.
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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"One of the most valuable lessons I learned from Elmore Leonard!" I ejaculated.
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"Damn right," he behemothed hoarsely.
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

(I still have a box of these toys stuffed in my closet, much to my wife's chagrin.)
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors action still.
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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#booksky
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Forbidden love
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Rocky Mountain Oysters
Mission: Impossible II
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meatloaf
thisone0verhere.bsky.social Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Oct 11
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A different flavor of spooky: Film Noir Tribute featuring "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones: youtu.be/K-GQCb1nMGY?... #Music #Video #ColorADay #BWFri #31DaysOfHalloween
Film Noir Tribute - Paint it Black
YouTube video by golemmingsgo
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October 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM