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A. A. Rubin

@thesurrealari.bsky.social

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Writer, author, poet, teacher…cosmic cain. Member SFWA and HWA. He/him. 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

“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

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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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 16h

100 percent. The food in Javitz is expensive and there aren’t many healthy (or even healthy-ish) options.

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Knowing me, I’ll have three charging overnight, but forget to put any in my bag.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 16h

#NYCC prep today:

1. Put together physical pitch packages.
2. Choose a notebook for panels/ideas/etc.
3. (And this is the most underrated) Make sure portable phone chargers are charged up!!!
4. Make sure business cards are in the bag.
6. Catch up on TV and movies likely to be spoiled at the con.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 1d

They used to tell me I had a mind like a steel trap. Well, they were right. I’m fucking trapped in it.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 1d

They used to tell me I had a mind like a steel trap. Well, they were right. I’m fucking trapped in it.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 1d

Today is #EdgarAllanPoe’s death day. #Poe is one of my greatest influences and favorite writers. My #shortstory, The Vibrations Louder,
A modern retelling of Poe’s #TheTelltaleHeart was published in @pseudopod.org a few months back.
Give it a #read or a #listen.

pseudopod.org/2025/03/28/p...

PseudoPod 968: The Vibrations, Louder

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 2d

So true.

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Bobby Darin: 🎶🎶Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear/ And it shows them pearly white
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Me: 🎶🎶Just a JACKKNIFE/TRACTOR TRAILER!

A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 2d

Overcoming my inner Douglas Adams to get my materials ready for #NYCC on Thursday.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 4d

I hope we do. We don’t really find that many hairs from our last cat anymore, though.

A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 4d

If her life is any guide, there will be little resting involved. She’ll probably knock the rainbows over.

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Thank you

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 4d

The elastic universe expands and contracts like a giant bellows, stoking the fires of reality with the winds of dark energy. #vss365

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 4d

With foreboding gaze
Like the eye of Jupiter
A great storm gathers
#ScifaikuSaturday

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 4d

Dusty the cat has gone to the rainbow bridge. After 18 years of defiantly using all of her 9 lives, she succumbed to a sudden and aggressive cancer yesterday. She will always be in our hearts and memories, even when her fur is no longer in between the keys of my keyboard.

A grey cat sitting on a demon-clad leg. She faces the camera with ears pricked up and focused eyes.

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 5d

Pulp hero looks up
Another dark, stormy night
Shadows, shades of grey. #vss365

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 5d

Pulp hero looks up
Another dark, stormy night
Shadows, shades of grey. #vss365

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