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A. A. Rubin
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Writer, author, poet, teacher…cosmic cain. Member SFWA and HWA. He/him. www.flowcode.com/page/aarubin
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She crawled over the gunwhale and, without a word, took the captain by hand. Together, they dove overboard into the amorous embrace of the wine dark sea. #vss365#vssghostship

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The bell toned slow and sonorous, and calm spread throughout the land. The bell keeper laughed in his tower. Soon, the people would be placid enough to begin the invasion. Soon the great one, would come. #vss365

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The planets sitting Like sweet and sour meatballs In the cosmic sauce #ScifaikuSaturday

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The universe’s growth slowed, which incited panic among the cosmos’ scientific community. The galaxy scoffed. “Forgive my lethargy,” it screamed into the infinite void. “It’s early in the system by which I mark time, and I haven’t yet had my morning coffee.” #vss365#scifisat

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He sat beneath the sky of iron gray trying to remember the azure firmament of his youth. But the blue sky and the yellow sun existed only in memory forever lost with the autumn chill and the winter frost. #vss365

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My contributor copies of @Secantpub’s Best Climate Change Stories have arrived. The #environmentalfiction#sciencefiction#shortstory#book releases October 1st. Preorder info in the first comment.

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Here’s a poem I wrote that uses the #vss365#scifansat#poem#scifi#read allegorically. The poem originally appeared in Bards Annual 2023 from Local Gems Press

A. A. Rubin
Beneath The Robot's Net
The sentinels protect us From danger from above--
They have no sense of duty, They have no sense of love--But their programming's infallible,
We know, our leaders said.
It better be, 'cause if they fail, We will all be dead.
"The aliens are coming,"
I heard the newsman say--They're flying here to get us From a planet far away--So to protect my freedom, So I don't have to fret, I must learn to live contentedly,
Beneath the robots' net.
I used to dream of traveling
Up there among stars:
Of mining fields on Venus, Of colonies on Mars--
But my dreams have now been grounded, My thoughts are nothing worth;
My ambition's now been bounded,
Down here on this earth.
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A. A. Rubin
@thesurrealari.bsky.social
Writer, author, poet, teacher…cosmic cain. Member SFWA and HWA. He/him. www.flowcode.com/page/aarubin
495 followers660 following1k posts