Short Stories

Junk Birds and other stories (ordered as in Table of Contents with links to publishing journal)

The Steiner Papers (Spinozablue, 9/21/22) https://spinozablue.com/new-fiction-by-david-m-rubin/.

Gorilla vs Dogs (Brilliant Flash Fiction, Issue 34, June 2022) https://brilliantflashfiction.com/2022/06/30/june-2022/.

(Mary)'s Testimony (Café Irreal, Fall 2022) https://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/rubin.htm

The Wonderful Burden of Karuna (Corvus Review, Issue 19 Fall/Winter 2022) https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/611fabd3-8220-45e3-bf9d-d2a394260000/downloads/Issue%2019%202022%20UPDATED.pdf?/ver=1720040259881

The Poet Stairs (Ginosko Literary Journal, Issue 29, 12/2022) https://ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ginosko29.pdf

Sissy Cryptodira (Ginosko Literary Journal, Issue 29, 12/2022) https://ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ginosko29.pdf

Planting the Solstice Stake (Ginosko Literary Journal, Issue 29, 12/2022) https://ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ginosko29.pdf

Aesop's Wish (Moss Piglet, Krazines, August 2022)

Venereal Disease in Ancient Rome (Maudlin House 9/23/222) https://maudlinhouse.net/venereal-disease-in-ancient-rome/.

Maria Santana Demonio (Maudlin House 2/14/23) https://maudlinhouse.net/maria-santana-demonio/.

Fall of the Sparrow to the Milky Way (Grim & Gilded, Issue 7, 2022) https://www.grimandgilded.com/david-m-rubin

The Spectator Takes a Journey (The City Key 11/13/22) https://citykeyzine.com/2022/11/13/the-spectator-takes-a-journey-by-david-m-rubin/.

A Quality of Silence (The City Key 5/30/23) https://citykeyzine.com/2023/05/30/a-quality-of-silence-by-david-m-rubin/.

The Rocks Beneath the Same River (The City Key, 4/6/23) https://citykeyzine.com/2023/04/06/the-rocks-beneath-the-same-river-by-david-rubin/.

Junk Birds (After Dinner Conversation) http://afterdinnerconversation.com/ (behind paywall)

The Zonzotti Addendum (Novella)

Introduction published as Baptism of the Zonzotti Addendum, 9/22/23, The Ekphrastic Review

https://www/ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/baptism-of-the-zonzotti-addendum-by-david-m-rubin

Older Short Stories:

The Can Collector, Lost Worlds ~May 1995 (apparently so rare I don’t even have a copy)

The Cube, Lost Worlds, October 1995

Maelstrom’s Escape, Dissect. Realize. Appreciate., Literary Magazine of The Harvard Medical Community, May 1995