Pit Stops and Proton Beams

by Aurelio Rico Lopez III

Let’s just say you’re hitching your way to another galaxy and weird space dust somehow gets into your spacesuit and your tongue goes numb… And now the simple idea of a haiku 575, suddenly changes and the balance of syllables becomes some other numerical equivalence. Come along on this journey of what we’re calling experimental haiku, or maybe, another dimension; get infected and just say these “Beam me up Scotty!”

“A minimalist approach to an exploration from SF tropes with more than 200 haiku.
Clever, entertaining, and at times laugh-out-loud.” -Bruce Boston, author of Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets

“The haiku becomes a singularity alien that mutates, lives in your heart, and never dies in this awesome exploration of syllables, space and soul.” -Christoph Paul, author of Horror Film Poems

“Sci-Fi fun! Whimsical, different and a brilliant reversal of the haiku.
In your best Alien voice, I highly recommend to read this collection again and again."
-Sharon Ferrante, author of The Choir of Crickets

Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2025

About the author

Aurelio Rico Lopez III is a self-diagnosed scribble junkie from Iloilo City, Philippines. He enjoys rock and roll, pancakes, campy horror movies, dark fiction, coffee, and doughnuts. He is also the author of the books Food For the Crows, Cry Wolf, No Grave Too Deep, Nothing's Fine, and Madness Inherent. Aurelio takes care of two mischievous tarantulas, Loki and Thor.

Reviews

[Malcom Massey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure what to think. Author took a different approach to be certain. Haiku as sci-fi story put me off guard. Congrats to the author for experimentation, but this book is not my cup of tea. Would have preferred a more traditional format I no longer care with olives or dies
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