It will be like a howl in the night the demon crawling through blood crunching sinew dripping fury what will you say when it looks you in the eye and you see soiled parchment bent knuckles a gradient of sorrow dead leaves the smell of cloves will you crawl inside yourself then? will you forget […]
Tag: writing
Looking toward NaNoWriMo, new goals for blogging
I have decided to revamp my blog quite a bit. I moved my personal posts to drafts, and I decided I will be writing more “strictly business” types of posts from now on. I’ll talk marketing, book reviews, tidbits from my research, share poetry and short stories, and do submission round-ups. I’ll also talk about […]
The anthology featuring my story is now available for preorder.
I have some good publishing news to share again. The anthology that accepted my story DRAGON GIRL is now available for preordering! The ebook edition of Dragon Soul Press’s Fairytale Dragons Anthology can be preordered at http://books2read.com/dspfd. My story DRAGON GIRL is a feminist retelling of the Grimm’s fairy tale GOOSE GIRL, except with queer […]
Flash Fiction: Strong Women
This was a story that got rejected, but I didn’t feel like looking at it again so I’m self publishing it on my blog. Enjoy! “Strong Women” By Denise Ruttan Suzi did not think of herself as a strong woman. When people talked about strong women, she didn’t know what they meant. Was that like […]
Day by Day, by Denise Ruttan
You have thought about death a lot lately. Not in the same way that you used to think about death, as if it were an existential threat. Those times that you do not tell anyone about when you would sit in traffic waiting for the red light to change to green and you think about […]
Empathy, a force that unites all even in wartime
During these uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to become depressed, anxious and angry. I find I am angry a lot these days, reacting to things and lashing out when normally I would slow down and exercise patience. Rage is a symptom of anxiety. The easy thing to do in times like this […]
