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Marc Ruvolo

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Marc Ruvolo (he/him) is a queer writer and musician living in Portland, Oregon who once considered himself a punk. He founded the seminal Bucket O’ Blood book store in Chicago, and his poetry and fiction have appeared in Cynthia Pelayo’s Gothic Blue Book Series, Slay and Slay Again: A Queer Horror Anthology, and Nocturne Magazine, to name a few. His debut horror novella, “SLOE,” was released in 2023 by Unnerving Books. A second queer horror novella, “Pieties,” in 2024 from Off Limits Press.
A third novella, "WASTE GROUND," is coming March 15th, from Slashic Horror Press. Find him on Bluesky at @marcruvolo.bsky.social. ...more

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	Gothic Blue Book: The Haunted Edition by Cynthia Pelayo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ben McElroy (Contributor), Greg Mollin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieties 4.19 avg rating — 59 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sloe 4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waste Ground 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny (#1) by Laird Barron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mikita Brottman (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creep & Crow by Marc Ruvolo (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frost Zone Stories book 1 by M.M. MacLeod (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Phrique’s books don’t make laugh, they make CACKLE. He’s the Beethoven (Beyonce?) of Bizarro because his books are always orchestrated into the perfect, preening, puss-filled package. The cover and inside art, the asides, the forwards and afterwards, ...more
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I have to admit, the first few chapters had me skeptical, but then I settled in, and by the end I was in love. Science Fantasy with a dash of western, and of course, Ballingrud's usual gorgeous, lyrical prose. Wish it were a bit longer, but that's ha ...more
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