Kelli Dianne Rule
@kdiannerule.bsky.social
I'm a writer in my mid-40s and I was born in Florida. I write about Florida. It is a weird and cursed land. www.kellirule.com
This wax museum in Guadalajara did Donny so dirty
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This wax museum in Guadalajara did Donny so dirty
The crossword clue was "seed with a hat," and the answer was "acorn," and I was like, awww. I needed that.
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The crossword clue was "seed with a hat," and the answer was "acorn," and I was like, awww. I needed that.
The latest issue of Whale Road Review is so tenderly curated. Each piece is a coin of beach glass. I especially loved Brian Delaney's "The Garage."
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The latest issue of Whale Road Review is so tenderly curated. Each piece is a coin of beach glass. I especially loved Brian Delaney's "The Garage."
I forget dumb people well. I struggle to remember the names of dumb exes. I have no attachment. This is my superpower.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I forget dumb people well. I struggle to remember the names of dumb exes. I have no attachment. This is my superpower.
Can confirm
Being old used to mean exhibiting a gritty resolve that inspired the youth with the stoic resilience to survive two world wars but now it means seeing the world "email" and immediately saying "eee-mail" in the Homestar Runner voice.
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Can confirm
I was inspired to enter a collection of my short stories to a contest, thanks to the encouragement I've received from publishers and fans. I know my stories are weird and uncomfortable. I guess that's ok.
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I was inspired to enter a collection of my short stories to a contest, thanks to the encouragement I've received from publishers and fans. I know my stories are weird and uncomfortable. I guess that's ok.
Eternally thankful to @turnandwork.com for recognizing two(!) stories of mine as their most memorable of 2025. They chose Spiral (a personal fave) and Ma'Donna (something I took chances w and wasn't sure about.) Visit the list and read all 20 stellar selections.
www.turnandwork.com/best-of-2025...
www.turnandwork.com/best-of-2025...
Shortlist Favourites (For Now) - Turn & Work
These are the 20 most memorable stories I linked to at other sites – some of the best short fiction and creative nonfiction I read this year. Posted in chronological order, based on the date they were...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Eternally thankful to @turnandwork.com for recognizing two(!) stories of mine as their most memorable of 2025. They chose Spiral (a personal fave) and Ma'Donna (something I took chances w and wasn't sure about.) Visit the list and read all 20 stellar selections.
www.turnandwork.com/best-of-2025...
www.turnandwork.com/best-of-2025...
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'MacBeth laments traditions that have vanished, the ephemeral nature of costumes and the ease with which handwritten notes recording otherwise forgotten local customs and folk tales can end up in a skip.'
Susan Owens on Britain’s lost arts
Susan Owens on Britain’s lost arts
Craftwork
www.the-tls.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'MacBeth laments traditions that have vanished, the ephemeral nature of costumes and the ease with which handwritten notes recording otherwise forgotten local customs and folk tales can end up in a skip.'
Susan Owens on Britain’s lost arts
Susan Owens on Britain’s lost arts
So this is my cat.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So this is my cat.
When I was (primarily) a painter, it was always the pieces I was unsure about that other people really liked. It's the same w writing. I learned that how I feel about my art is none of my business. My job is to make it & be grateful for an audience. Anyway I made a best of list recently, more soon!
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When I was (primarily) a painter, it was always the pieces I was unsure about that other people really liked. It's the same w writing. I learned that how I feel about my art is none of my business. My job is to make it & be grateful for an audience. Anyway I made a best of list recently, more soon!
Tested a stapler on a wire bound notebook and now I have a wire bound notebook stapled to my breakfast bar
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Tested a stapler on a wire bound notebook and now I have a wire bound notebook stapled to my breakfast bar
You can't name a movie Hamnet.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You can't name a movie Hamnet.
Literally our whole thing was that we suck.
No, next question
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Literally our whole thing was that we suck.
Thankful to announce Ink In Thirds literary magazine has nominated my prose piece "In Another Life" for Best Microfiction 2026. Judges are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss.
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Ink In Thirds: In Another Life
In Another Life: A study of mania and its inevitable crash. And also, orange juice. Originally published in the Spring/Summer issue of Ink in Thirds. In Another Life James lies on the motel b…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thankful to announce Ink In Thirds literary magazine has nominated my prose piece "In Another Life" for Best Microfiction 2026. Judges are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss.
kellirule.com/2025/05/11/i...
kellirule.com/2025/05/11/i...
Honestly feel the capitalist fetishization of competition over cooperation could use some examining as well.
This piece does a good job breaking down how the actual process of boys’ gender anxiety actually gets triggered in academic settings. There’s a tendency to treat “provide & protect” masculinity as positive, but to be maintained it requires a femininity that needs protecting.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Honestly feel the capitalist fetishization of competition over cooperation could use some examining as well.
Five jet black grackles in the trees outside my window. Tweeting/cooing up a storm. These fuckers are plotting something.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Five jet black grackles in the trees outside my window. Tweeting/cooing up a storm. These fuckers are plotting something.
"Florida air is a fossil. An entire universe once swam through the air I breathe. It is wet and you can taste the ancient salt. Smells of sea slugs beached on sand. It is heavy, and hopeless.
A dead weight."
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A dead weight."
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Once, We Were Under the Sea
You don’t have to dig. The teeth have eaten their way up. They lie there on the surface like strewn coins, tumbled and polished, gray gums attached. Petrified. Florida air is a fossil. An entire un…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Florida air is a fossil. An entire universe once swam through the air I breathe. It is wet and you can taste the ancient salt. Smells of sea slugs beached on sand. It is heavy, and hopeless.
A dead weight."
www.whaleroadreview.com/rule/
A dead weight."
www.whaleroadreview.com/rule/
I am happy to share that a piece of prose of mine, "Once, We Were Under the Sea," a musing on hunting for shark teeth in rural central Florida, has been nominated by @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social
We're delighted to share our nominations for the Pushcart Prize and The Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Congrats to our nominees!
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I am happy to share that a piece of prose of mine, "Once, We Were Under the Sea," a musing on hunting for shark teeth in rural central Florida, has been nominated by @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social
I love gardening in the morning.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love gardening in the morning.
I once Googled "what songs do I like." To be fair I was extremely stressed out.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I once Googled "what songs do I like." To be fair I was extremely stressed out.
Watching Tim and Eric in order, from the beginning. I don't think I've ever done this. Just caught it on Adult Swim when it was on and rewatched my fave sketches on YouTube whenever I thought about it. Didn't realize Brule was in the first episode. What a treasure, joyous insanity.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Watching Tim and Eric in order, from the beginning. I don't think I've ever done this. Just caught it on Adult Swim when it was on and rewatched my fave sketches on YouTube whenever I thought about it. Didn't realize Brule was in the first episode. What a treasure, joyous insanity.
Any other GenXers who got a university education feel like they caught the last chopper out of Nam
OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
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OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
In the essay, she wrote traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. What do you think? Read the full essay and professor responses here.
www.yahoo.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Any other GenXers who got a university education feel like they caught the last chopper out of Nam
"Come on. You don't have to do this." Actual words I said to my cat just now.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Come on. You don't have to do this." Actual words I said to my cat just now.
Is it really Black Friday if you're not a little buzzed, screwing in furrier strips & muttering "goddammit" every five minutes
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Is it really Black Friday if you're not a little buzzed, screwing in furrier strips & muttering "goddammit" every five minutes