Marc Ruvolo
@marcruvolo.bsky.social
Writer of weird horror living in Portland, OR. Maximum Queercore. Founded Chicago's Bucket O' Blood Books. NOVELLAS: SLOE (Unnerving Books), PIETIES (Off Limits Press). WASTE GROUND (Slashic Horror Press). He/him. AI=BLOCK.
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Marc Ruvolo
@marcruvolo.bsky.social
· Mar 15
💀 RELEASE DAY!!!💀 The WASTE GROUND is now open to the public, make sure to sign the waiver before you enter! RE-POSTS are greatly appreciated! Online book event is today at 1PM EST on @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social TIKTOK with guest @jvgachs.bsky.social! LINKS BELOW!
In nicer news, my queer, 80s horror novella set at the very beginning of the AIDS era is being re-released this coming April by @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! Originally released by OFF LIMITS press, it will have a new cover and I've added about 3K words to the story! 🖤 #queerhorror #booksky
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In nicer news, my queer, 80s horror novella set at the very beginning of the AIDS era is being re-released this coming April by @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! Originally released by OFF LIMITS press, it will have a new cover and I've added about 3K words to the story! 🖤 #queerhorror #booksky
LCD Soundsystem "Too Much Love" #musicsky #lcdsoundsystem
Too Much Love
YouTube video by LCD Soundsystem - Topic
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
LCD Soundsystem "Too Much Love" #musicsky #lcdsoundsystem
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Back after a brief hiatus due to unexpected illness! Check out my final post featuring the SSBA semi-finalists:
JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs.
@jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...
JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs.
@jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...
Small Spec Book Awards - Semi-Finalist Feature #4
After a brief hiatus due to an unexpected illness, I am back with the last round of SSBA Semi-finalists before I start featuring the Finalis...
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Back after a brief hiatus due to unexpected illness! Check out my final post featuring the SSBA semi-finalists:
JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs.
@jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...
JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs.
@jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...
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A poem from my chapbook "agnostic" which is available for purchase at the link below.
www.blurb.com/b/12409704-a...
www.blurb.com/b/12409704-a...
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A poem from my chapbook "agnostic" which is available for purchase at the link below.
www.blurb.com/b/12409704-a...
www.blurb.com/b/12409704-a...
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maybe given the current political situation, finding things about which to say “the president has a point” is not only not a good look but actively bad and fucked up? Maybe maybe resist the impulse to say “well I agree with this chump” and find something else to talk about instead?
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
maybe given the current political situation, finding things about which to say “the president has a point” is not only not a good look but actively bad and fucked up? Maybe maybe resist the impulse to say “well I agree with this chump” and find something else to talk about instead?
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my folks just celebrated their 50th anniversary, half a century! emily and i recorded a version of this Bee Gees tune for them as a gift. 💗
1/3
youtu.be/WGZSuoqlmxo
1/3
youtu.be/WGZSuoqlmxo
j & e // to love somebody (Bee Gees)
YouTube video by joshua wayne hensley
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
my folks just celebrated their 50th anniversary, half a century! emily and i recorded a version of this Bee Gees tune for them as a gift. 💗
1/3
youtu.be/WGZSuoqlmxo
1/3
youtu.be/WGZSuoqlmxo
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I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes.
You know, a dudeplex.
You know, a dudeplex.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes.
You know, a dudeplex.
You know, a dudeplex.
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no, i will not be posting my Wrapped. cancel your Spotify subscription.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
no, i will not be posting my Wrapped. cancel your Spotify subscription.
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Oh hey, would you look at that? I love #spotifywrapped! This is the perfect time for us to all be posting ours. :)
#boycottspottify
#boycottspottify
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oh hey, would you look at that? I love #spotifywrapped! This is the perfect time for us to all be posting ours. :)
#boycottspottify
#boycottspottify
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#spotifywrapped
...cancel your Spotify account. Strawberry and foobar2000 are great music players on desktop, and I can recommend VLC and foobar2000 on android.
Buy music from your favorite indie musicians.
...cancel your Spotify account. Strawberry and foobar2000 are great music players on desktop, and I can recommend VLC and foobar2000 on android.
Buy music from your favorite indie musicians.
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#spotifywrapped
...cancel your Spotify account. Strawberry and foobar2000 are great music players on desktop, and I can recommend VLC and foobar2000 on android.
Buy music from your favorite indie musicians.
...cancel your Spotify account. Strawberry and foobar2000 are great music players on desktop, and I can recommend VLC and foobar2000 on android.
Buy music from your favorite indie musicians.
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It's officially #SpotifyWrapped season, so we're flipping the script by unwrapping Spotify. Tell them to drop ICE ads now!
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's officially #SpotifyWrapped season, so we're flipping the script by unwrapping Spotify. Tell them to drop ICE ads now!
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
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If Spotify’s pushing ICE ads, why do you still have a subscription?
#SpotifyWrapped is the perfect time to drop them.
#SpotifyWrapped is the perfect time to drop them.
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If Spotify’s pushing ICE ads, why do you still have a subscription?
#SpotifyWrapped is the perfect time to drop them.
#SpotifyWrapped is the perfect time to drop them.
Christ on a crutch. AIPAC has bought their souls. F this ghoul, and let's put pedo Bill in jail, while we're at it.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Christ on a crutch. AIPAC has bought their souls. F this ghoul, and let's put pedo Bill in jail, while we're at it.
I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes.
You know, a dudeplex.
You know, a dudeplex.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes.
You know, a dudeplex.
You know, a dudeplex.
Instagram, serving me one AI cover horror "writer" after another. 🤮 Oh, and the "reviewers" who give all the AI books ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. "Scariest book I ever read!" Block. Block. Block. blockity, Block. #fuckAI
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Instagram, serving me one AI cover horror "writer" after another. 🤮 Oh, and the "reviewers" who give all the AI books ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. "Scariest book I ever read!" Block. Block. Block. blockity, Block. #fuckAI
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Hey, if you're looking for A.) a shot of Xmas horror involving a joyriding skeleton and B.) Ways to support indie authors, you can buy the ebook of my short story and kill two birds with one bone--er, I mean, stone!
www.amazon.com/Slay-Ride-Sk...
www.amazon.com/Slay-Ride-Sk...
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hey, if you're looking for A.) a shot of Xmas horror involving a joyriding skeleton and B.) Ways to support indie authors, you can buy the ebook of my short story and kill two birds with one bone--er, I mean, stone!
www.amazon.com/Slay-Ride-Sk...
www.amazon.com/Slay-Ride-Sk...
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
"Set Adrift Again" performed by my band Das Kapital, from the album "Denying the West" (2006). #musicsky #punkrock #chicago
Das Kapital - Set Adrift Again
YouTube video by wolfsnigs
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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This unacknowledged World AIDS day, I'm remembering my two beloved uncles who died of AIDS in the 90s: Steven Schultz (seen in the photo) and Don Reid. They lived on the upper west side of Manhattan, in a stretch of apartments along the West Side Highway and I vividly remember their small apartment.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This unacknowledged World AIDS day, I'm remembering my two beloved uncles who died of AIDS in the 90s: Steven Schultz (seen in the photo) and Don Reid. They lived on the upper west side of Manhattan, in a stretch of apartments along the West Side Highway and I vividly remember their small apartment.
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I see people using AI and it makes me sad. I see people sending me AI and it makes me angry.
If you’re using AI to write your stories or create your art, you’re robbing yourself. I don’t have to let you rob me or Kaleidotrope’s readers.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I see people using AI and it makes me sad. I see people sending me AI and it makes me angry.
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I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky
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The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky
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He is just generally an alt-right, unrepentantly racist and transphobic piece of shit. He is also a genuinely bad comedian, much in the way that thin-skinned assholes often are 🤷♀️
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
Louis C.K. Targets Trans People and Parkland Shooting Survivors in a Leaked Set
He's still trying to make his comeback happen.
www.gq.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
He is just generally an alt-right, unrepentantly racist and transphobic piece of shit. He is also a genuinely bad comedian, much in the way that thin-skinned assholes often are 🤷♀️
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
We're on a runaway train to societal collapse.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're on a runaway train to societal collapse.