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Author: Sandra Ruttan

Sandra Ruttan was a walking disaster in her formative years. At age eight she was hit by a car while riding her bike home and her head was cut open. Just before her ninth birthday she was running along the beach, landed on broken glass, and her foot was partially severed. The muscle had to be stitched back together, leaving some uncertainty about whether she'd walk again, and the doctor was so fed up with her screaming he told her if she didn't shut up he'd cut her foot off. She went to school with the doctor's son, and forever felt sorry for him. After her tenth birthday she fell down a waterfall and almost drowned. Her later adventures have included being in Seville when they found 4.5 tons of explosives set to blow up the Semana Santa parade and being in a car crash in the Sahara Desert. There is absolutely no explanation for how she's managed to stay alive as long as she has. Keep up to date at her website. Find out more about her writing and editorial services via her website http://sruttan.wordpress.com/ and check out her patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/darkdispatchesfromsandraruttan
17 May 2022 Sandra Ruttan

Increasing Your Odds of #PitDark Success

13 Apr 202213 Apr 2022 Sandra Ruttan

Respect Your Art, Respect Your Audience

4 Apr 2022 Sandra Ruttan

How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis

13 Feb 202213 Feb 2022 Sandra Ruttan

Five Books Featuring Unholy Hungers

11 Feb 202211 Feb 2022 Sandra Ruttan

For the Love of Short Books

31 Jan 2022 Sandra Ruttan

Winter 2022 Onsite Issue

11 Jul 202111 Jul 2021 Sandra Ruttan

Interview: Eric LaRocca talks about Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

9 Jul 20219 Jul 2021 Sandra Ruttan

Review: Inheriting Her Ghosts by S.H. Cooper

30 Jun 202130 Jun 2021 Sandra Ruttan

Review: Unburied – A Queer Dark Fiction Anthology

5 May 20215 May 2021 Sandra Ruttan

Submission Call: Deadly Love

29 Apr 202128 Apr 2021 Sandra Ruttan

#BookSigning – The Living Night by John McFetridge

25 Apr 202124 Apr 2021 Sandra Ruttan

#Review – Boys from County Hell

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“… the sheer amount of talent and cohesive quality of all of the pieces dictate my grading of the book, and it’s wrapped up in more Gemma Amor cover quality goodness, this is going to get a 5 out of 5 ⭐ ‘s …” – Austrian Spencer

“… Laurel Hightower and Sandra Ruttan have edited a fever dream of identity horror that is wonderfully put together, the implementation of flash fiction and poetry help to give breathing spaces between the longer stories – there is so much brilliance here that it shows what a wonderful time it is for horror …” – Ross Jeffery

“All the authors really brought their A+ game and Laurel Hightower and Sandra Ruttan have put together this masterpiece. I cannot even imagine how difficult this must have been – but the result is pure fire!.” – Alex: findingmontauk1

Winter 2022 Issue

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Short Stories:

Suffer the Little Children by R. J. Joseph

Why Ride a Broom? by Angelique Fawns

The Taste of the Name by Christina Ladd

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Are We Ourselves? By Michelle Mellon 

Invisible No More by R. J. Joseph

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Ashes of Gold by J. Elle

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  • Increasing Your Odds of #PitDark Success
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  • How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis
  • Matt Baume’s History of Queer TV
  • Five Books Featuring Unholy Hungers
  • For the Love of Short Books
  • Winter 2022 Onsite Issue
  • Favorite Books of 2021
  • Favorite Film Discoveries of 2021
  • Interview: Eric LaRocca talks about Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
  • Review: Inheriting Her Ghosts by S.H. Cooper
  • Review: Unburied – A Queer Dark Fiction Anthology
  • Submission Call: Deadly Love
  • #BookSigning – The Living Night by John McFetridge
  • #Review – Boys from County Hell

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