Author Archives: perryruh

I had 10 stories published in 2025, not counting one which was self-published and one reprint. This is more stories than I had published in 2024 and 2023 combined. In order of publication, the stories are: “Nerves” in Cold Signal Magazine #3, “Islands” in Keep Planning, “GOUGER” in ergot.press, “End Screen of Your Life” inContinue reading “2025 in Review”

“InterIterant”, a haunted story, is up now in Whisk(e)y Tit Journal issue 12. Read it here: https://whiskeytit.com/article/interitinerant/

“The Illuminated Tower”, an investigation into the content of and community around an uncanny CD-ROM game, is up now at minor literature[s]. Read it here: https://minorliteratures.com/2025/11/18/the-illuminated-tower-perry-ruhland/

What follows is “Mouth”, a ghost story written by myself, after artwork by the great Trevor Henderson (trevorhenderson.com). We’ve been trying to do something together for ages, and I’m very happy with the result! And the art, unobstructed:

“Movements on a Moonless Night” , a hard-boiled nightmare, is up now at Keep Planning. Read it here:https://keep-planning.net/text/021

“Nowhere People”, my new story of the city’s other life, is out now in issue 4 of Magazine1.https://www.magazine-1.com/perry-ruhland-nowhere-people

“Tonight I Will Split His Heart With a Knife”, my story of a telepathic flâneur, is out now in Chthonic Matter Quarterly’s Summer 2025 issue. Copies available via the link below: https://chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/chthonicmatter/

“End Screen of Your Life”, my latest story, is up now at Marrow Magazine. Grief, video game architecture, and the melancholy of technology. Read it here:https://marrowmagazine.com/end-screen…

GOUGER, an internet gothic, is up now on ergot. It’s the most extreme story I’ve written, and it might be my favorite. Read it here:https://www.ergot.press/authors/Perry_Ruhland/GOUGER

‘Islands’, a violent story, is live on the new publication Keep Planning.https://keep-planning.net/text/005