Author Archives: perryruh

I’m very excited to say that INVISIBLE GRAVES, my debut short story collection, will be published by Organ Bank later this year. INVISIBLE GRAVES consists of thirteen stories arranged in three thematically linked cycles (OSSUARIES, CATACOMBS, CHARNEL GROUNDS) and an epilogue (CENOTAPH). There are hidden corpses, faceless killers, and landscapes transfigured by death. A brightContinue reading “Announcing INVISIBLE GRAVES”

“Concrete Mansion”, my latest horror story, is up now at the Organ Bank Oubliette. Read it here: https://www.organ.fail/oubliette/concrete-mansion/

“A Corpse Which Moves”, my new story of facing death, is up now at ergot. Read it here:https://www.ergot.press/authors/Perry_Ruhland/A_Corpse_Which_Moves

I’m happy to say my story “Parasomnias” will be opening Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors, a new themed anthology by C.M. Muller. The book can be pre-ordered in paperback, hardcover, and epub through the publisher’s website.

“Directions”, a journey through the dark, is up now at Keep Planning. Read it here: https://keep-planning.net/text/031

I spoke to Samuel M. Moss about some of the practices behind his novel The Veldt Institute. We talked sculpture, ambient literature, and audiophiles. Read it here at XRAY: https://xraylitmag.com/samuel-m-moss-interviewed-by-perry-ruhland/interviews-reviews/

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: