Author Archives: perryruh

My latest story ‘Nerves’ is part pseudo-autobiography, part response to Thomas Moynihan’s Spinal Catastrophism, and all nightmare. You can read it in issue three of Cold Signal Magazine.https://cold-signal.com/nerves-perry-ruhland/

My new story ‘Landscape With Ruins’ is live out now on Ergot.press. A posthuman horror.https://www.ergot.press/authors/Perry_Ruhland/Landscape_With_Ruins

My story ‘Long Scissors, Black Candles’, recently published in issue 8 of Weird Horror Magazine, is now available to read for free via Weird Horror’s website.https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/longscissors

I’m honored to say my story ‘The Flytrap Garden’ has been published in the final issue of Vastarien, a wonderful journal from Grimscribe Press. This is a very sentimental publication for me, as learning of Vastarien in college was what inspired me to get back into writing prose fiction, and the publication of my storyContinue reading “‘The Flytrap Garden’ Published in Vastarien Vol. 7, Issue 0”

To celebrate the season, I decided to put together a list of my fifty favorite horror stories as well as my fifty favorite horror films. The lists are ranked alphabetically by author or director’s last name. Each list only has one per author/director. I’ll disagree with these tomorrow. Happy Halloween! STORIES: Angerhuber, Monika – TheContinue reading “Halloween 2023: Favorite Horror Stories & Films”

I’m very excited to say that my story ‘Long Scissors, Black Candles’ will be published in issue 8 of Michael Kelly’s Weird Horror magazine with an accompanying illustration by James Hutton (https://www.instagram.com/stitching_a_laugh_to_darkness/). The issue will be out via Undertow Books in Spring 2024.

My new story ‘Nocturn’ is out now on Ergot.press. An exploration into dark spaces, and my take on analog horror. 📼📺https://www.ergot.press/authors/Perry_Ruhland/Nocturn

I’m very excited to say my Super 8 cosmic horror film SUNGAZER is included as the bonus film on this limited VHS release of Louise Weard’s amazing cyberpunk body horror featurette COMPUTER HEARTS! Copies are available via the distributor here: https://lunchmeatvhs.com/collections/featured-products/products/computer-hearts-vhs

I generally enjoy assembling these sorts of lists more than I do explaining them, so I’ll keep it brief. This year I read a good amount of books and watched an excessive amount of movies. These are the best new to me reads and watches of each. I had a great time diving deeper intoContinue reading “Best New-To-Me Books and Films of 2022”

I’m very excited to say that my story ‘Brighter Than Stars’, first published in Baffling Magazine No. 6, has been nominated for Tenebrous Press’ first annual Brave New Weird Awards. The winners, announced next week, will be included in an anthology of the year’s best New Weird Horror of 2022. Fingers crossed! Brighter Than StarsContinue reading “‘Brighter Than Stars’ Nominated for Brave New Weird Award”