Marc Ruvolo

Parsival Or A Knight's Tale (Parsival #1) Richard Monaco has created an unusual slant on the Arth…

Grim, surreal, violent, and quite beautiful four volume series based on the Arthurian Grail quest of the hero Parsival.

It's also cheap, considering you only pay when people download, so it's worth it to me as an extra arc push. They even gave me free credits this time so listing the book was half price ($5).

I've done three novellas through BS, and while it seems like it has slowed a little, I still get reviews. I cap the downloads at 30 and most (25+ which usually leads to 10+ reviews) are taken each time. Is Booksprout the same concept and pricing? I've heard about it, but I'm not familiar.

LGBT Fiction ARCs You'll Love

My queer horror novella is on BookSirens if you're looking for a read! Comes out April 15th! #booksky #horror #queerhorror

US CENTCOM had four years to figure out Shahed drones. Ukraine did all the work for them, and they still f'd it up.

With how difficult and competitive paying genre fiction markets are these days, it’s an extra layer of hard selling anything even slightly humorous or whimsical. I wish editors realized we need whimsical stories, too. It can’t all be death and depression, I like a palate cleanser once in a while.

"Ayatollah" [1979] by "Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation" YouTube video by AbortionOnToast

Only ancient Chicago people will remember this one. #musicsky #chicagoradio #chicago

I'd like to keep a list for future public-shaming...uh, I mean reference.

"Ayatollah" [1979] by "Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation" YouTube video by AbortionOnToast

Only ancient Chicago people will remember this one. #musicsky #chicagoradio #chicago

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art The highest court in the US declined to review a case about copyrighting artwork created with the help of AI.

And BOOM goes the dynamite. To all the AI Bros who have slid into my mentions to tell me that you CAN in fact copyright AI materials, the Supreme Court has told you to go suck rocks. A prompt is not authorship. And if there is no author, there is no valid copyright.

www.engadget.com/ai/the-supre...

Rubio added: "And, of course, we want to be the only ones capable of holding the whole world hostage..."

Greedy by Callie Kazumi. Recommend. Read if you like culinary horror.

Check out my review of “Greedy” by Callie Kazumi, a horror story about classism and food.

diversityhorror.com/2026/03/01/g...

With how difficult and competitive paying genre fiction markets are these days, it’s an extra layer of hard selling anything even slightly humorous or whimsical. I wish editors realized we need whimsical stories, too. It can’t all be death and depression, I like a palate cleanser once in a while.

The old me would never have been bothered about confrontation, but just sent off an email to an author that I have been sitting on for about two weeks. Because I am trying to live drama-free.

I couldn't post their article because both the book cover and author photo were AI-generated

I know it's hard to confront this kind of crap, and it seems like a hopeless cause, but kudos to you. I'm flabbergasted by people who think nothing of using AI in writing or art. It's theft. It's anti-humanity. Talk about not caring about the quality of your art. Sheesh.

Good thing AI is never wrong. You should look for answers in a sheep's entrails next. 😆

Cuba next!

Quite bold for Belgium. Now maybe De Wever can stop being so terrified of dispersing seized Russian assets to Ukraine.

VA Urgh! A Music War (1980) - Full Movie (1080p Upscaled & Enhanced) YouTube video by mindtpi

“Urgh! A Music War” (1980)

Police, Wall of Voodoo, OMD, Oingo Boingo, Echo, XTC, Klaus Nomi, Go-Gos, Steel Pulse, DKs, Gary Neuman, Joan Jett, Magazine, Surf Punks, Cramps, Au Pairs, Gang of Four, Devo, 999, Pere Ubu, Fleshtones, X, UB40, Alley Cats, Skafish, Toyah
youtube.com/watch?v=SgBh...

Trump is terrified of the optics of American casualties. Even propaganda channel Fox reported "only 21% of respondents said they favored an attack on Iran." The administration will hide any deaths, if they can.

a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it Alt: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it

If you're self-righteously downloading Claude in response to Open AI's partnership w the gov't, sorry, you're still on the wrong side

There is no ethical use case for casual AI use, no matter what company: it is all a plague founded on theft that depletes resources (& will make you stupider, too!)

Sword of Sorcery #4 (DC Comics Sept-Oct. 1973) Fafhrd and the Mouser fight a giant blazing eye

Sword of Sorcery #4 (DC Comics Sept-Oct. 1973) Fafhrd and the Mouser battle a giant blazing eye wielding numerous swords. #sword&sorcery #fantasy #comicbook #fritzleiber

I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.

"Pieties" spends some time telling one story while building another in the background. Hints of the latter keep dropping throughout, but it's only when the main tale finally stumbles upon the hidden one that those hints actually pay off, in a major, explosive way. The main tale is the story of Andrew, a gay young man in the '80s, who, having just discovered he's carrying a new illness, one that's been appearing more and more often among gay men, returns home to his parents to recover. The progress of the disease is told like a process of discovery: noone at that point in time knows what the sore throat, the bruises and the rashes imply; much less Andrew, who accidentally spreads the disease around. Ruvolo captures the reader's attention by repeatedly putting Andrew on the spot, often in contrast with the way of life of his Christian, homophobic parents. Andrew's small town experiences made me feel for him: he's not strong but appears quite persistent, and he wisely avoids facing bigotry and narrowmindedness head on. The real issues, however, are happening right under his nose, and it'll take a lot till he catches on what's going on: is his parents' house haunted? Is someone visiting his father's Japanese garden at night? And what about all the missing cats? The climactic ending is literally chaos! So much horror seemingly out of nowhere (almost like pulling rabbits out of a hat!). I was so desperate to know how things would turn out, I couldn’t stop reading. Among the last scenes ("Corrupted" - wow chills all over!), there was a sense of true malevolence! The epilogue provides a sort of closure, a much needed chance to breathe after all the darkness. There's also a palpable sense of foreboding, so I'm not sure what kind of closure this is supposed to be. Either way, highly recommend!

Lovely new review via Goodreads of my upcoming queer horror novella PIETIES: EXPANDED EDITION, out April 15th! books2read.com/pieties #booksky #queerhorror #horrorbooks #indiepress

B/W photo of the Lost Cross Punk House exhibit at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas. Flyers and photos of bands like No Empathy, Life Sentence, Diest Christ and the Accused.

My ugly mug is part of an exhibit at the Punk Rock Museum in Vegas. Right above the NO in No Empathy. I was probably 23 in that band pic. #PunkRock #PunkSky

B/W photo of the Lost Cross Punk House exhibit at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas. Flyers and photos of bands like No Empathy, Life Sentence, Diest Christ and the Accused.

My ugly mug is part of an exhibit at the Punk Rock Museum in Vegas. Right above the NO in No Empathy. I was probably 23 in that band pic. #PunkRock #PunkSky

Horror Thriller ARCs You'll Love

My upcoming novella is available as an arc on Booksirens, along with a ton of other great books! #booksky #queerhorror #horror #arcreaders

Horror Thriller ARCs You'll Love

My upcoming novella is available as an arc on Booksirens, along with a ton of other great books! #booksky #queerhorror #horror #arcreaders

Fuck Putin and Russia.

Now 26% off!

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