Marc Ruvolo

Marc Ruvolo (he/him) is a queer writer and musician living in Portland, Oregon who once considered himself a punk. He founded the seminal Bucket O’ Blood book store in Chicago, and his poetry and fiction have appeared in Cynthia Pelayo’s Gothic Blue Book Series, Slay and Slay Again: A Queer Horror Anthology, and Nocturne Magazine, to name a few. His debut horror novella, “SLOE,” was released in 2023 by Unnerving Books. A second queer horror novella, “Pieties,” in 2024 from Off Limits Press.
A third novella, "WASTE GROUND," is coming March 15th, from Slashic Horror Press. Find him on Bluesky at @marcruvolo.bsky.social.

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