No thoughts, just royai

I have this speculative thriller that's like Summer That Hilarious Died meets The Fifth Season and I really don't feel ready to write it lmao

I read this last year and I immediately sent it every one of my gayng and demanded they read it immediately. Its gay people and cannibalism. I demand you read this one immediately.

this is my fave rukman piece to date - visceral, brutal and boundary pushing, everyone pls give it a read

We are running on day two of everything hurts

As they say "To kill a language, you must rip it from living throats"

I adored writing this one!! Read and see what it takes to kill a language

Friends, "To Kill A Language" was voted as the Best Flash Fiction in Apex Choice Awards 2025. I'm officially an award winning writer!

Love seeing this awesome roundtable with Being Aro contributors for #aromanticawarenessweek! @rukman.bsky.social @kalynjosephson.bsky.social @annzhao.bsky.social @kashinggiwa.bsky.social bookstr.com/article/five...

Master class in worldbuilding without worldbuilding

rukman wrote this lovely insightful thread so pls read but i’ve been writing a lot post viable paradise and i think the main reason isn’t because of some sigma hustle grindset (tm) but bc i remembered writing is really fun?? writing only freak fiction is 10/10 would recommend

READ THIS IT'S SO GOOD!

Yes to all of this. Rewild that garden!

Only one day left to vote for “These Marbles Were Never White”, my @khoreo.bsky.social essay about the importance of Greek voices in Greek myth adaptations in the BSFA Awards in the Best Short Non-Fiction category. Vote here: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

I have a new story out today! The Salt and The Cure is about looking at the question of "what is even god" and then wondering if you can love someone horrifyingly into one www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

Oh! Oh! Look! Everyone, come quick! #WritingCommunity My friend @rukman.bsky.social wrote something! And it's in one of my favorite magazines! @lightspeedmagazine.com www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

in the last few years, I've tried many ways at being a writer. One was treating it like this artisan garden that must be always perfect for viewing. You count every word, prune with abandon, and march forward like a soldier to their last battle.

Me: I don't have enough words @rukman.bsky.social: Make it messier. Okay I think I have a bunch of new stuff to add to this book now, I'm actually pretty excited. I AM NOT DOOMED.

My favorite Elijah story, which is a high bar because I love all Elijah stories

Friends! I wrote my first novel! Please buy it! Out October 6th, 2026 Pre order here angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-o... @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

Finished reading last night. I have to say I think it was difficult picking out my favorite stories, but the The Library of the Lost ( @rukman.bsky.social ) and The Eagles are Nesting at Pheasant Run ( @brookelanierart.bsky.social ) were real good.

contract signed for my story "situationship" to appear in @othersidespec.bsky.social !! i'm so excited to be part of their first issue 🚀💥🔄

Can't wait for everyone to read this story because its SO fucked up (complimentary)

My favorite Sara story!!! Jennifer's Daughter grip's you by your throat and just never lets go

I deeply loved AL Goldfuss' Drosera Regina. Its such a perpendicular narrative www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros...

As someone who loves Norse mythology, I loved the look at these particular people and what brings them together. The voice and pacing was excellent, and there are some sentences with a rhythm I just want to roll around in.

I'm going to be trying to do more recommending of short stories I've read and liked, especially when they're ones that I rec elsewhere, too. To start this off, @rukman.bsky.social's story Wolfmothers, which is a great look at some Norse myth figures. translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

Read Paper Menagerie for the first time and really liked its sharp effectiveness

I am the biggest @emelkrishnan.bsky.social stan and this story might be my new favorite

Finally read Ichthyosis and so deeply moved by it psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!

weird hill to die on but friends please, its not Dosahhhh, its Dosa (or Dosai, if you are being formal). Its a quick and sharp word, with a stressed start and a short uh at the end. Please, i beg thee, stop the dosaaaaaaaaah propaganda

OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all! othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Universal healthcare and education. Abolish private schools and hospitals. The rich must inhabit the same space as the rest of us. If they are allowed to opt out, we will never see improvement in the quality of public goods

Wealth should have a cap. Once you've made, I dunno, $100 million dollars, that's it. Congratulations, you won Capitalism. You benefitted from society so much, you'll never have a material worry again. We'll name a dog park after you. Everything past that goes into a "social benefit fund."

Just got around to reading this one and I loved it. Excellent choice to end the 4th (or 9th, depending on how you count) year I've spent away from home.

So in the UK, they'll arrest you for supporting Palestine, and now we find they'll also arrest you for supporting those who support Palestine. If you hold a Free Greta sign, will they arrest you for supporting someone who supports those who support Palestine? British Matryoshka doll-ass fascism.

there are characters I love and there are characters whom I want to splice open to climb into the crevices of their brain and never leave

You guys are gonna LOVE THIS STORY ‼️

This story is so good??? This story knows all about the incredibly specific shame of not speaking a language as well as you should, and has something to say about it.

All this to avoid making awards eligibility posts lmao

If you are reading a story from me this year, please consider "To Kill A Language".

all rukman stories slap so very excited to read this one! 👀🤩

Incredibly excited to announce that my story, The Salt and the Cure, will be coming to @lightspeedmagazine.com next February! Its about looking at the question of 'what is even god' and instead asking if you can love someone into god.

Possibly my favorite story I published tis year!

It's the 25th Day of TTL's retrospective and today we've got Wolfmothers by @rukman.bsky.social A story of Angrboða, mother of the monster-brood, and how she seeks companionship after the downfall of Loki.