Rick Ruder·Mar 13, 2024Excerpt from ‘The Estranged’Every day when I walked to school I would spy this old man through the window of his house huntched over a keyboard. Sometimes he would be…
Rick Ruder·May 15, 2023Refugee’s RiskThrough this promised portal no safety will be found Foxes in the crosshairs of gilded master’s hound
Rick Ruder·Nov 10, 2021Why I Can’t SmirkA smirk is a smile born of the knowledge that you just got away with something. I don’t smirk — ever.
Rick Ruder·Jun 4, 2021Bane of the Holodeck JanitorHygenius de Oneiros was a low-level Enterprise crewmember. What was generally hidden from the public and most historical documentation of…
InSettingtheScenebyRick Ruder·Feb 5, 2021Tuesday’s GoneI was sitting with my legs hanging out the car’s open door enjoying the wind. It was hot and I needed to stay as close to the moving air…
Rick Ruder·Jan 31, 2019Writing WalterThe images flash by, flickering like an old motion picture. This movie, however, has no plot. The director, if he even exists, seems…
Rick Ruder·Aug 31, 2018The Clickable ListicleIt may be time to carve out a new genre just for listicles. They’re everywhere. Is it a passing phase or should we turn our academic minds…
Rick Ruder·Aug 6, 2018World is SpinningWrapped in darkness cool of night home is refuge love shines brightA response icon3A response icon3