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Marc Ruvolo

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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 Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock), Slay and Slay Again: A Queer Horror Anthology, and Cynthia Pelayo’s “Gothic Blue Book” series. He’s published three horror novellas, “SLOE,” in 2023 by Unnerving Books, “WASTE GROUND” by Slashic Horror Press in 2025, and “PIETIES: EXPANDED EDITION,” by Slashic Horror in April 26. Find him on Bluesky at @marcruvolo.bsky.social.

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	Gothic Blue Book: The Haunted Edition by Cynthia Pelayo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ben McElroy (Contributor), Greg Mollin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieties 4.17 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sloe 4.20 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waste Ground 4.28 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieties: Expanded Edition 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny (#1) by Laird Barron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mikita Brottman (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creep & Crow by Marc Ruvolo (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frost Zone Stories book 1 by M.M. MacLeod (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elizabeth Guilt, Katie Marie (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)

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Marc Ruvolo liked Marina's review of Pieties: Expanded Edition: "This was such a great, original horror that I am so glad I had the opportunity to read, especially for my first read of pride month. This was such a devastating story, well paced yet puts you through an emotional rollercoaster of emotions and ohh tha" Read more of this review »
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Good collection which peters out/gets a bit repetitive towards the end. Four stars because it has one of my favorite Evenson stories, "The Rider." ...more
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Marc Ruvolo liked Elainie Force's review of Pieties: Expanded Edition: "Lol what the f** ! I've never read a horror thriller before or an LGBTQ book so best believe I was excited to read this. This was more comedy to me in the beginning and I think it was the writer's choice of words and writing style. He seems to have a " Read more of this review »
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Marc Ruvolo liked Dorian C's review of Pieties: Expanded Edition: "I am reviewing this as an ARC team member for the expanded edition of Pieties. Difficult in a way that is hard to describe, but written in a way that grips you to the very end, Pieties tore many emotions from me throughout this whole reading. It is ver" Read more of this review »
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Marc Ruvolo made a comment on The Blog Without a Face’s review of Pieties: Expanded Edition " Thank you for the review, loved your insight! "
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Marc Ruvolo made a comment on Josette Thomas’s review of Pieties " Hi Josette! Thank you for the review, I'm trilled you enjoyed Andrew and Christine's story! Could yo do me a favor and post this over in the expanded ...more "
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