Ryan Walraven, PhD

A crazy story but an unfortunate sign of the times in academia 😭

And you outlasted Gettysburg Review!

Super stoked to be 21st place in the 2kTerrors contest! This story was tough, as my work held a weeklong holiday all-staff extravangazna. At least that put me in the mood for writing horror ☠️

Congrats to all the winners, especially the top 3 - I'm looking forward to reading your stories!

Super stoked to have my story featured by Neon Dystopia! I love their website too!

Check out the latest issue of Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, featuring my story "One Last Espresso Before the Apocalypse," which probably went through 13 iterations of edits and re-writes before it found a home. Congrats to the authors and artists - it looks great!

Reading Station Eleven feels like taking a fictional trip back in time to 2020 and then veering off in an entirely different direction. Really interesting and fun read, and highly recommended! Such a good story concept and world building by @emilymandel.bsky.social

#books #amreading

Super stoked to have a poem featured in this awesome David Lynch themed anthology! I'm missing David every day -- especially his kind thoughtful energy and optimism for the world.

Here's a sneak peek at the cover of our upcoming anthology, Cosmic Quest - to be release this Saturday, and featuring stories and poems by 18 awesome authors!

Are you still open? I'm getting a weird issue in Duotrope where it loops back to the "About Page" during the submission process and never takes me to the "Optional Tip" page. Maybe it's just me though...

Well, looks like it's time to dust off the taco-themed story idea book again.

a man is talking to a woman in a field and the man is saying `` well , if it works ... '' ALT: a man is talking to a woman in a field and the man is saying `` well , if it works ... ''

Sitting down to distract myself from procrastinating on my paper by working on the novel I've been procrastinating on querying instead...

a silhouette of a monster with red eyes in the woods ALT: a silhouette of a monster with red eyes in the woods

This looks awesome and now I'm dreaming up ideas!

bart simpson and lisa simpson are standing next to each other and bart says " worth it " ALT: bart simpson and lisa simpson are standing next to each other and bart says " worth it "

But you became the most prestigious lit mag in the Baltimore metropolitan area!

Looks like they used my scientific papers too.

Meet Ryan Walraven - dipity Community Spotlight Q&A Interview no. 24 learn more about writer Ryan Walraven's work through dipity's global interview monthly spotlight feature

Back early! Check out the latest Writers Q&A with Ryan Walraven @ryanwalraven.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dipityli...

a microsoft windows xp professional logo with a blue loading bar ALT: a microsoft windows xp professional logo with a blue loading bar

Every time this pops up on my PC I think about how many machines are still running XP, and would be running ie6 if Microsoft hadn't killed it.

I'm super stoked -- but also feeling that classic grad school imposter syndrome -- about having one of my Hawaii-themed poems published at Dipity and being featured in their latest author profile!

Erase the Internet - Because the internet was a mistake Computers Used to help Humanity Communicate and Explore the World... We played silly games, chatted with friends and strangers, and shared cat photos. We made friends. People created weird and unusual...

Every day when I look at the news this feels more and more relevant.

www.erasetheinternet.org

The worst is when it updates the browser and automatically opens a window with your homepage, and then forgets all the old tabs. Hundreds of anxiety-inducing information pools... lost forever!

@hobocampreview.bsky.social is open until tomorrow, I think!

I miss this place - Wormhole Coffee in Chicago. Looking back I'm surprising I had a BlueSky all the way back then!

Hanging with the ladies and avoiding news in the original cosmic web. Also, enjoying some coffee way too late in the afternoon.

Congrats again Mia!

That's part of what makes it so strange that Tim Cook did a guest appearance in a Severance commercial. On the one hand, good on him for having a sense of humor. On the other hand... weird

Erase the Internet - Because the internet was a mistake Computers Used to help Humanity Communicate and Explore the World... We played silly games, chatted with friends and strangers, and shared cat photos. We made friends. People created weird and unusual...

Every day when I look at the news this feels more and more relevant.

www.erasetheinternet.org

"Detective Lowe’s eyes flicker in the dark like old computer screens, slow to boot. "

"Detective Lowe’s eyes flicker in the dark like old computer screens, slow to boot."

I think someone asked him at the reading if it was deliberate and he sort of said “maybe yes I can’t confirm or deny it.”

I would be surprised if they haven’t met honestly.

This morning's procrastinated task: working on my psychedelic horror story while getting distract on BlueSky.

Thanks Joe, I really enjoyed reading your recent story! Keep it up!