Sam Ruddick
Sam Ruddick is a PEN/O. Henry Prize–winning fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Threepenny Review, Glimmer Train, and more. He lives in Alabama with his daughter and a very nice cat who leaves dead chipmunks at the door.
The Night I Don't Remember
It doesn’t matter how many AA meetings you go to. As long as you are taking oxycodone and oxymorphone, you’re going to be high, and, as long as you have complex regional pain syndrome, you’re going to be taking something serious for the pain.
March 2026Pinecones
When my wife said, “Linda? Really?” I found myself stammering, denying it. “What?” I asked. “No.” Like my wife was being crazy. Why do men do that: act like women are crazy when they see us most clearly?
December 2022Coffins Lining The Road
I wondered if I had stumbled upon some universal principle: the more beautiful the illusion, the more egregious the lie.
February 2022The Second-Toughest Son Of A Bitch In East Gary, Indiana
He would have said, sometimes it’s not about the truth. Sometimes it’s about kindness. Especially when it comes to family.
April 2020Has something we published moved you? Fired you up? Did we miss the mark? We’d love to hear about it.
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