Sam Ruddick | The Sun Magazine

Sam Ruddick

Sam Ruddick’s writing has appeared in The Threepenny Review, Glimmer Train, and Dracula Beyond Stoker. He lives with his daughter in Alabama.

— From December 2022
Fiction

Pinecones

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 2022
Fiction

Coffins Lining The Road

I wondered if I had stumbled upon some universal principle: the more beautiful the illusion, the more egregious the lie.

February 2022
Fiction

The 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 2020
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