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Charles R. Rutledge

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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 9h
It took all these books, four websites, and several Youtube videos before I knew enough to write the first three paragraphs of my current story. Very little of what I learned is actually on the page, but I had to know it to write convincingly. Writers...
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 10h
Yo @jmreynolds.bsky.social , I just read your story "Oscula Naturae" and that was a superior horror yarn. Well done.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 14h
website. "Thank you for proving your humanity." Me. "Said I wasn't a robot. Didn't say I was human..."
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 17h
And as usual, while I was looking for the one book I found more.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 17h
Ha! I knew I had it. I have two actually, but the one on the left has a detached cover.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 18h
Grats! Totally by coincidence, I ran across these today.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 18h
I usually drink Dunkin Hazelnut but I had to try this, being the season and all.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 18h
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social I've gone full Phantom for the season.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 20h
Nice review of an early sword & sorcery anthology, with a Jim Steranko cover no less.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Show me a comic page you love; no explanation needed.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boom!
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's on!
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While I was digging I found these two early Savage Tales signed by Neal Adams, who did the covers. Check those out, @briankeene.bsky.social
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had to pull the REH book to answer a question for another Howard-Head, so I grabbed the other two volumes while I was at it. Haven't looked at these in a while.
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Scythian Wolf is back with its third open call & third historical horror anthology. This time it's Ancient Rome. Here are the initial details. More info soon.
Ars Moriendi: Horror Tales of Ancient Rome
Payment: $75 USD per story
Word Count: 4500-10000
Open: February 1 - February 28, 2027
Submit to: the.scythian.wolf [at] gmail.com
story Must be set between the years 753 bce and 500 ce 
story must include a supernatural element
with setting and details, historical accuracy is vital 
Reprints Welcome but Note when submitting
stories that utilize Generative AI will be rejected
submit as .docx attachment (no links)
subject line: rome submission: story title 
multiple submissions? no
simultaneous submissions? Yes
no submissions or inquiries prior to february 1, 2027
Payment via Paypal Only
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Volume 3 of pal Kelley Jones, and Matt Wagner's DRACULA! Bleh, bleh bleh!
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Read the first issue of the new Dark Horse Comics Ravenloft series. Not bad and it gets off to a fast start, but I really wish they'd stop trying to make Viktra Mordenheim happen. She was a main character in the previous series and she's the villain in this one.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Didn't Kirk and Spock use this for time travel?
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I suggested they make an end cap display of Horror Games at my LCS. They did a nice job with it.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@briankeene.bsky.social , seriously that is the coolest room ever. I'm am ridiculously happy for you. What a great thing to wake up to. Looking forward to seeing more of the collection. Thanks for the heads up.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anybody seen my Gondola? I left it at the underground lake.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This morning's reading/research with Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut, John Jakes, @briankeene.bsky.social , and special guest, The Roman Empire!
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Jakes in 1967 when asked why he was writing Brak the Barbarian in obvious imitation of Conan. "My motive for giving Birth to Brak and his parallel universe on an old black Underwood; there are just not enough of these kinds of stories to go around, anymore.Not enough to please me, anyway."
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
57 degrees out there. I have the windows open and there's a chorus of insects singing their ancient song in the darkness. I have the Halloween Tree plugged in and its orange, green, and purple glow permeates the room. I am one of Ray Bradbury's Autumn People. I come alive as the summer dies.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
These two books came out the same year from Arcane Wisdom. It still makes me happy that Griffin and Price share a publisher, and a cover artist, ( Alex Mcvey ), with Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is my desktop at the moment. A country house by moonlight by Wilfred Bosworth Jenkins. It just looks so autumnal. And creepy.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What are you reading? Robert E. Howard. Still. #FridayRead.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"What are your swords against?" "What have you got?"
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sometimes people ask me to explain how I can love the work of Robert E. Howard and the work of Jane Austen. I don't talk to those people.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
31 Years Ago. I've watched this countless times and would sit down and watch it again right now.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Speaking of Barry Windsor Smith, as I was with @patrickzircher.bsky.social , one of my horror yarns was inspired by Smith and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Like Rossetti Smith was fascinated by Doppelgangers. DGR's drawing 'How they net Themselves' inspired Smith's 'Book of Samothrace'..
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Writer brain. "I have questions." Regular brain. "Sigh. Just go with it. I don't have time for your nonsense." Writer brain."I have questions." Reg Brain."Just go read a comic book. I don't want to do that research." Writer brain."I have questions." Reg brain."Fine. Let me get some reference stuff."
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As they say, pertinent to my interests.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michael Moriarty apparently is not related to Professor Moriarty but I didn't learn that until after the restraining order.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"No, YOU'RE a temporal anomaly!" "No, your face is a temporal anomaly!" "No, your mom is a temporal anomaly!"
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I find that I don't like most cop shows these days but I still like Law & Order. It reminds me of Dragnet.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note from Netflix. "Don't forget to finish Aliens..." Me: You have no idea who you're talking to...
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Boom!
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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NYC, 1 more thing before I dive back to edits! Join me for an incredible discussion as part of @bkbookfest.bsky.social! ART OF DARKNESS: WRITING THE WEIRD I'll have Andrea's & my non-fiction books on hand for sale, plus a set of THE SPECTRAL CITY available, as my non-fiction informs my fiction! 🖤
A 19th century illustration of a woman in 19th century mourning (I dress like that too, btw) stares out a murky window towards a bat. Text reads: You are Cordially Invited: ART OF DARKNESS: WRITING THE WEIRD, Sept 26th, Noon doors at B-Scene 50 Avenue B in Manhattan, a panel discussion. Part of the 2026 Bookend events of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Panelists include Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrea Janes, Leila Taylor, J R Pepper and moderator Ilise Carter! Free event! Books will be available for sale and signing!
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think they've confused Darrell with Albert...
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aaaaaand down another REH research rabbit hole we go. As always, I have questions.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A comment from pal @orcwriter.bsky.social made me want to reread Robert E. Howard's story GATES OF EMPIRE. I knew I had it in several books, but of course the version I ended up reading was in the 1979 paperback with the cheesy cover, because me.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reader, I bought it.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I decided I want to reread Salem's Lot for Halloween. I have it on my Kindle but I want to read it in a beat up mass market paperback, so I'm over at Ebay sifting copies. Not sure what cover I want. I'm leaning toward the SIGNET with the black cover...
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just in time for the Halloween season.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Inspiration for today's WIP. This is from 1968. It was what they called a 'contemporary Gothic Romance', meaning that though it contained castles and spooky stuff it was happening in then contemporary times. That's why my as yet untitled story is set in 1969.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you're wondering about that Big Miller Batman book, it's the first issue of THE DARK KNIGHT returns shot from the original art at full size. Beautiful work.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This week's comics with @jimzub.com , @patrickzircher.bsky.social and Frank Miller.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A second Zodiac Gothic paperback cover original painting by Jack Faragasso is coming to live with me.
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