Raymond K. Rugg
Speculative Fiction
Speculative Non-Fiction
Speculative Poetry (as RK Rugg)
Speculative Fiction
Speculative Non-Fiction
Speculative Poetry (as RK Rugg)
Raymond K. Rugg (he/him) works in speculative fiction, speculative non-fiction and speculative poetry. Rugg is not Native, but did grow up on a ranch located in the foothills of the Mission Mountains on the Flathead Indian Reservation of Northwest Montana. He spent much of his youth working in the family outfitting business--wrangling horses, guiding pack trips into the wilderness areas of Montana and Idaho and later on, guiding whitewater raft trips and floats. In 2017, Rugg and his family relocated from the Reno-Tahoe area of Nevada to New England (where he can, coincidentally, trace his family tree back to the 1600s). From his home just outside Boston, he continues to work in the speculative fiction genre while freelancing print and web content and holding a corporate day job in office technology sales. Memberships:
Some projects of note include:
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February 25, 2021: Presentation at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association annual conference on "A Sense of Place: Portrayals of the Reservation in Native American Speculative Fiction" --- Future: "Camelot- A Villanelle" (SpecPo) in upcoming issue of New Tales of the Round Table June 2021: Presentation at the Popular Culture Association 2021 National Conference on "A Sense of Place: Portrayals of the Reservation in Native American Speculative Fiction" --- Past: "The Beasts Are Gods" (SpecPo text and audio) in January issue of Abyss & Apex magazine "Northern Rockies" (SpecPo graphic) in November issue of Snakeskin poetry webzine. "Tapestry" (SpecPo) in October/November issue of Utopia Science Fiction magazine. Served as a juror for the 2020 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants program sponsored by the Speculative Literature Foundation. October 30, 2020: Presentation at the 5th annual Vampire Academic Conference on "Blood Brothers: Comic-book Influences on Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot" October 24, 2020: Presentation at the New England Popular Culture Association annual conference on "Kid Stuff: The Younging Down of Adult SF Literature" "They Say at this Time of Year" (SpecPo audio) at Science Fiction Poetry Association 2020 Halloween Poetry Reading |