Author: Rebecca Moon Ruark

I'm a fiction and CNF writer, an editor, and a blogger. I earned an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and am the associate editor of Parhelion Literary Magazine out of Richmond. An Ohio native, I'm at work on a novel and short stories set in the Rust Belt, and I hype Midwestern authors at my blog, Rust Belt Girl.

by Rebecca Moon Ruark November 23, 2022

Features Poetry

“The World is the Last Paradise” and more from poet Christopher Buckley

A selection of Christopher Buckley’s poetry is included in our current issue. Once we accepted the poems, he informed me thatContinue Reading

by Rebecca Moon Ruark November 9, 2022

Book Reviews Features

Excited Utterances: A review of Chelsey Clammer’s new essay collection, Human Heartbeat Detected

By Jennifer Sutherland photography by Leeta Harding Toward the end of the summer, I got COVID-19. I didn’t get thatContinue Reading

by Rebecca Moon Ruark October 28, 2022

Features Halloween 22 PLM News

It’s, uh, live!

Don’t miss our annual Halloween issue, Halloween 22, live now, with a note from our fearsome (er, fearless) Editor inContinue Reading

by Rebecca Moon Ruark October 19, 2022

CNF Features Writing

In Search of Tone? Make a Playlist

By Jason Kapcala photography by Tom Brennan It’s no secret to anyone who knows me: I’m a huge music fan.Continue Reading

by Rebecca Moon Ruark October 4, 2022

CNF Features Writing

How to Write a Sugar-Soaked Story

By Noelle Sterne photography by Leeta Harding Taking a break from writing, I flip the television channels, and my eyesContinue Reading