Category Archives: poetry

Soul Screaming – A newsletter about adventures in authoring

Posted on September 30, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

The Truth About The Red Wheelbarrow By Christopher Ryan, with apologies to William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens unless you are that poor red wheel barrow then … Continue reading →

Posted in # thrillers, #adventure, #amwriting, #Blackjack, #comedy, #community, #DCU, #dividedAmerica, #dogs, #hardtruths, #humor, #lanterns, #productivity, #pulp, #rape, #reading, Bobby Nash, Book lovers, book recommendations, Cornell university, current-events, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fantasy, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, Humor, independent publishing, Jim Carroll, poetry, politics, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Tagged #America, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #CornellUniversity, #indymarketing, #indypublishing, #lanterns, #publishing, #reading, #Storytelling, #writerslife, #writingtips, book-review, fiction, writing | Leave a comment

Soul Scream selfie!

Posted on September 26, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

“Madness Takes Its Toll” available on the ‘Zon.

Posted in # thrillers, #adventure, #amwriting, #comedy, #community, #humor, #reading, Bobby Nash, Book lovers, book recommendations, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, weekend chill, writing | Tagged #Amazon, #amreading, #amwriting, #authors, #bookme, #books, #comedy, #DarkFantasy, #ebook, #eReaders, #getcaughtreading, #horror, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #indypub, #indypublishing, #Kindle, #Paranormal, #popculture, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #womenwriters | Leave a comment

A long-awaited unboxing!

Posted on September 25, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Posted in #amwriting, #reading, Bobby Nash, Book lovers, book recommendations, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Tagged #Amazon, #amediting, #ampublishing, #amwriting, #authors, #bookgasm, #booklover, #bookme, #books, #bookstagram, #DarkFantasy, #ebook, #ebooks, #eReaders, #getcaughtreading, #horror, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #indiepublishing, #indy, #indypub, #indypublishing, #Kindle, #paperback, #popculture, #promotion, #publishing, #reading, #readme, #self-publishing, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #weneeddiversebooks, #womenwriters, fiction | Leave a comment

SOUL SCREAM ANTHOLOZINE ISSUE 8, MADNESS TAKES ITS TOLL exists!

Posted on August 28, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Finally, both the ebook and paperback formats have been approved by Amazon.
Our annual summer issue is just making it into the last rays of the season! Happily, the stories and poems and panel and essay features are all outstanding.
Ebook available now – $2.99 through Labor Day
Paperback available 09/03

https://a.co/d/0hHQSixF Continue reading →

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This is community

Posted on August 26, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

A deep bow of respect and thanks to all those who supported and celebrated the latest issue of Soul Scream Antholozine even as I am struggling with Amazon to get the paper back edition out there. This is what community … Continue reading →

Posted in #AmericanSpirit, #community, #inspiration, #NonFiction, #reading, Book lovers, book recommendations, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, Humor, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Tagged #Amazon, #amreading, #amwriting, #BookBuzzr, #books, #community, #DarkFantasy, #e-book, #ebook, #ePubChat, #getcaughtreading, #gratitude, #horror, #IndiePub, #Kindle, #NonFiction, #paperback, #Paranormal, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #ShortStory, #Storytelling, #support, #WritingBlitz, fiction, writing | Leave a comment

Finally…

Posted on August 3, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Posted in #amwriting, #NonFiction, #productivity, #reading, Book lovers, book recommendations, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Leave a comment

The work isn’t affecting me at all…

Posted on July 18, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Posted in #amwriting, #community, #productivity, Book lovers, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, independent publishing, poetry, pop culture, self-publishing, writing | Leave a comment

January 3, 2023 – Fussing Comes to an End and a Project is Complete

Posted on January 3, 2023 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan I should have been editing Soul Scream. Or completing the uploading of Genius High. But opportunity called and I dove back in to … poetry. Dark horror crime poetry about the most modern of monsters. And I … Continue reading →

Posted in #amwriting, #community, #inspiration, #productivity, America, Bukowski, crime poetry, fiction, horror fiction, horror poetry, Jim Carroll, narrative poetry, poetry, pop culture, wife, writing | Tagged #amediting, #America, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #crime, #crimepoetry, #EditGoal, #EditingGoal, #horror, #horrorcrimepoetry, #horrorpoetry, #modernmonsters, #Mystery, #publishing, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #WIP, #WriteGoal, #writerslife, #writestuff, #WroteToday | Leave a comment

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