Bram Riddlebarger

Bram Riddlebarger writes, plays music, and lives in Southeastern Ohio. In 2008, he won the Word Arts Foundation Spirit of Southeast Ohio contest for best regional poetry, which was followed by the publication of a poetry chapbook, CHEZ FILTHY, in 2009 (JKPublishing). EARPLUGS, his first novel, was published by Livingston Press in 2012. In 2017, his story "The Wheel House" was included in the DEAD BAIT 4 anthology. His work has also appeared in the Aquabear Reader, 17 1/2 Magazine, RockNRoll Purgatory, The Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art, New World Writing, The Modern Monarchist, XRAY Literary Magazine, Hobart, Back Patio Press, Neutral Spaces, and NY Tyrant Magazine. His second novel, GOLDEN ROD, was published in 2018 by Cabal Books, and his experimental long prose-poem POEM 3 A.M. was published in 2019 by NihilismRevised. MESSAGES FROM THE AMERICAN TRASHCAN (Cabal Books) and WESTERN EROTICA HO (Trident Press) were both published in July 2020. In February 2021, THE DISMAL COOKBOOK was published by Gob Pile Press, with a double poetry collection following in September 2021, A SETTLED SHIP IN AN OCEAN OF HILLS/HILLBILLIES AGAINST JESUS.