The Carnivorous Kitten's Lair

Ruth is in love with her best friend, and not the way you're supposed to be in love with your best friend. Cheralyn and Ruth have been friends since fifth grade. Ruth fell in love with her in the eighth. Now, they're Juniors in high school. During the course of a single sleepover, their friendship will be changed forever.

See the night from Ruth's eyes and explore the story through three different endings. If you enjoy, leave a review to help an indie author gain portfolio experience.

DISCOVER CHERRY HERE

MIDWESTERN AUTUMN GOTHIC

... that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain...

Ophelia. It’s Leo. It’s Me.

I know.

NIX (2024) - Blue Lane Studios

Ruth leaned down and whispered in her ear, "You're an old bee charmer, Idgie Threadegood, that's what you are..."

Idgie smiled back at her and looked up into the clear blue sky that reflected in her eyes, and she was as happy as anyone who is in love in the summertime can be.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flag

Sweet little heaven is prancing down, a pair of little black eyes

Canta y no llores. Sing, don’t cry.

Ophelia. It's Leo. It's Me.

I know.

Ruth is in love with her best friend, and not the way you're supposed to be in love with your best friend. Cheralyn and Ruth have been friends since fifth grade. Ruth fell in love with her in the eighth. Now, they're Juniors in high school. During the course of a single sleepover, their friendship will be changed forever.

See the night from Ruth's eyes and explore the story through three different endings. If you enjoy, leave a review to help an indie author gain portfolio experience.

DISCOVER CHERRY HERE

DEI does not mean lower standards.

an advisor humiliated me in front of an entire lab group because of a call I made in his place when he wouldn't reply to my e-mails for months

he later delegated part of my master's thesis work to a 19-year old male undergrad without my approval

a male scientist at a NASA conference looked me up and down and asked when i was graduating and if i was open to a job at his company. right before inquiring what my ethnicity was because i "looked exotic"

a random male member of the public began talking over me and my female advisor, an oceanographer with a pHD and decades of experience, saying he knew more about oceanography than us

things that have happened to me since becoming a man in STEM:

being asked consistently for advice on projects despite being completely new to a position

male colleagues approaching me to drop candid information regarding our partners / higher ups that I was not privy to before

lenience toward my work in a way I haven't experienced before. incredible understanding when I need to take time off to care for my family.

conference rooms go silent when I start talking. no side chatter. I get a baseline level of attention and focus from people that's very unfamiliar and genuinely difficult for me to wrap my head around.