Krystle Ratticus

Runaway

Krystle Ratticus
An Excerpt from Ornery Cuss I. I left in the late morning, after my mom went to work. We'd had an argument before hand and she said things she could n...
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Krystle Ratticus

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll hillbillies, and the lonely, electric tension of being othered—even by other outsiders.