RED: The Series
Origins
Red: The Source
Texas, before the Civil War. A girl, a pendant her father forged from scrap, and the voice that rises when the men come through the door. The origin of Red.
An Independent Literary Press
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The Ruin House
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Myth Made.❖Lore Built.
Gothic · Fantasy · Vampire · Literary
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We publish fiction that functions as art, archive, and education at once — stories that refuse to perform a safer version of themselves. Every book on our list is sovereign in its voice, obsessive in its craft, and honest in its dark.
We are a small press. We move slowly. We build in private and emerge with something finished.
— The Ruin House
The Catalog
Coming Soon
Four series. One press. Each voice sovereign to its author.
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RED: The Interactive Series
Book One
Let’s Hunt
Meridian, Michigan. The Iron Mouth District. Red takes you — newly turned, freshly hungry — on your first hunt. An interactive vampire adventure.
RED: The Interactive Series
Book Two
Dark
Red and her companion cross the threshold between light and shadow. The hunt deepens. The code holds. The dark learns a new name.
Nolelus
Book One
Nolelus: The Rising
A painter. Five friends on the stairs. One night that decides everything. A dark fantasy about betrayal, grief, and what rises from ruin.
Ashanti & Skully
Book One
The Borderline
Ashanti follows a path she shouldn’t have found. Past the skulls, past the treeline, past where the map stops.
Our Authors
The Writers on Our List
Every voice on our list is sovereign. No one writes a version of themselves that isn’t true.
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Tali’Zorah Xerxiah
Thane Xavier
Mchll Renee
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From the Publisher
A Note on Why We Built This
The Ruin House exists because there are stories that cannot be softened, edited for comfort, or flattened for the marketplace without losing the thing that made them worth writing in the first place.
We publish slowly. We care more about each book than we care about the schedule. We believe a small list of honest work matters more than a long list of anything else.
If you are here, I’m glad. Welcome to the House.
— Mchll Renee
Founder & Publisher
Correspondence
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