Everybody Needs a Nosedive.

Mom wakes up in a panic. She believes she has fallen on the floor, and is screaming for anyone to help her up. She had just woken up from another oxycodone-induced dream. My dad tries to walk to her, but the pain in his back and hips make it difficult. My sister is indifferent, andContinue reading “Everybody Needs a Nosedive.”

Every Goliath Wants To Be A David.

The Bible is violent. It’s one of those things that you hear about growing up in the Bible Belt of the United States. You always heard it be called things like “The Good Book” or “The Holy Scriptures” or something to that effect. It’s one of those things always referred to, through random passages inContinue reading “Every Goliath Wants To Be A David.”

Out of the Blue “One Page Play” script

Out of the Blue By: Rusty Ralston Lun: A worker who regrets working in hell for awhile, and wanting to have a new job in heaven Edward: Some joe trying to leave their estranged family. Act I, Scene 1 Edward is trying to run away from his family in his jeep. He stops at nightContinue reading “Out of the Blue “One Page Play” script”

Rusty Ralston Writing Sampler for Prof. Anne Grey, January 2022

Rusty Ralston-Johnson  ENGL1010  01/19/2022  Writing Sample  The past few months of my life have been ridiculously hard for me, considering I have been dealing with so much from both the outside world and the inside of my own head. I am one who usually tends to let their emotions out of their chest a littleContinue reading “Rusty Ralston Writing Sampler for Prof. Anne Grey, January 2022”