https://www.paulthomasruta.com/paul-ruta-advertising daily 0.75 2023-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1587080162056-JGLKM25OX7BOXBMGCUNC/Covid+O+Canada+Yes.jpg Advertising National Public Service Announcement • Crowdiate, Toronto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566797323502-GNQ6BKLOTLOE63S6NVMJ/CadillacShark.jpg Advertising Art Director Chris Harrison • Cadillac, General Motors • MacLaren McCann, Toronto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566799006272-NOXJBD38V9BKIOCZY2CY/Mall+Posters+Smile.jpg Advertising Pusateri’s Fine Foods, Toronto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566797469660-SAX39169BVJA7LW5CHJ1/British+Airways+jpeg.jpg Advertising Art Director Jason Ross • British Airways • M&C Saatchi, Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566799239069-L592G69V8EISYCLG0R70/BMWRibCage.jpg Advertising Art Director Yue Chee Guan • BMW Asia • M&C Saatchi, Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566812078599-38ID7MJKW06VXWK9YQSE/JKWeaselWeb.jpg Advertising Art Director Scott Dube • Royal Ontario Museum • Roche Macaulay, Toronto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566799473248-WZ5EFNZ99MK7EC6PX4XO/TigerAccupunture.jpg Advertising Art Director Yue Chee Guan • Tiger Beer UK • Asia Pacific Breweries • M&C Saatchi, Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1566811878328-VHTV1RD7V7BDC1VHMZKO/CanonCopier.jpg Advertising Art Director Les Soos • Canon Canada • Dentsu, Toronto https://www.paulthomasruta.com/paul-ruta-fiction-and-humor daily 0.75 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/ca299801-96d4-4c68-a63f-70bd57ef28b4/luisa-peter-7Xp9wDCxivc-unsplash+4.jpeg Fiction - The Groom A lonely man with a special secret tells everything to his only friend, a retired racehorse. X-R-A-Y Lit Mag, Phoenix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/d8c50d62-f692-4282-94cf-ebd8f4d5826c/johannes-plenio-RWytwNueNng-unsplash+2.jpg Fiction - Helium There is music in the tiny spaces between the notes. The Pinch, Memphis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/f3ea5c45-e4dd-46dd-aa35-a4f1fb89e131/F1000020+2.JPG Fiction - Cadillac Ranch Stop in and say hello next time you’re in Amarillo, Texas. Bring your own spray paint. Scrawl Place, Everywhere USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/e245cde6-8285-454d-8239-042381210567/Horseshoe+Falls+-+Murray+Ruta.jpg Fiction - Rockin’ Ronnie Says So Long A very public death slips over the edge unnoticed. 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The Birdseed, California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/7a8067a6-5f1c-47ba-9dc9-ecc71317ea91/colleen_facing_northeast_flash_fiction_by_paul_ruta+2+2.jpeg Fiction - Colleen Facing Northeast North Atlantic storms blow in regularly and Acadian driftwood keeps washing ashore. Reflex Press, Oxford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/e52e020a-ac04-49cf-bd1f-118f39086dab/117018_5_600.jpeg Fiction - Someone Stole the Taco Bell Bell My alter ego Bump Elgin wrote this . He thinks it’s pretty funny but I’m not so sure. Galaxy Brain, Toronto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/eeaa8ec8-c54f-4b12-b41c-7b4589c4bf13/pexels-gabriela-palai-420233ED.jpg Fiction - Decorating Tips to Get Your Airbnb Up and Ready for When This Virus Thing is Done You’ve placed seashells in the powder room – now what? Little Old Lady Comedy, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/efbfbf63-7a82-494a-a517-3e30572a6063/Man-Working-e1607707526221.jpeg Fiction - How I Accomplish in One Week What Others Get Done in a Day The seven habits of highly effective procrastinators . Robot Butt, Cleveland OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1623568311688-5HK60EUNPA2YKDQ01DA6/BellyOfCatPink.jpeg Fiction - Waiting For William I was lucky to have a piece selected for this lovely collection of Singapore cat stories. The book is now in its 4th edition. 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The Caterpillar Issue 39, Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/4eb086e9-b4ab-4445-bc02-de20222e45cd/the_toy_edition_2_cover-4.jpg Kid Lit - Gone Alligator This poem wonders out loud what a person might do if a large reptile of their acquaintance goes missing. The Toy Press, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/4b898ec0-1490-4041-8735-6f3bc61004e8/Parakeet+Issue+1+cover.jpg Kid Lit - Jasper and Creaky Bird A young girl comes to terms with a death in her family with the help of a magical trunk, a noisy starling and delicious blackberries. Starts on page 14. Parakeet Magazine, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/a54360a3-7ad4-432f-a848-2c747293c76a/cat+cover+35.jpg Kid Lit - Happy Monster Time Ever wonder what happens when a hairy galoot inherits 5:15 a.m. from a nice little old lady? 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The Dribble Drabble Review, Illinois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1625366184536-DW1BH49UTGKD2HGES3Z1/41FCorhd9rS.jpeg Kid Lit - Anna’s Backward Day Poor girl doesn’t know if she’s coming or going. This 500-word story won first prize in the first Cherished Children’s Story Anthology published by Glittery Literary. Glittery Literary, Bristol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d632dea76104400016ad280/1623545264826-MWWTHX7XBPAZGHOSLTIS/BarryBoyhoundJacket.jpg Kid Lit - Barry, Boyhound This middle-grade chapter book has won a couple of awards and continues to be included on reading lists of humor books in schools and libraries throughout North America. 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