Ben has stories & poems in 25+ literary journals like Booth, Wigleaf, and Moon City Review. His book of poems, The King of FU (2018), was such a smashing success it shocked the indie press who printed it into an early grave. He is now working on his first six novels.
Selected work
- Fiction
27
- Nonfiction
10
- Poetry
11
- Multimedia
1
- Other
4
On What Makes a Good Writer with Kevin Wilson
The Sub Club Newsletter, 2024
The Fourth of July for Beginners
Moon City Review, 2024
I Know It Shouldn't Bother Me That Macy's Will Outlive Me but It Does
Wigleaf, 2024
You Sound Just Like Your Mother
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, 2024
Inside the Last Cinnamon Raisin Bagel
BOOTH, 2022
There Is No Way to Watch a Sitcom on a Moving Train but Let's Give It a Shot
Wigleaf, 2024
Nothing Can Get Us at the End of the World Except Maybe This Tiger
Wigleaf, 2024
Pet Cemetary
The Good Life Review, 2024
Why I Submit to Literary Magazines
The Writing Cooperative, 2023
Are We Eating Each Other Alive in the Indie-Lit World?
Lit Mag News, 2023
Popstar Mermaid in a Trash Storm Along the Mississippi
Intrepidus Ink, 2023
Perennial's Gift
Crow & Cross Keys, 2023
My Friend Went to the Toilet Outside the Great Wall of China and There Were Bears
Blink-Ink, 2023
Poems for Pigeons
Olney, 2023
Nazis Eating Chicken
Third Wednesday, 2023
What Are You Wearing Right Now? (Outfit of Four Prose Poems)
Maudlin House, 2023
What Happened Outside the 2nd Story Window of Mokhovaya Ulitsa 32
Scrawl Place, 2022
Crying at the Russian Ballet
Hobart Pulp, 2021
Contemplating My Bisexuality While Gettin’ Swole
Human Parts, 2020
That Time I Got Illegal Butt Surgery in Russia
Human Parts, 2019
How To Wave At Strangers In Cars
5x5 Magazine, 2018
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Cease, Cows, 2014
My 6 Step No B.S. Guide to Submitting Short Stories to Lit Mags
Lit News Roundup
Donald Trump and the No Good Very Bad Pandemic
Points In Case
Nobody Likes A Turkey
Silent Auctions
A Brief History of Ikea
The Drabble
Chopsticks in Chinese Restaurants
Eunoia Review
The Domovoi
Three Drops From a Cauldron [Issue 28]
Mr. Sandman
Three Drops From a Cauldron [Issue 27]
Are Cats the Dominant Life Form On Earth
Slackjaw
Basement Blues
Rat's Ass Review
ORGASM
MUSKEG
Coping with Unemployment While My Grandmother Is Dying
Eunoia Review
Forty Cents Worth of a Story
Star 82 Review
Huggerlovers
Sky Island Journal
No One Can Figure Out Why John Fed Himself to a Bear
Back Patio Press
Slow Motion Man
Digging Through the Fat
Oonglefubblejimp
Lotus Eater Magazine
Kids These Days
Defenestration
Expatriating Down a Rabbit Hole
Bending Genres
Houses of Straw
Better Than Starbucks
Inside the Last Cinnamon Raisin Bagel
Jersey Devil Press
The Uninvited Guests
Slippery Elm Press
Frazzled Ms. Frizzle and Her Magic Fucking School Bus & 2 More Stories
Misery Tourism
The Fox and the Bear
Little Old Lady Comedy
Teacup
Five on the Fifth
Lovedumb Struck & Three Other Poems
SOFTBLOW
Three Prose Poems That Might Be About Cats
Maudlin House
Three Poems Sponsored By My Seasonal Depression
Maudlin House
Three Poems That Have Something (Or Nothing) To Do With Love
Maudlin House
Popstar in a Trash Storm along the Mississippi
Intrepidus Ink
Perennials Gift
Crow & Cross Keys
Dear Wigleaf
Wigleaf, 2024