Ben Monroe
@benmonroe.com
Husband. Father. Author. Horror Fan & Writer. Probably not a zombie. HWA Member. He/him. www.benmonroe.com
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Ben Monroe - Ben's Fiction
Ben’s Books & Stories
My fiction tends to skew toward the dark or weird. Let’s just call it horror and be done with it. I’m often interested in the ways in which regular people react to strange or dan...
www.benmonroe.com
If you’ve got gift cards burning a hole in your pocket, maybe check out my list of works? A couple of novels, and I’ve got lots of short stories in some tremendous anthologies.
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
How's my 2026 going so far? Glad you asked...
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
How's my 2026 going so far? Glad you asked...
A thought about Halloween (‘78). The bit where the other sitter drops a kid off with Laurie, and then her friends go to the house she’s sitting at, etc.
Imagine being the homeowners and coming home, finding your kid gone and your house full of dead teenagers who’d clearly been fucking in your bed.
Imagine being the homeowners and coming home, finding your kid gone and your house full of dead teenagers who’d clearly been fucking in your bed.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
A thought about Halloween (‘78). The bit where the other sitter drops a kid off with Laurie, and then her friends go to the house she’s sitting at, etc.
Imagine being the homeowners and coming home, finding your kid gone and your house full of dead teenagers who’d clearly been fucking in your bed.
Imagine being the homeowners and coming home, finding your kid gone and your house full of dead teenagers who’d clearly been fucking in your bed.
Josh is an old friend of mine. One of the smartest people I know, and a fighter. We’ve been talking about his run for Congress for a long time, and I’m super-stoked to see it finally begin.
Check out his video, and follow and support him if he seems like he’s saying what you want to hear.
Check out his video, and follow and support him if he seems like he’s saying what you want to hear.
I'm excited to officially launch my campaign for Nevada's second congressional district!
youtu.be/P9fVCIYo3hY?...
youtu.be/P9fVCIYo3hY?...
Campaign Launch: Josh Hebert for Nevada Congressional District 2!
YouTube video by Josh Hebert for Nevada
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January 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Josh is an old friend of mine. One of the smartest people I know, and a fighter. We’ve been talking about his run for Congress for a long time, and I’m super-stoked to see it finally begin.
Check out his video, and follow and support him if he seems like he’s saying what you want to hear.
Check out his video, and follow and support him if he seems like he’s saying what you want to hear.
I was just talking to a friend about a really shitty movie I worked on back in the 90s with @willmckinley.bsky.social, and it turns out it’s on Tubi where you can watch it for free. Which is overpriced, if you ask me. tubitv.com/movies/46953...
Night Vision (1997)
A maverick detective and his rookie partner hunt down a publicity-obsessed serial killer, who records his victims' deaths for posterity.
tubitv.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I was just talking to a friend about a really shitty movie I worked on back in the 90s with @willmckinley.bsky.social, and it turns out it’s on Tubi where you can watch it for free. Which is overpriced, if you ask me. tubitv.com/movies/46953...
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025
If you’ve got gift cards burning a hole in your pocket, maybe check out my list of works? A couple of novels, and I’ve got lots of short stories in some tremendous anthologies.
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
Ben Monroe - Ben's Fiction
Ben’s Books & Stories
My fiction tends to skew toward the dark or weird. Let’s just call it horror and be done with it. I’m often interested in the ways in which regular people react to strange or dan...
www.benmonroe.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you’ve got gift cards burning a hole in your pocket, maybe check out my list of works? A couple of novels, and I’ve got lots of short stories in some tremendous anthologies.
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
www.benmonroe.com/bens-fiction
2025 has been a tough year for me for a lot of reasons I don’t feel like going into. I crashed out over the last couple of days, realizing I’d been running on stress-induced adrenaline for the past few months.
Looking forward to putting this year in the rear view mirror.
Stay strong, y’all.
Looking forward to putting this year in the rear view mirror.
Stay strong, y’all.
December 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
2025 has been a tough year for me for a lot of reasons I don’t feel like going into. I crashed out over the last couple of days, realizing I’d been running on stress-induced adrenaline for the past few months.
Looking forward to putting this year in the rear view mirror.
Stay strong, y’all.
Looking forward to putting this year in the rear view mirror.
Stay strong, y’all.
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If you're an artist coming over from Twitter because of this bullshit they added, first of all:
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Man its like just so invasive and gross feeling to see "Edit Image" appear over other people's images. Musk decided to give us the only kind of gift he can for christmas, sickening disappointment. Best of luck out there folks.
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you're an artist coming over from Twitter because of this bullshit they added, first of all:
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Just drove past the local Church of Christian Science. Which got me thinking about the the obvious extrapolation that there must therefore be Christian Mad Scientists. And anyway, so I figured out RFK Jr., I guess.
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just drove past the local Church of Christian Science. Which got me thinking about the the obvious extrapolation that there must therefore be Christian Mad Scientists. And anyway, so I figured out RFK Jr., I guess.
Happy Punch a Nazi Day to all who celebrate (which, I’m sad to discover doesn’t seem to be everybody).
Today is the 85th anniversary of Captain America! December 20, 1940, was the publication date of Captain America Comics #1. Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Punch a Nazi Day to all who celebrate (which, I’m sad to discover doesn’t seem to be everybody).
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As a caregiver of 22 years, I want you all to be as kind as you are able out here on these mean streets.
“Someone you know is preparing for their first holiday without their husband, wife, mother, father, brother, sister, daughter or son. Be kind.”
“Someone you know is preparing for their first holiday without their husband, wife, mother, father, brother, sister, daughter or son. Be kind.”
December 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
As a caregiver of 22 years, I want you all to be as kind as you are able out here on these mean streets.
“Someone you know is preparing for their first holiday without their husband, wife, mother, father, brother, sister, daughter or son. Be kind.”
“Someone you know is preparing for their first holiday without their husband, wife, mother, father, brother, sister, daughter or son. Be kind.”
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Bring it. I’m all outta fucks.
Bring it. I’m all outta fucks.
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Bring it. I’m all outta fucks.
Bring it. I’m all outta fucks.
Have I mentioned lately that a novel of mine was published a couple of years ago? Well, it was, and some folks who’ve read it really enjoyed it. Maybe you will too.
A great gift for the horror fan on your holiday list. Find the ways to buy it here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/the-...
A great gift for the horror fan on your holiday list. Find the ways to buy it here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/the-...
The Seething - Brigids Gate Press
brigidsgatepress.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Have I mentioned lately that a novel of mine was published a couple of years ago? Well, it was, and some folks who’ve read it really enjoyed it. Maybe you will too.
A great gift for the horror fan on your holiday list. Find the ways to buy it here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/the-...
A great gift for the horror fan on your holiday list. Find the ways to buy it here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/the-...
Fuck these incompetent ghouls, their obsession with children's genitalia, and their psychotic need to enforce their misery agendas.
I am absolutely seething right now.
I am absolutely seething right now.
Hurting kids even more while we wait for those fucking files…
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fuck these incompetent ghouls, their obsession with children's genitalia, and their psychotic need to enforce their misery agendas.
I am absolutely seething right now.
I am absolutely seething right now.
"Show me how your 2025 went."
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Show me how your 2025 went."
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Happy birthday to Shirley Jackson, an all-time favorite of mine.
To celebrate, here's my favorite Jackson paperback cover art, an image that famously captures the central theme of The Lottery: boobs.
To celebrate, here's my favorite Jackson paperback cover art, an image that famously captures the central theme of The Lottery: boobs.
December 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy birthday to Shirley Jackson, an all-time favorite of mine.
To celebrate, here's my favorite Jackson paperback cover art, an image that famously captures the central theme of The Lottery: boobs.
To celebrate, here's my favorite Jackson paperback cover art, an image that famously captures the central theme of The Lottery: boobs.
I sincerely hope when @jamesgunn.bsky.social gets around to casting the new Batman, he continues this trend…
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I sincerely hope when @jamesgunn.bsky.social gets around to casting the new Batman, he continues this trend…
Is it irony that I’ve started watching videos of my Tai Chi teacher at half speed to make sure I’m really understanding them? Watching Tai Chi at half speed seems like it might be ironic… But Alannis Morrisette thoroughly confused me….
“It’s like TAAIIIII CHIIIIII at HAAAAALF speed!”
“It’s like TAAIIIII CHIIIIII at HAAAAALF speed!”
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Is it irony that I’ve started watching videos of my Tai Chi teacher at half speed to make sure I’m really understanding them? Watching Tai Chi at half speed seems like it might be ironic… But Alannis Morrisette thoroughly confused me….
“It’s like TAAIIIII CHIIIIII at HAAAAALF speed!”
“It’s like TAAIIIII CHIIIIII at HAAAAALF speed!”
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
Thought for the morning: I guess if we have to be living in a world that’s becoming more and more like an 80s RPG, it’s better to be Cyberpunk than Call of Cthulhu.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thought for the morning: I guess if we have to be living in a world that’s becoming more and more like an 80s RPG, it’s better to be Cyberpunk than Call of Cthulhu.
I’ve had multiple MRIs. I have no idea how someone could be given that exam and not know what part of the body is being scanned.
Not only is it obvious from what direction they’re cramming you in, but the techs always ask to confirm “we’re scanning your (X) today, correct?”
He’s a damn fool.
Not only is it obvious from what direction they’re cramming you in, but the techs always ask to confirm “we’re scanning your (X) today, correct?”
He’s a damn fool.
The president added Sunday that he has “no idea” which part of his body was scanned by the MRI.
“It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.” https://to.pbs.org/440Wz37
“It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.” https://to.pbs.org/440Wz37
Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
“It was just an MRI,” President Donald Trump said Sunday. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”
www.pbs.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’ve had multiple MRIs. I have no idea how someone could be given that exam and not know what part of the body is being scanned.
Not only is it obvious from what direction they’re cramming you in, but the techs always ask to confirm “we’re scanning your (X) today, correct?”
He’s a damn fool.
Not only is it obvious from what direction they’re cramming you in, but the techs always ask to confirm “we’re scanning your (X) today, correct?”
He’s a damn fool.
“John Carter was here.”
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“John Carter was here.”
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Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.