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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 9d

fall sky
sky fall

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 14d

Same here! One of the best part of pub day.

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks to @wildroofjournal.bsky.social for publishing my flash fiction story Bonus Land in their Fall 2025 issue today.

If you like dark comedy about the absurdities of modern economic life, find the full story in the issue.

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 17d

Looking forward to checking out the Fall issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social later this month

It includes my flash fiction story Bonus Land which follows a guy working in collections

I appreciate them taking a chance on this one that gets a little weird

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 22d

Thinking of one of the best rejections I ever got over a decade ago:

they severely complimented the first story despite not taking it and then said the second story was so bad they couldn’t believe they were both written by the same person

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 23d

It's almost sweater season... What's up your sleeve?
We are OPEN for submissions for ALL genres!

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 23d

“We were happy people, and we made the people we passed happy, smiles rippling behind us like wakes. I thought, Why not?”

- Epithalamium, Bill Roorbach

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Sep 9

Next Week: WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE feat Ten Thousand

Just Buffalo Teaching Artist Ten Thousand, known for his freestyle features, is a five time national poetry slam representative and Buffalo team coach.

Catch his feature at 9pm with an open mic to follow

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Sep 7

yesterday we celebrated a friends birthday playing mush ball & today I’m doing back stretches on the living room rug

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 3

My story "The Black Window" was published by Roi Fainéant Press: @rfpress.bsky.social.

tinyurl.com/2wyr5ckp

"The Black Window" by Brett Pribble

It hovers in the sky like a baby killer whale. I avoid day light because at night it’s harder to make out, but it’s still unmistakable. Starless and shiny, an obsidian square. It calls to me as I trai...

tinyurl.com

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Sep 2

A new story of mine went up yesterday in Ghost Parachute. Thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social for finding a spot for it. Check it out if you like stories about living, dying, and Reese’s Peanut Butter cups in the freezer.

ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

Amber Running in the Family — Ghost Parachute

His mother’s knees locked up and he could hear the amber in them crystalizing. Over the years, his ear honed to it. It crackled in her cartilage, growing and reaching to weave into more of her. Sink i...

ghostparachute.com

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Sep 2

“There are fewer and fewer kids, and they move farther and farther away. Or they take too many trips without ever leaving home.”

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read "Mr. Fixit" written by @maeganpoland.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"He wasn’t much of a computer guy, but he could find a blueprint or diagram and tinker well enough that he got things where they needed to be. Now, he can’t even fix a car radio..."

tinyurl.com/5b748tkn

Mr. Fixit — Ghost Parachute

Drive along Route 95 toward Vegas, turn right on a dusty road just fifteen miles south of Tonampa, and you’ll find a cluster of buildings that are fifteen years shy of being a ghost town. There’s stil...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read "Amber Running in the Family" written by
@benbrindise.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"Whether it be amber or breast cancer or a lightning strike, the bill always comes due."

tinyurl.com/yc4u4em3

Amber Running in the Family — Ghost Parachute

His mother’s knees locked up and he could hear the amber in them crystalizing. Over the years, his ear honed to it. It crackled in her cartilage, growing and reaching to weave into more of her. Sink i...

tinyurl.com

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a new story set in a dinosaur theme park up at @flashfrog.bsky.social today. Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this one such an awesome home. And I love Jayne Frisina's art. Check it out if you wanna. 🦕 🦖

flash-frog.com/2025/09/01/d...

Dino Land by Will Musgrove

Unlike the park’s main entrance, the door to the break room doesn’t roar. Instead, the rusty hinges sigh like me easing into my La-Z-Boy. I step inside and see manager Julie spreading a Stegosaurus…

flash-frog.com

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Aug 28

Previously published or unpublished, fiction or nonfiction (or anything in between), 250 words or fewer, deadline Nov 15. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

www.smokelong.com

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 28

living the dream

(the dream in this case being publishing stories & driving around New England)

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sometimes I name characters in stories after family members for fun — why not, ya know?

Unlike cousin Jimmy in White Elephant (Hooghly Review, 2025) my cousin Jimmy is a great guy & we celebrated his wedding last weekend in Cleveland

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Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tonight’s the night! Poetry open mic at Caffe Aroma. It will be headined by Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate Jay Ward. The fun starts at 9pm sharp.

At 6pm Jay will be running a poetry workshop at the caffe at Amy's , which is free and open to all. Hope to see you at one or both

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 19

Tomorrow Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate Jay Ward hits Buffalo for a workshop & feature set

Workshop: 6pm - Caffe at Amy’s
Feature: 9pm - Caffe Aroma

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 11

Who can read the world?

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 6

We had an incredible time workshopping with Buffalo’s Poet Laureate Aitina Fareed-Cooke at the first WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE workshop

Catch Jay Ward (Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate) headlining and workshop leading this month!

📸: Kalvin Booker

Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 6

This one’s about pacemakers and second chances.

Thanks again to Arts for Learning WNY for including me in this project.

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you! Yes, this was written between times two & three for me

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · Aug 2

This past week, my spoken word poem Dear Kia Boys was published in the Buffalo Hive along with a conversation between me & co-host of WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE @justinkarcher.bsky.social

Thanks to them for giving a home to this piece.

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Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · Aug 1

I got a poem published in The Buffalo Hive! Also check out the video interview with me & @benbrindise.bsky.social about the poetry scene in Buffalo. Link in the comments

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