Mick Bennett
@mickbennett7.bsky.social
Retired teacher/adjunct, fiction writer, Pushcart nom'ed flash, novels Missing You in Belmar, NJ (trilogy), Beat the Blues, & Take the Lively Air from @Unsolicitedpress.bsky.social Are there any writers ALIVE out there?
Kirkus Review on Messes We Made, coming September '26: "Throughout these stories, Bennett displays a gift for turning ordinary moments into rich, emotional landscapes..."
"The minutia of daily life, transformed into affecting narratives."
"The minutia of daily life, transformed into affecting narratives."
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Kirkus Review on Messes We Made, coming September '26: "Throughout these stories, Bennett displays a gift for turning ordinary moments into rich, emotional landscapes..."
"The minutia of daily life, transformed into affecting narratives."
"The minutia of daily life, transformed into affecting narratives."
Coming in 2026...
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Coming in 2026...
Got in trouble on X giving Brian KILLmeade shit. Hope no one calls my employer🤣
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Got in trouble on X giving Brian KILLmeade shit. Hope no one calls my employer🤣
New story up!
Happy Labor Day!
Why not head to the Jersey shore before summer ends with "Beach Voices" by @mickbennett7.bsky.social in Doric Literary?
There's plenty of booze, snacks & friends both new & old in this idyllic oceanside community.
Dive in! (or relax on the sand)
doric-literary.com/2025/09/01/b...
Why not head to the Jersey shore before summer ends with "Beach Voices" by @mickbennett7.bsky.social in Doric Literary?
There's plenty of booze, snacks & friends both new & old in this idyllic oceanside community.
Dive in! (or relax on the sand)
doric-literary.com/2025/09/01/b...
Beach Voices
I stared at Bobby; I always do. As if he’s going to change his ways right before my eyes. He shrugged his shoulders, turned his mouth up at a corner, and looked away before hitting me with that smi…
doric-literary.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New story up!
Thank you for loving "Beach Voices" @doricliterary.bsky.social.
June 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Thank you for loving "Beach Voices" @doricliterary.bsky.social.
Over on X regarding discussion and opinions on prostate cancer: what the hell happened to this country?
May 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Over on X regarding discussion and opinions on prostate cancer: what the hell happened to this country?
A trade deficit exits between my barber and me. I pay her to cut my hair, but she doesn't buy my novels. Tariffs are in our future...
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A trade deficit exits between my barber and me. I pay her to cut my hair, but she doesn't buy my novels. Tariffs are in our future...
There is a limit on how many times you can explain to someone how grand the crops will be some day while pushing them through a field packed with horse shit.
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There is a limit on how many times you can explain to someone how grand the crops will be some day while pushing them through a field packed with horse shit.
There's a slew of caustic grandmothers on X. It's enough to scare the shit out of naive young parents.
March 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There's a slew of caustic grandmothers on X. It's enough to scare the shit out of naive young parents.
Getting two doors and one bathroom replaced the same day: breakfast is a Guinness with a floating Cheerio.
February 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Getting two doors and one bathroom replaced the same day: breakfast is a Guinness with a floating Cheerio.
Pitchers and catchers report
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pitchers and catchers report
This country has gone to heil.
February 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This country has gone to heil.
Today, the first full day of the Golden Age, TCM is showing Nazi movies all day long.
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today, the first full day of the Golden Age, TCM is showing Nazi movies all day long.
kleptocracy
Look it up.
Look it up.
January 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
kleptocracy
Look it up.
Look it up.
I wonder if any of my Facebook followers have noticed I left...
January 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I wonder if any of my Facebook followers have noticed I left...
When you're forty, you have no fucking idea how the CT scan diagnosis "Stable dilation of the aortic root and ascending thoracic aorta" will make you pop a bottle of bubbly.
December 29, 2024 at 5:26 PM
When you're forty, you have no fucking idea how the CT scan diagnosis "Stable dilation of the aortic root and ascending thoracic aorta" will make you pop a bottle of bubbly.
Waiting for my CT scan results.
December 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Waiting for my CT scan results.
Just in from X. Don't visit. It's your insane uncle.
December 17, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Just in from X. Don't visit. It's your insane uncle.
A writer handling a vacuum is a thing to behold.
December 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
A writer handling a vacuum is a thing to behold.
new edition cover of my trilogy @Unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM
new edition cover of my trilogy @Unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
Sleepy kind of day
November 22, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Sleepy kind of day
I have an essay in this collection. Interesting writers!
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 AM
I have an essay in this collection. Interesting writers!
Our beautiful Jovie with a Frizz
November 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Our beautiful Jovie with a Frizz
My fifth novel.
Unsolicited Press
Unsolicited Press
November 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
My fifth novel.
Unsolicited Press
Unsolicited Press