Author: Ben
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I Don’t Understand Commas
But apparently, I’m not the only one. There is a curious thing that happens when something you’ve written is professionally reviewed – you become all too aware of how poor a grasp you have of the English language. Once you make a submission and, god-willing, it’s accepted, you go through a round of reviews. The… Read more
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Dirtman
Danny had heard the stories. When he was younger, they were akin to that of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but as he aged out of those stories, the Dirtman remained. It was fun at first, collecting dirt from the garden and arranging it in a neat little pile under his pillow before bed,… Read more
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Teach a man to fish
The morning sun was hazily making its way up above the Alps, through the clouds, and about the snow-capped mountain tops. Umberto was happily sat at the edge of the lake, one fishing pole in hand, and another, mounted, and tactically placed to his right. It had been a successful morning so far, Umberto guessed… Read more
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The Marshes
There is no wind in the marshes. The heat sticks to the grass and the trees as the insects float lazily over the heat waves, visible across the horizon. In a quiet little cabin, buried in the woods, Blake sat at the kitchen table, tacitly cleaning the barrel of his revolver. Technically, the gun belonged… Read more
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Daryl and the Meteor
Daryl was lazily perched on his sun-lounger, alone in his back garden, with a cooler of beer on his left-hand side, and a table full of snacks on his right. Ordinarily, Daryl would set the lounger to face away from the house, but on this particular Sunday, he had lifted the lounger – revealing a… Read more
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So I Wrote a Book
Well, I wrote two books, three screenplays, two pilot teleplays, and about twenty-five short stories. And that’s just the ones I finished, there were countless other failed attempts along the way. What would be more accurate to say, ‘ I wrote one book worth sharing.’ So here we are, with my debut novel on… Read more