Benjamin Woodard
@woodardwriter.bsky.social
Writer | Book critic | Writing Center coordinator | Adjunct | Represented by my cat, who is a horrible agent | he/him http://benjaminjwoodard.com
Pinned
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Planes, trains, and automobiles? In this economy?
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Planes, trains, and automobiles? In this economy?
Big thanks to @south85journal.bsky.social for this nomination!
We've sent in our nominations for Best Small Fictions!
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Big thanks to @south85journal.bsky.social for this nomination!
My hometown public library has this incredible gargoyle downspout, and I think its existence helps explain the kind of reader and writer I turned into.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My hometown public library has this incredible gargoyle downspout, and I think its existence helps explain the kind of reader and writer I turned into.
Got to love when a rejection hits the inbox while you're meeting with your writing group.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Got to love when a rejection hits the inbox while you're meeting with your writing group.
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
“You dig too deep. Always. That’s the problem. You care like a chump. If only you could take a nap. If only this life allowed detectives to stop detecting now and again.”
@woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
@woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“You dig too deep. Always. That’s the problem. You care like a chump. If only you could take a nap. If only this life allowed detectives to stop detecting now and again.”
@woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
@woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Chopped up a bunch of firewood and still have all ten fingers and toes. With the way life has played out lately, I'm considering this a big win.
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Chopped up a bunch of firewood and still have all ten fingers and toes. With the way life has played out lately, I'm considering this a big win.
Today I woke up missing my dad immensely. This "grief comes in waves" thing is rough.
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today I woke up missing my dad immensely. This "grief comes in waves" thing is rough.
Now that FLESH has won the Booker Prize, let's reshare my review from earlier this year at On the Seawall.
I wrote about David Szalay's upcoming novel, FLESH, in the latest edition of On the Seawall:
www.ronslate.com/on-flesh-a-n...
www.ronslate.com/on-flesh-a-n...
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Now that FLESH has won the Booker Prize, let's reshare my review from earlier this year at On the Seawall.
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
Connecticut friends!!! 🥰🥰🥰
CT & Tri-State friends, please join us!
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Connecticut friends!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
Here's an invitation to take a trip through the new Nov/Dec edition of On The Seawall ... beginning with our feature on poems from STUDY OF SORROWS: TRANSLATIONS by
Shangyang Fang @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
/ ronslate.com
Shangyang Fang @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
/ ronslate.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here's an invitation to take a trip through the new Nov/Dec edition of On The Seawall ... beginning with our feature on poems from STUDY OF SORROWS: TRANSLATIONS by
Shangyang Fang @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
/ ronslate.com
Shangyang Fang @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
/ ronslate.com
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
[Spelled coupon wrong 4 times writing this (How?!?)]
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
[Spelled coupon wrong 4 times writing this (How?!?)]
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
28 pieces of writing spanning the first 5 years of Stanchion and including 5 new pieces from the likes of @toddedillard.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social & @fbereaud.bsky.social. Cover art & photograph by me. Help celebrate reputable indie lit & keep this good thing going for 5 more years. 🖤🤍❤️
Here's the front + back of Issue 20, which is at the printer now + will be published on Nov 25th.
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
28 pieces of writing spanning the first 5 years of Stanchion and including 5 new pieces from the likes of @toddedillard.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social & @fbereaud.bsky.social. Cover art & photograph by me. Help celebrate reputable indie lit & keep this good thing going for 5 more years. 🖤🤍❤️
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
“You care like a chump.”
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“You care like a chump.”
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
Mixed within a stack of sympathy cards was a birthday card from my mother-in-law that I initially thought was an odd choice for a sympathy card. It gave me a laugh.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Mixed within a stack of sympathy cards was a birthday card from my mother-in-law that I initially thought was an odd choice for a sympathy card. It gave me a laugh.
Happy to be nominated for this year's Best Microfiction anthology by the fine folks at @south85journal.bsky.social:
www.south85journal.com/2025/11/nomi...
www.south85journal.com/2025/11/nomi...
Nominations for Best Microfiction | South 85 Journal
www.south85journal.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Happy to be nominated for this year's Best Microfiction anthology by the fine folks at @south85journal.bsky.social:
www.south85journal.com/2025/11/nomi...
www.south85journal.com/2025/11/nomi...
A @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nomination landed in my inbox! Don't want to ruin any journal announcements by naming names quite yet, but I am very happy.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nomination landed in my inbox! Don't want to ruin any journal announcements by naming names quite yet, but I am very happy.
For my birthday this year, I arranged for everyone in the U.S. to receive an extra hour of sleep. You're welcome.
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For my birthday this year, I arranged for everyone in the U.S. to receive an extra hour of sleep. You're welcome.
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
For the weekend readers!
Our Autumn Issue is here. 11 spooky stories to chill your bones. Read, enjoy, and share widely!
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For the weekend readers!
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
This small but mighty story by @woodardwriter.bsky.social is a great read, especially for a dark and stormy Halloween day!
One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This small but mighty story by @woodardwriter.bsky.social is a great read, especially for a dark and stormy Halloween day!
One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
‘You can’t remember where you were on the night of the tenth.’
What an original piece from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in the new issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social - brilliant! 🕵️♂️
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
What an original piece from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in the new issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social - brilliant! 🕵️♂️
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
Autumn 2025
www.tinymolecules.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
‘You can’t remember where you were on the night of the tenth.’
What an original piece from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in the new issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social - brilliant! 🕵️♂️
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
What an original piece from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in the new issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social - brilliant! 🕵️♂️
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Reposted by Benjamin Woodard
"Like the phrase I have something to tell you, it loosens stones when dropped from great heights"
Wonderful detective-noir edge to this gem from @woodardwriter.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Character layered with story layered with moments of truth:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Wonderful detective-noir edge to this gem from @woodardwriter.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Character layered with story layered with moments of truth:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Like the phrase I have something to tell you, it loosens stones when dropped from great heights"
Wonderful detective-noir edge to this gem from @woodardwriter.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Character layered with story layered with moments of truth:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Wonderful detective-noir edge to this gem from @woodardwriter.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Character layered with story layered with moments of truth:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...