Ben Brindise
@benbrindise.bsky.social
Writer, Flash Fiction Editor: Variety Pack / Issue 12 Out Now / Author of Secret Anniversaries (Ghost City Press, 2019) & Rotten Kid (Ghost City Press, 2017) / benjaminbrindise.com
We got out there. Fall’d it up. Big time.
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We got out there. Fall’d it up. Big time.
fall sky
sky fall
sky fall
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
fall sky
sky fall
sky fall
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.
If you like dark comedy about the absurdities of modern economic life, find the full story in the issue.
September 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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.
If you like dark comedy about the absurdities of modern economic life, find the full story in the issue.
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
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
September 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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
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
“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
- Epithalamium, Bill Roorbach
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“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
- Epithalamium, Bill Roorbach
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
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
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
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
yesterday we celebrated a friends birthday playing mush ball & today I’m doing back stretches on the living room rug
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
yesterday we celebrated a friends birthday playing mush ball & today I’m doing back stretches on the living room rug
living the dream
(the dream in this case being publishing stories & driving around New England)
(the dream in this case being publishing stories & driving around New England)
August 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
living the dream
(the dream in this case being publishing stories & driving around New England)
(the dream in this case being publishing stories & driving around New England)
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
Unlike cousin Jimmy in White Elephant (Hooghly Review, 2025) my cousin Jimmy is a great guy & we celebrated his wedding last weekend in Cleveland
August 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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
Unlike cousin Jimmy in White Elephant (Hooghly Review, 2025) my cousin Jimmy is a great guy & we celebrated his wedding last weekend in Cleveland
Tomorrow Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate Jay Ward hits Buffalo for a workshop & feature set
Workshop: 6pm - Caffe at Amy’s
Feature: 9pm - Caffe Aroma
Workshop: 6pm - Caffe at Amy’s
Feature: 9pm - Caffe Aroma
August 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Tomorrow Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate Jay Ward hits Buffalo for a workshop & feature set
Workshop: 6pm - Caffe at Amy’s
Feature: 9pm - Caffe Aroma
Workshop: 6pm - Caffe at Amy’s
Feature: 9pm - Caffe Aroma
Who can read the world?
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Who can read the world?
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
Catch Jay Ward (Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate) headlining and workshop leading this month!
📸: Kalvin Booker
August 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
Catch Jay Ward (Charlotte, NC Poet Laureate) headlining and workshop leading this month!
📸: Kalvin Booker
This one’s about pacemakers and second chances.
Thanks again to Arts for Learning WNY for including me in this project.
Thanks again to Arts for Learning WNY for including me in this project.
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This one’s about pacemakers and second chances.
Thanks again to Arts for Learning WNY for including me in this project.
Thanks again to Arts for Learning WNY for including me in this project.
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.
Thanks to them for giving a home to this piece.
August 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
Thanks to them for giving a home to this piece.
I wrote five stories about inventions in Buffalo to be paired with community created paintings of those inventions
They’re currently on display at the Conventus Connects Gallery
For everyone who will never make it there, here’s one about the bell mason jar & preserving things
They’re currently on display at the Conventus Connects Gallery
For everyone who will never make it there, here’s one about the bell mason jar & preserving things
July 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I wrote five stories about inventions in Buffalo to be paired with community created paintings of those inventions
They’re currently on display at the Conventus Connects Gallery
For everyone who will never make it there, here’s one about the bell mason jar & preserving things
They’re currently on display at the Conventus Connects Gallery
For everyone who will never make it there, here’s one about the bell mason jar & preserving things
Thanks to everyone who came to the first Objects in Motion workshop last night.
We discussed Bradbury’s desk, how objects come with pre-packaged figurative language, practiced our ability to describe, and started a story.
The next workshop happens 5/13! (Register below)
We discussed Bradbury’s desk, how objects come with pre-packaged figurative language, practiced our ability to describe, and started a story.
The next workshop happens 5/13! (Register below)
April 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to the first Objects in Motion workshop last night.
We discussed Bradbury’s desk, how objects come with pre-packaged figurative language, practiced our ability to describe, and started a story.
The next workshop happens 5/13! (Register below)
We discussed Bradbury’s desk, how objects come with pre-packaged figurative language, practiced our ability to describe, and started a story.
The next workshop happens 5/13! (Register below)
April has been kind in some ways.
It was a pleasure to give 3 sessions of Speak, Poet for the 2025 Challenge to Change conference (multiple local highschools) & hear Hy-Deia Elwadi give the keynote speech
The day before, a stellar YA-led Fiction Meet Up at @justbuffalolit.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to give 3 sessions of Speak, Poet for the 2025 Challenge to Change conference (multiple local highschools) & hear Hy-Deia Elwadi give the keynote speech
The day before, a stellar YA-led Fiction Meet Up at @justbuffalolit.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
April has been kind in some ways.
It was a pleasure to give 3 sessions of Speak, Poet for the 2025 Challenge to Change conference (multiple local highschools) & hear Hy-Deia Elwadi give the keynote speech
The day before, a stellar YA-led Fiction Meet Up at @justbuffalolit.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to give 3 sessions of Speak, Poet for the 2025 Challenge to Change conference (multiple local highschools) & hear Hy-Deia Elwadi give the keynote speech
The day before, a stellar YA-led Fiction Meet Up at @justbuffalolit.bsky.social
Learn the two things you need to turn a blank page into the start of a story.
Limited spots
Free to attend
Sponsored by Cultrue
in coordination with @eatoffart.bsky.social
& @varietypack.bsky.social
Register Here: cultruelife.org/event/object...
Limited spots
Free to attend
Sponsored by Cultrue
in coordination with @eatoffart.bsky.social
& @varietypack.bsky.social
Register Here: cultruelife.org/event/object...
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Learn the two things you need to turn a blank page into the start of a story.
Limited spots
Free to attend
Sponsored by Cultrue
in coordination with @eatoffart.bsky.social
& @varietypack.bsky.social
Register Here: cultruelife.org/event/object...
Limited spots
Free to attend
Sponsored by Cultrue
in coordination with @eatoffart.bsky.social
& @varietypack.bsky.social
Register Here: cultruelife.org/event/object...
For those in Buffalo:
Catch me on the fourth floor of Trimainia this Saturday.
Catch me on the fourth floor of Trimainia this Saturday.
March 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For those in Buffalo:
Catch me on the fourth floor of Trimainia this Saturday.
Catch me on the fourth floor of Trimainia this Saturday.
Next Wednesday in Buffalo.
Bring your poems.
Bring your poems.
February 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Next Wednesday in Buffalo.
Bring your poems.
Bring your poems.
It’s poetry night in Buffalo
Bring your poems
Special guest: Josh H.
Bring your poems
Special guest: Josh H.
February 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s poetry night in Buffalo
Bring your poems
Special guest: Josh H.
Bring your poems
Special guest: Josh H.
A winter dream in Buffalo
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A winter dream in Buffalo
As January draws to a close, check out the current issue of @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
ghostcitypress.com/january-2025-1
ghostcitypress.com/january-2025-1
January 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As January draws to a close, check out the current issue of @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
ghostcitypress.com/january-2025-1
ghostcitypress.com/january-2025-1
sometimes everything is beautiful
January 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
sometimes everything is beautiful
A story in four parts
January 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A story in four parts