Ben Loory
@benloory.bsky.social
📚 Tales of Falling and Flying, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
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If you happen to be in New York state tomorrow (Sunday, October 5), my story “The Vatican” will be performed at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains as part of the Selected Shorts on Tour program, read by Tony Award-winning actor Santino Fontana (aka the voice of Prince Hans in Disney’s Frozen).
October 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you happen to be in New York state tomorrow (Sunday, October 5), my story “The Vatican” will be performed at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains as part of the Selected Shorts on Tour program, read by Tony Award-winning actor Santino Fontana (aka the voice of Prince Hans in Disney’s Frozen).
Enjoying a quality film
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Enjoying a quality film
I'll be reading a story at This Friday, THIS FRIDAY, Sept 26 at Taix in Echo Park, along with Mariah Flores, Jesse Pearson, Nick Plett, Zara Schuster, & Gabby Jones. Show starts at 7pm, and is RSVP only. To RSVP, send $10 to co-host @evanlaffer via Venmo. Hope to see you there!
September 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'll be reading a story at This Friday, THIS FRIDAY, Sept 26 at Taix in Echo Park, along with Mariah Flores, Jesse Pearson, Nick Plett, Zara Schuster, & Gabby Jones. Show starts at 7pm, and is RSVP only. To RSVP, send $10 to co-host @evanlaffer via Venmo. Hope to see you there!
Name a classic Album that formed your youth.
July 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Name a classic Album that formed your youth.
I'll be in Baltimore on Jan 11 reading stories at the Hidden Palace Reading Series along with Marian Crotty, Evan Gray, and Arnisha Royston, if anyone happens to be in the area! 7pm Thursday at Fadensonnen!
January 5, 2024 at 4:50 AM
I'll be in Baltimore on Jan 11 reading stories at the Hidden Palace Reading Series along with Marian Crotty, Evan Gray, and Arnisha Royston, if anyone happens to be in the area! 7pm Thursday at Fadensonnen!
Happy Almost New Year, Everybody! I posted my year-end wrap-up thing on my website (www.benloory.com), but here's the important part: my favorite books I read this year!
December 31, 2023 at 9:31 PM
Happy Almost New Year, Everybody! I posted my year-end wrap-up thing on my website (www.benloory.com), but here's the important part: my favorite books I read this year!
Repost with a fictional character you base your personality around
October 12, 2023 at 5:43 AM
Repost with a fictional character you base your personality around
Reskeet with something you own that most people don’t.
This is my little square of material from Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s Central Park installation “The Gates” (2005).
This is my little square of material from Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s Central Park installation “The Gates” (2005).
August 27, 2023 at 1:07 AM
Reskeet with something you own that most people don’t.
This is my little square of material from Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s Central Park installation “The Gates” (2005).
This is my little square of material from Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s Central Park installation “The Gates” (2005).
Finished the first volume of this box set last night. I remember when the 30s/40s & the 50s volumes came out in the 90s, I read and reread them so many times, kept checking the bookstore for a 60s volume… now suddenly 20+ years later there are 2 of them! And this one at least is fantastic. 🧵
August 20, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Finished the first volume of this box set last night. I remember when the 30s/40s & the 50s volumes came out in the 90s, I read and reread them so many times, kept checking the bookstore for a 60s volume… now suddenly 20+ years later there are 2 of them! And this one at least is fantastic. 🧵
Impossible ask but these are the ones I’m always most excited to rewatch
August 15, 2023 at 5:31 AM
Impossible ask but these are the ones I’m always most excited to rewatch
Came home to find this new Library of America box set on my porch and now I’m lying in bed reading Fredric Brown and god damn what a wonderful world
August 7, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Came home to find this new Library of America box set on my porch and now I’m lying in bed reading Fredric Brown and god damn what a wonderful world