Ben Fisher
@wordblanket.com
Award-winning author: TOMB RAIDER: TEMPLE OF FIRE, UNDERFOOT, THE GREAT DIVIDE, GRUMPY CAT, C.H.U.D. LIVES, VALHALLAW, etc
Award-less musician
Attorney
Repped by Rick Lewis (Martin Lit)
He/him
Benfisherwriter.com
Award-less musician
Attorney
Repped by Rick Lewis (Martin Lit)
He/him
Benfisherwriter.com
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Ben Fisher
@wordblanket.com
· Sep 9
ValhalLaw-A 5-issue color comic epic, ready to print!
ValhalLaw is a 5 issue color queer, fantasy-fueled dark comedy of epic proportions, brimming with action, romance, naughty bits NSFW and the occasional legalese.
www.backerkit.com
My new comic series just launched!
I’m really proud of the story we told and it would mean the world if you chose to support it.
An attorney with a gift for making unbreakable contracts is hired by Norse gods to prevent (another) Ragnarok. It’s funny! Epic! Gay!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
I’m really proud of the story we told and it would mean the world if you chose to support it.
An attorney with a gift for making unbreakable contracts is hired by Norse gods to prevent (another) Ragnarok. It’s funny! Epic! Gay!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
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briefly "pivoting to video" to review some free candy. lytrules.substack.com/p/hershey-se...
Hershey Sent Me Christmas Candy to Review
And on my own site I can do anything, so...
lytrules.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
briefly "pivoting to video" to review some free candy. lytrules.substack.com/p/hershey-se...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
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Kevin Nash and Mick Foley are the real ones.
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Kevin Nash and Mick Foley are the real ones.
It’s a tall order, but if you can find a buddy who’s as willing to play a crunchy euro worker placement game as they are to move a janky Spider-Man around a board (even if they think the villain’s name is The Reptile), I highly recommend it.
Played a 46 year old Spider-man game tonight with @wordblanket.com. The box had never been opened and everything was immaculate inside
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It’s a tall order, but if you can find a buddy who’s as willing to play a crunchy euro worker placement game as they are to move a janky Spider-Man around a board (even if they think the villain’s name is The Reptile), I highly recommend it.
These people — and their books — are top tier. If this sounds even kind of up your alley, give it a shot.
The Tenebrous 2026 Book Club is open!
💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 fiction titles
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💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 fiction titles
💀save on shipping
💀exclusive bonus content
💀print+ebook or ebook-only options available
Invest in risk-taking, true independent, Weird publishing.
Here's all the info:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
December 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
These people — and their books — are top tier. If this sounds even kind of up your alley, give it a shot.
Is this an actual problem? Most of my friends drink. Some don’t. Most bounce between the two (Dry January etc). Designated drivers are still a thing
It’s a non-issue. Non-alcoholic booze exists. And soda
If you feel ostracized for not drinking, you don’t need a celebrity plan. You need new friends
It’s a non-issue. Non-alcoholic booze exists. And soda
If you feel ostracized for not drinking, you don’t need a celebrity plan. You need new friends
Actors David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris are passionate about parties. They describe themselves as a “mixed sobriety couple” and have built a reputation for hosting parties that are lively and inclusive — whether their guests drink or don’t.
How David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris Include Everyone at the Party — No Booze Necessary
David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris want to include everyone at the party. Burtka shares the couple’s tips to make both drinkers and non-drinkers feel celebrated.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Is this an actual problem? Most of my friends drink. Some don’t. Most bounce between the two (Dry January etc). Designated drivers are still a thing
It’s a non-issue. Non-alcoholic booze exists. And soda
If you feel ostracized for not drinking, you don’t need a celebrity plan. You need new friends
It’s a non-issue. Non-alcoholic booze exists. And soda
If you feel ostracized for not drinking, you don’t need a celebrity plan. You need new friends
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GRUSS VOM KRAMPUS!
Merry Krampusnacht!
Merry Krampusnacht!
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
GRUSS VOM KRAMPUS!
Merry Krampusnacht!
Merry Krampusnacht!
Between the art and the summoner wars meets MTG gameplay (and the new oops-all-zombies set), I’m in danger of @calvinrosscarl.com getting me addicted to yet another game.
I’m stuck watching tracking info for my @sorcerytcg.bsky.social Gothic boxes, so I’m at least spoiling the new avatars for myself. Look at this art! 💀
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Between the art and the summoner wars meets MTG gameplay (and the new oops-all-zombies set), I’m in danger of @calvinrosscarl.com getting me addicted to yet another game.
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Looking to ditch Spotify? @janus.bsky.social wrote this up for @fightforthefuture.org and it's an easy step-by-step guide for how to do it in the least painless way possible
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
How To Ditch Spotify and Support Music in the Age of AI Slop
There’s no shortage of reasons to quit Spotify in 2025. Artists and fans have been departing the platform in droves because they’re fed up with the company paying artists virtually nothing, using algo...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking to ditch Spotify? @janus.bsky.social wrote this up for @fightforthefuture.org and it's an easy step-by-step guide for how to do it in the least painless way possible
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
Teachers already train to protect kids from school shootings.
And instead of doing anything to help stop that, Republicans just attack schools with their own violent sociopaths and now teachers have to train to protect kids from them, too?
I really am a one issue voter now: lock these fuckers up.
And instead of doing anything to help stop that, Republicans just attack schools with their own violent sociopaths and now teachers have to train to protect kids from them, too?
I really am a one issue voter now: lock these fuckers up.
Oregon’s largest teachers’ union will host several statewide trainings meant to teach school staff, families and community members how to keep students and families safe under increasingly aggressive federal immigration enforcement actions taking place near schools.
Oregon’s largest teachers’ union hosts training to protect students from ICE
More than 600 teachers and school staff are expected to attend training sessions in Bend, Eugene and Oregon City over the weekend.
www.opb.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Teachers already train to protect kids from school shootings.
And instead of doing anything to help stop that, Republicans just attack schools with their own violent sociopaths and now teachers have to train to protect kids from them, too?
I really am a one issue voter now: lock these fuckers up.
And instead of doing anything to help stop that, Republicans just attack schools with their own violent sociopaths and now teachers have to train to protect kids from them, too?
I really am a one issue voter now: lock these fuckers up.
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man these are getting too real
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
man these are getting too real
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Horror Anthology by Trans & Gender Non Conforming Voices
🏳️⚧️SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JAN. 10🏳️⚧️
Still seeking slush readers & generous benefactors to help fund interior art.
All the deets: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Donate: ko-fi.com/tenebrouspress
🏳️⚧️SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JAN. 10🏳️⚧️
Still seeking slush readers & generous benefactors to help fund interior art.
All the deets: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Donate: ko-fi.com/tenebrouspress
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM announced; cover art reveal & submissions info! — tenebrous press
Hey Ho, Tenebrous Cult! Hope you're as excited about this as we are: we're ready to announce submission details, and reveal the cover, of the next YOUR BODY volume. Mx Morgan G Robles crafted the ex...
tenebrouspress.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Horror Anthology by Trans & Gender Non Conforming Voices
🏳️⚧️SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JAN. 10🏳️⚧️
Still seeking slush readers & generous benefactors to help fund interior art.
All the deets: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Donate: ko-fi.com/tenebrouspress
🏳️⚧️SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JAN. 10🏳️⚧️
Still seeking slush readers & generous benefactors to help fund interior art.
All the deets: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Donate: ko-fi.com/tenebrouspress
Dan rocks as a person and a storyteller. This is one of the best values you’re gonna see for your entertainment dollar. Zero chance you’ll be disappointed.
LAST DAY TO PRE-ORDER LAVENDER JACK VOLUME ONE! 330 pages of mystery and adventure for thirty slim American dollars, collecting the first season of our thrilling narrative. Link in the quoted post and in the thread below 🥂
Just showed up in the mail: a proof copy of @darkhorse.com's physical collection of LAVENDER JACK VOLUME 1! I sort of can't believe how good it looks. It's HEFTY, too. They tell me FOC is Monday so if you haven't preordered yet I highly encourage it: www.darkhorse.com/books/3016-7...
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dan rocks as a person and a storyteller. This is one of the best values you’re gonna see for your entertainment dollar. Zero chance you’ll be disappointed.
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I gradually quit social media in 2022 before starting up a bsky this year. I’m really not a fan of ig or the people who benefit from its continued use, but I’m going to start selling some of my pots locally and need a place that I can direct folks to.
If you’re also over there, wanna be friends?
If you’re also over there, wanna be friends?
www.instagram.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I gradually quit social media in 2022 before starting up a bsky this year. I’m really not a fan of ig or the people who benefit from its continued use, but I’m going to start selling some of my pots locally and need a place that I can direct folks to.
If you’re also over there, wanna be friends?
If you’re also over there, wanna be friends?
My AI anecdote is that I’m writing a story script for a high profile IP project featuring a virtual assistant and received the note: “don’t use the word ‘AI’ in the script because the word is toxic now, plus people will assume it’s giving bad info or evil.”
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My AI anecdote is that I’m writing a story script for a high profile IP project featuring a virtual assistant and received the note: “don’t use the word ‘AI’ in the script because the word is toxic now, plus people will assume it’s giving bad info or evil.”
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This is the view from my kitchen window in the morning. 🔊⬆️ (Slowed down 50% so you can really enjoy those lil tongue flicks!)
#pnw #hummingbird
#pnw #hummingbird
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the view from my kitchen window in the morning. 🔊⬆️ (Slowed down 50% so you can really enjoy those lil tongue flicks!)
#pnw #hummingbird
#pnw #hummingbird
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What kinds of stories do you get when you pay for an annual subscription to my Substack? Let's peek behind the paywall: lytrules.substack.com/p/the-10-bes...
The 10 Best Premium Stories From Mortal Cinema, Year 1
Get a handle on what you could win
lytrules.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What kinds of stories do you get when you pay for an annual subscription to my Substack? Let's peek behind the paywall: lytrules.substack.com/p/the-10-bes...
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I’m looking for cover work! Help me be able to afford gifts for my family this holiday season and get some awesome art in return! Check out my website for more samples: admancartoonist.com/covers-splas...
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m looking for cover work! Help me be able to afford gifts for my family this holiday season and get some awesome art in return! Check out my website for more samples: admancartoonist.com/covers-splas...
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Awesome news, audiobook lovers! GIRL IN THE CREEK is currently on sale at Chirp, Libro.fm, Audiobooks.com and Nook for just $4.99 through 12/3!!!
I really love the narrator for the GITC audiobook; she brings a neat vibe to the story.
I really love the narrator for the GITC audiobook; she brings a neat vibe to the story.
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
Libro.fm
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Awesome news, audiobook lovers! GIRL IN THE CREEK is currently on sale at Chirp, Libro.fm, Audiobooks.com and Nook for just $4.99 through 12/3!!!
I really love the narrator for the GITC audiobook; she brings a neat vibe to the story.
I really love the narrator for the GITC audiobook; she brings a neat vibe to the story.
Unless this means “casting Jim Carrey as Shredder so he can do a dance routine with an alternate dimension version of himself to a Chemical Brothers song” then this sucks.
The live-action adaptation of TMNT: The Last Ronin has been shelved, as multiple sources report that Paramount wants to "Sonic-fy" the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
For more info: https://bit.ly/4piAXqT
For more info: https://bit.ly/4piAXqT
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Unless this means “casting Jim Carrey as Shredder so he can do a dance routine with an alternate dimension version of himself to a Chemical Brothers song” then this sucks.
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Just did this and yup, it was turned on for me. Now it's off.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Just did this and yup, it was turned on for me. Now it's off.
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Heya folks! Im A.H.G. I'm looking for some comic coloring work
I've been coloring comics professionally since 2019, working for publishers such as Boom studios! Dauntless,Wave Blueworld and more
You can contact me at: ahgcolor/@gmail.com
#Comics #ComicJobs
I've been coloring comics professionally since 2019, working for publishers such as Boom studios! Dauntless,Wave Blueworld and more
You can contact me at: ahgcolor/@gmail.com
#Comics #ComicJobs
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Heya folks! Im A.H.G. I'm looking for some comic coloring work
I've been coloring comics professionally since 2019, working for publishers such as Boom studios! Dauntless,Wave Blueworld and more
You can contact me at: ahgcolor/@gmail.com
#Comics #ComicJobs
I've been coloring comics professionally since 2019, working for publishers such as Boom studios! Dauntless,Wave Blueworld and more
You can contact me at: ahgcolor/@gmail.com
#Comics #ComicJobs
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.