Dodgefall

My first ever independent release, Dodgefall is a queer novella that will melt your cold, dead heart.

ABOUT DODGEFALL: Samuel loved living in DC for a variety of reasons as a Midwest transplant: there was always a networking event to attend, his job was fast and fulfilling, and it was often fun to treat the dating landscape like an overstuffed buffet. Joining an adult kickball league was supposed to give him a reason to rub elbows with political staffers and nonprofit big-wigs, but he didn’t anticipate it would lead to an unexpected date with Coach Easton. And nothing could have prepared either of them after an awkward invitation to return to Samuel’s hometown for an ex-boyfriend’s wedding after just knowing each other for a few weeks. Can these two learn to play well together on and off the field when the balls go flying?

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Flip-the-Trope: Endless Summer | 726 pages of flipped-trope romances!

Some of us are feeling the fall vibes, but is it too late to enjoy some vacation fun? Never! Let’s go back to the beach with these eight brand-new romances—and each one flips at least one trope. From sweet contemporary romance to spicy paranormals, with LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC representation, this anthology has a little bit of everything. Each story is marked with genre, heat level, and romantic pairing, so settle down to have your expectations twisted and fall in love with unusual heroes.

**This book featured my first-ever queer romance novella: Dodgefall, along with 7 other amazing romance novellas by 7 other authors.

OUT OF PRINT, 2023

What was your favorite story as a child? What house, village, forest, or planet did you escape to in your daydreams? We’ve all got those books that shaped us, whose characters we knew better than some of the real people in our lives, whose histories we could recite by heart. These worlds we escaped to, that we shared with other fans - these are the basis of this collection. We hope you find one of your own touchstones scattered among these gems in the Nonbinary Review’s 267th Issue Shared Worlds.

I’m part of this esteemed work of collected fiction, with my short story “The Cobbler of Oz”. A playful tale about the maker of those magical shoes once famously worn by the Wicked Witch of the East and then Dorothy. What happens when Munchkin Cobbler Obo and his beloved wife Soobi are thrust into immediate chaos, worried that their secrets will come unraveled now that a very private customer’s shoes are in the hands of a mysterious and murderous young lady from Kansas. A fun, quirky story that will delight and surprise readers who loved both the Wizard of Oz books and movies alike.

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Six Feet Apart is The Writers Group’s sixth installment in a dynasty that surpasses five years of dedication and thousands of hours of training, collaboration, and, of course, writing. Dive into personal accounts of COVID isolation, fictional stories for the curious or the wary, and plenty of poetry for the quiet souls among us. No single genre defines The Writers Group, and, just like the virus itself, we’re not leaving anytime soon.

I contributed part of an experimental, quirky, darkly comedic short story called Death, Inc.: and the Unanticipated Adventures of Winifred Fox a fantastic tale about lil Winifred Fox who tragically and publicly dies in the middle of her middle school band concert, only to learn she’s part of a long line of Grim Reapers, tasked with taking up the universal duty of ushering folks to their final destinations in the boring and bureaucratic Thereafter. Will Winifred dare take this insane job that’s likely better suited for adults? Will Daisey, Winifred’s HR representative in the Thereafter, be up to the task of onboarding and training her for success? Will the omnipotent Narrator ever stop being so snarky and unkind when telling Winifred’s tale? And why isn’t poor lil ‘Fred adjusting to the 5D environment like everyone else?

I guess you’ll have to buy a copy of the anthology to find out! I promise my contribution, among all the other 20 authors, won’t disappoint!

What happens when a virtual or remote manager needs actual day-to-day ideas and support concerning issues that happen to real people in real jobs with real needs?

THE UNASHAMED GUIDE TO VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT

Published by ATD Press, The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management smartly uses short chapters and a whip-smart, fun, whimsical, and straightforward way, allowing co-authors Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski to address the unanswered, unashamed and critical questions of how to manage virtual teams in ways and with advice that’s never been attempted before.

No more scrambling to see how to handle an unexpected situation or trying to replicate stationary efforts virtually without support—virtual managers can consult the authors’ advice on more than 80 topics you deal with each and every day. From the mundane to the awkward, this book covers it all—because you will have to manage it all, no matter where you are, no matter who you manage.

#NoPoWriMo2021

Another set of 30 new poems, each written one by one and published here over the 30 days in November 2021 as a replacement for NaNoWriMo where folks challenge themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days over November 2021. Love poetry? Enjoy this collection.

#NaPoWriMo2022

30 poems, each written over the 30 days in November in 2022 as a replacement for NaNoWriMo where folks challenge themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Do you like poetry? Then you’re in luck because I decided to publish them for the world to read day after day all this month!

Ben’s Poetry Depository

Writing a poem a day during November of 2020 reignited my passion for writing casual poetry. So I decided to carve out a little space on my website to share some of the things I’ve written if you were looking to be tickled or taunted by whatever is knocking around my head these days.

The 35 Year Old Alcohol Virgin

For 35 years I never tried or drank alcohol, so in 2012, I took the entire year to try over 200 alcoholic drinks—beers, wines, cocktails, shots, and other alcoholic oddities—for the very first time, writing about each drink, place and experience. It was one wild, humorous ride for the ages.

#NaPoWriMo2020

30 poems, each written over the 30 days in November as a replacement for NaNoWriMo where folks challenge themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days over November of each year. If poetry—or spying on me—is your jam, then you’re in luck too because I decided to publish them for the world to read.

SMALL ACTS OF CLARITY, 1995

A showcase of 9 poems and short stories from my college freshman Creative Writing class that I mistakenly re-discovered in 2020 when looking for my birth certificate in several boxes of teenage things — complete with a little contemporary color commentary outlining the assignment, reactions, and my teenage thought process from 25 years ago.