@benschenkman.bsky.social
Urban fantasy author and narrator. My books tackle complex topics, though usually in a darkly humorous way. https://benschenkman.com Member of Caffeinated Terrier Press https://caffeinatedterrierpress.com
My first-ever author event is one week from today at Mermaid Books in Milford, CT! Free, no registration, bring the kids for storytime and crafts. All are welcome! 🐇🌸
#authorsky #kidlit #pagan
Today at 12:00PM EST I'll be talking about sub plots vs main plots with a great panel of authors on Go Indie Now's "This Week in Indies". Join me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOeT...
We're having a LIVE RELEASE PARTY! Save the date: April 6th, 7-8PM EST.
Join me with The Fantasy and Sci-fi Fanatic, with special guests from The Bearded Book Beast and Author Adjacent! We'll be talking about my new novel, My Brother's Keeper, which you should go pre-order now! a.co/d/01PTmvrD
I should check to see if I got an email about your book! This is hilariously bad, I've had that happen to me with other authors.
Senpai noticed me…
Because if you weren't, there'd be one less light in the world.
That's a great one. Damaged Goods is currently my ear worm.
Look, if you're not listening to The Narcissist Cookbook then...your mental health is probably better than mine. But go listen anyway! His latest album, Myth, is an experience.
I feel like spring could fix me, right now
I added some of my own money to make a rounded $25 donation to Not Our Native Daughters for the 2025 sales of Let Sleeping Gods Lie. 10% of all royalties for that series go to this charity, in support of solving the MMIWG crisis. notournativedaughters.org/
Join me on Go Indie Now at 12PM EST to discuss incorporating non-fiction into fiction! My readers know I love putting real-world details and history into my urban fantasy. Let's talk about it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uV0...
A strongly worded phone call!
I expect there would have been a midnight knock on my door
When a review includes "I hate you, how dare!" then I know I did something right.
#WSPIT
A cryptid-hunting YouTube darling follows a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island in the Canadian wilderness that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters he swears aren't real
#P #A #H #HU #LGBT #ND #IN #OWN
Join me with Joe Compton on 21 Grams tonight at 7PM EST. We'll be talking about the darker spaces. Dark topics, villains, writing those perspectives, and big reveals!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNol...
For those of you waiting for the audiobook of Too Many Gods in the Kitchen, I'm sorry. I did myself in by making a "better" sound booth in the basement which is now uncomfortably cold to use. So instead, I'm pivoting to a temporary upstairs booth (in progress). I should get back to recording soon.
Did you know that if you sign up for my newsletter you get a free short story? Clearly Niranjan does, and enjoyed it! (It's also available with a few other authors in a @caffeinatedterrier.bsky.social anthology.
Instructions unclear. Gender caught in ceiling fan.
My Brother's Keeper is featured in BookSiren's February Mystery/Thriller batch! If you're interested in ARC reading for my next novel (releasing March 30th), you can also sign up on my website. booksirens.com/bundle/crime...
Tastes like grass, to me
This is fantastic
Happy release day! The fourth volume of Guild Mage, Journeyman, is out in ebook and paperback on Amazon today! As is usual, audio will be available on Audible tomorrow :)
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Thanks! I've added this to my coop's running sheet or release radars, and I'll be adding my March release next month!
Did it hold up its robotic middle fingers, or at least a peace sign, as it left? Because that makes it even funnier in my head.
Join me live at 12 with Go Indie Now to talk about one of the hardest parts of being an Indie author, dealing with the rest of our lives while trying to be creative!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bakz...
I was going to go write, but I'm stuck here now. It was nice knowing you all.
Today we’re excited to host a cover reveal for Catamorphosis by @shannonknight.bsky.social, author of Grave Cold and Insiders. This is an upcoming horror novel about a woman slowly changing into a cat!
www.readindiefantasy.com/cover-reveal...
My Brother's Keeper, your next gritty urban fantasy favorite, is available for pre-order!
"Magic is real, demons walk the earth, and Max’s brother is dead."
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
How'd I do, team? ~4200 words over the weekend, nearing 60k on The Chronicles of Corbin Pierce, book 2. The coffee shops really give me a place to get away from the distractions (mostly). Cat in lap, for tax.