Ben Allee

Mediac: The View, Post-Launch Thoughts on how the whole thing went — the good, the bad, and the ugly

Little post-launch update to help me decompress, more than anything. #booklaunch #indiepub #writinglife

medium.com/@benr.allee/...

Crazy turnout for the Mediac #booklaunch party yesterday! Delightful (& unsettling) readings from satirical food review maverick @nershwood.bsky.social and fantasy phenom Thomas (T.M.) May.

Thanks to everyone for getting this @anxietypress.bsky.social joint out into the ether.

Glamor shots.

#indiepublishing #booklaunch #shortfiction #shortstories

April 14, 2025: Fiction by Benjamin Ray Allee His stream has fizzled out now, leaving him nothing to do but shake himself dry and head out for yet another glass of Morgan on the rocks. But instead, he stays, unzipped and leering at the shelf, …

Was going back through stuff from the last few months this morning and I'm still pretty jazzed about this gross #shortstory and the folks at RJ for running with it.

Best read after 11a.m. And wash your hands after.

revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/a...

Latest #bookhaul. Wait--

Exceedingly proud of this well-curated recently played lineup.

Mediac Check out Mediac - <i><b>From Anxiety Press</b></i> <p/>A malevolent Brutalist architect's most mysterious work finds a new fan. An ad-man desperate for approval succumbs to alluring, yet horrific, co...

And for those peeved by Prime, Mediac is now also available via Bookshop

bookshop.org/p/books/medi...

No luck breaking top 10 in the contemporary fiction category, but Mediac has taken its rightful place *above* Kazuo Ishiguro and Krasznahorkai on the coveted Kindle Absurdism charts.

'Bout dang time.

Feels pretty breezy up here.

Just shy of the top 10 new releases in its category.
Let's get this thing to the top-a-da charts, eh?

Link for purchase: a.co/d/7tcO867

MEDIAC is out now w/ @anxietypress.bsky.social
🔗⬇️

15 anxious tales, fit for those who liked:
- Aronofsky’s Black Swan
- Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler / Velvet Buzzsaw
- Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer
- Nabokov’s Pale Fire
- John Logan’s play Red, about Mark Rothko 

And other arty thrills.

#booklaunch

Lol, Storygraph AI thinks I might not like the book I wrote

#storygraph #writerlife

@anxietypress.bsky.social

Even though the launch party is in a few weeks, the collection should be available for purchase sooner, so keep an eye on socials and check in with the Anxiety Press Amazon page to snag it when you can. 🤘 (3/3)

On a personal note, I’m so excited (and more than a little anxious) to celebrate this thing. It’s the culmination of a lot of work from myself and the folks at Anxiety Press, and it really couldn’t have come together without the support of the writing community here in town. (2/3)

Book launch party coming up! To celebrate the publication of Mediac from @thinsliceofanxiety, join myself and friends at Buvez on Thursday, 7/17 from 7-9pm. We’ll have readings from local writers and copies of Mediac (& more!) for sale. Free & open to the public (1/3)

#indiepublishing #booksky

Mediac Book Launch:
Buvez, 7/17 @ 7p.m.

Indie Lit Reading:
Flicker Bar, 7/8 @ 7p.m.

Mediac: Short Story Collection Nearing Launch! My debut short story collection, Mediac, is nearing publication! Here’s more about the process thus far and upcoming dates.

Updates on Mediac's upcoming launch! Including a breakdown of the last couple months, how/when to order a copy, and details on reading & launch events in July

medium.com/p/mediac-sho...

A few of the MEDIACs in my upcoming collection from @anxietypress.bsky.social:

- A Brutalist architect’s most dedicated fan
- An ad-man desperate for approval
- A horror writer who just lost his muse
- A photographer who shoots more than he can handle
- A very, very talented young painter

Pilot V5 is my standard--I use that plus my back-pocket Field Notes for poetry, journaling, and idea-jotting (Leuchtturm1917 hardback for drafting short fiction). I've also got a brass Kaweco Sport for fancy occasions but I'm too worried about something happening to it to carry it around!

Keep your eyes open, folks--a new book of short stories titled MEDIAC is trying to sneak onto your bookshelf and e-reader, and you're the only one who can stop it. Raise awareness to prevent unwanted intrusions of well-curated catalogues around the world.

@anxietypress.bsky.social‬

#booksky

Some images just floor you, speaking words across time and space you never thought you'd hear.

Nanjing University, Gulou Campus, by Caitriana Nicholson, via Wikipedia.

How ACC gov lost a $25 million grant for north Athens | Athens Politics Nerd The Athens-Clarke County Transportation and Public Works Department is reporting that the plan the ACC Commission approved in November to redesign North

Athens's transportation grant woes culminate in a grisly end. Quotes from one commissioner calling proposed infrastructure improvements a deal with the devil in October, only to complain about losing the grant in May...

athenspoliticsnerd.com/how-acc-gov-...

10 #books I need to read, in no particular order. Bonus points if you can actually read my handwriting.

New review of Athens-favorite Jordan Rothacker's latest novel (by way of @spaceboybooks.bsky.social ). Beware of projectile squash.

compulsivereader.com/2025/05/13/a...

Editors washing hands. Submissions dying for our sins. Submittable collecting taxes.

Thrilled to announce I recently swapped to gluten-free toothpaste. Makes all the difference in the world.