@bendaggerswrites.bsky.social
escape room designer | writer | close-up magician | vegan www.studioescape.jp Published in Electric Lit, PRISM International, Crepuscular, Literary Veganism, Black Hare Press... 6-time NYCM Finalist 🥇 WB 2025 Microfiction 🥈NYCM 2023 Flash 🥈WB 2024
I won! My escape room Shadow Zen was just awarded the prestigious Morty Award for 2025!
A nice start to the literary year: My story “Alette in Lane Six is a Self-Righteous Bitch” has just been published in @foofarawpress.bsky.social along with stunning artwork by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social
Read it at foofaraw.press
First issue of season 7 drops on Jan 1 with stories from Ben Daggers, E.J. LeRoy, Lyss Buchthal, Erica Weems, and Jeff Goldberg. Subscribe now to get it on release from us or @weightlessbooks.bsky.social—or wait for the weekly publication on the site to read for free! foofaraw.press#/portal/signup
Huge congrats!!!
Quick question: is comedy a hard sell for the prize?
Thanks for the amazing work btw!
My far too talented friend @annewilkins.bsky.social has just been published in the mighty Clarkesworld Magazine. As expected, her story is a banger.
Huge congrats!!!
Happy to have made it to the NYCM 500 finals :)
Very happy that all four of my escape rooms were nominated for the TERPECA global escape room of the year award!
No dice for me this time, but congrats to
@quickasaflash.bsky.social
@alisonwassell.bsky.social
and
@abbywilliams.bsky.social
for their well-deserved wins!
Wowsers, CONGRATS!!!!!!
Time to torture my brain with more rhymes this weekend!
Here's an interview about my Writing Battle nanofiction winner "It Takes a Village"
writingbattle.com/past-winners...
Huge congrats!!!
Congrats!!!!!
My noir sci-fi story "Closing the Loop" has just been published in Fabula Argentea magazine. Check it out here:
fabulaargentea.com/index.php/ar...
Just received a nice surprise in the post today — a physical copy of the beautiful inScribe journal where a reprint of my short story Night Shift appears!
My steampunk adventure featuring a plucky young pilot is now available to read at Intrepidus Ink!
intrepidusink.com/a-place-in-t...
Love it! What a brilliant micro!!
Congrats!!! What an amazing story!!!
My story "It Takes a Village" won the 2025 microfiction Writing Battle!
Another talented friend sharing her words in one of the best places around!
My insanely talented friend @christyhartman.bsky.social has won this contest two years running. Even more amazingly, she has come first in EVERY SINGLE ROUND both years.
Good news for the rest of us: she's not allowed to compete for two years in order to give the rest of us a fighting chance!
Wings out, engines on— @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social is cleared for Cycle 12. Huzzah! ❤️
I’ve heard nothing but good things about Matt and his courses. @averyother.bsky.social tagging you because of your weird and wonderful brain!
Two magic shows today at the beautiful Chidori Bunka event space
Here's your bit of quirky work for the week! A short story collection by Toad Shade Zine editor Galen Gower!
books2read.com/galengower
Sage advice from a sage wordsmith!
@skyislandjournal.bsky.social really are the best. They sent this postcard (a real, honest-to-god paper postcard!) all the way to Osaka to inform me of my publication date.
Here's the story in question if you haven't read it:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
