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August 23, 2021 – Meditations on the Buck that Visited Us Each Night
Written as a part of an email home while working on a tugboat in the Arctic Circle of Northern Alaska. We had an adolescent buck that would visit our backyard each night, and we’d taken… Read more
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Johnny America – “My Love Is Going To My Love”
“My Love Is Going To My Love ” was published by Johnny America. The piece is about a man travelling to see his lover. Johnny America manage to find some of the funniest, most entertaining fiction… Read more
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Bound Off – “Climbing”
Bound Off is defunct, but the story can be read here, and listened to here. “Climbing” was picked up by Bound Off, an audio publication. The Bound Off editors described the piece: “In Climbing, Ben Leib’s… Read more
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Mosaic Art & Literary Journal- “The Brave Man who Lives in my Gullet Whispers”
— “The Brave Man who Lives in my Gullet Whispers” was published in issue 52 of Mosaic Art and Literary Magazine. The story is about cowardice in so many of its manifestations. — — Mosaic Art… Read more
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Pisgah – “The Memoirist’s Christmas”
— “The Memoirist’s Christmas,” was published in the Summer 2012 issue of Pisgah Review. I think that sometimes, when someone’s in a particular mood, a mood that leads that person to feel as if the… Read more
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Temenos – “My Portrait in the Memorial”
The short story titled “My Portrait In the Memorial”, published in the Winter 2013 issue of Temenos, relates an incident that traumatized my community while I was in junior high school. Temenos is the Central… Read more
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Constellations – “Turn into the Skid”
— “Turn into the Skid” is the story of a young manfailing to heed that sage piece of wisdom. When you’re veering out of control it’s counter-intuitive to turn into the skid, but que sera,… Read more
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Santa Clara Review – “My House of Cards”
“My House of Cards.” It is about terrible roommates – including the narrator – and it was published in the Spring 2012 issue of The Santa Clara Review . an accomplishment that I’m proud of. … Read more
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Retort Magazine – “The Drive Home”
Retort is defunct, but read the short story here. “The Drive Home” is about a man somewhat confused in his spirituality. It’s a weird little piece, the work of a disturbed man, but I love… Read more
