Same Time, Next Year

Short Fiction: One side of a conversation

Dec 12 • Ben Wakeman

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18

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November 2025

Fall Back

A Midnight Vault II story - A man wakes to find time slipping backward in widening leaps, forcing him to confront everything he’s sleepwalked through.

Nov 24 • Ben Wakeman

59

44

21

Alice Sees All the Colors

Passing Strangers: A free spirit dances into a dark place

Nov 19 • Ben Wakeman

28

17

2

The Man I Walked Past 400 Times

Notes from a time traveler

Nov 6 • Ben Wakeman

55

29

12

October 2025

10 Things You Can Do to Be A Super Big Success on Substack and Beyond

My best advice for how to be a great anything, even a writer

Oct 25 • Ben Wakeman

34

22

8

Live Preview of New Novel, Daedalia

A reading from my weekend retreat

Oct 12 • Ben Wakeman

21

19

4

41:11

Together

A meditation on the illusion of separateness

Oct 5 • Ben Wakeman

34

25

6

September 2025

Embracing My Factory Settings

As writers, what can we actually control?

Sep 25 • Ben Wakeman

42

42

7

The Angry Young Man

Passing Strangers: There's nothing more impotent or more deadly than an angry young man

Sep 17 • Ben Wakeman

23

18

1

Another You

When a couple stops talking, another, stranger conversation begins.

Sep 7 • Ben Wakeman

23

16

5

August 2025

Truth Telling

For best results, maybe throw in a vampire. How it's sometimes easier to tell the truth in speculative fiction.

Aug 21 • Ben Wakeman

30

20

5

July 2025

The Third Act

Passing Strangers: A middle-aged man with a bad back and a purple crayon

Jul 10 • Ben Wakeman

25

10

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