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Someone Has to Clean Up the Mess
Passing Strangers: A tired woman must take the long way home
Jun 15
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Ben Wakeman
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A Safe Distance
Passing Strangers: A man follows his heart a little too closely
Jun 9
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Ben Wakeman
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The Public Library
Passing Strangers: A man drives away the dark angels
Jun 2
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Ben Wakeman
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May 2025
Kick Drum
Passing Strangers: A woman's haunted by the backbeat of a former lover
May 26
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Ben Wakeman
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Writing a Dam Novel
A personal essay on my approach to novel writing and the perils of "arriving."
May 20
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Ben Wakeman
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Fighting Words: Can AI Be Useful to a Writer?
Here's a new dispatch on my latest discoveries in tinkering with the machines.
May 10
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Ben Wakeman
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April 2025
Passing Strangers
Table of contents for a series of character portraits.
Apr 30
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Ben Wakeman
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You Won't Remember
A prose poem in celebration of Earth Day 2025. This piece is part of the Future of Nature project.
Apr 22
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Ben Wakeman
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A Festival, A House Party, and An Unreasonable Number of Metaphors
The Artist in the Machine: Part III - The last of three personal essays on my crashes and stalls at the intersection of art and commerce.
Apr 17
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Ben Wakeman
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Everything's Gonna Be Alright
The Artist in the Machine: Part II - The second of three personal essays on my crashes and stalls at the intersection of art and commerce.
Apr 10
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Ben Wakeman
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It's About Time, I Think
The Artist in the Machine: Part I - The first of three personal essays where I explore the scene of the crime: the intersection of art and commerce.
Apr 3
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Ben Wakeman
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March 2025
Table of Contents
Start here to read the serial novel "Departures," a supernatural thriller and love story.
Mar 25
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Ben Wakeman
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