Fiction – Ben East Books

Award-winning author reads from his short story Down on Jupiter. Who can resist Floridaman? Or rubber chickens? Or Marla Jean imagining her boyfriend’s back: “Tenderize me, baby.”

So Much More than a Sandwich

Aug 3, 2025

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Ben East

in Blogs, Books, Crime, Newsletter, Virginia, Virginia Writers Club, Washington, Writing

Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee Diane Fanning shared her gathered wisdom from publishing 27 books. My favorite: Writing is not a competition. All writers walk in each other’s shoes and know the courage and resilience required to complete the ACT OF WRITING A BOOK.

Mission Statement

Jan 17, 2025

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Ben East

in Blogs, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Novel, Podcast, Reading, Writing

Turns out I do have a podcast.

This Is a Test. This Is Only a Test.

Jan 15, 2025

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Ben East

in Blogs, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Mystery, Time, Writing

Rather than do a shrug emoji and move on, I embraced the notoriety, made a quick audio file, and added to the page.

Water Damage

Dec 20, 2024

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Ben East

in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Home, Home Repair, Short Story, Writing

Apparently the grout in our shower has stopped doing the thing it was put there to do

A Hearth on the Far Horizon

Nov 11, 2024

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Ben East

in Fiction, NASA, News, Travel, Writing

Keeping Fred at home allows him to decompress from the unnerving stimuli that accost the average earthling when this author forces them out the front door to shop for a couch or silence the leaf blower guy or have his oil changed.