Benjamin Davis

Ben has stories & poems in 25+ literary journals like BOOTH, Hobart, Maudlin House. His book, The King of FU (2018), was such a smashing success it shocked the indie press who printed it into an early grave. He works at Chill Subs.

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Tbilisi, Georgia

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Books

Book cover of The Uninvited Guests by Benjamin Davis

The Uninvited GuestsA six-part illustrated e-zine published by Slippery Elm Press. *Finalist in the Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest 2020Slippery Elm Press, 2020

Book cover of The King of FU by Benjamin Davis

The King of FUTribalism, supervisors, sheriffs, bullies, sex, suicide, dead prisoners, drugs, porn, middle school, and Jesus. Poems. Nada Blank Press, 2018

Selected work (66 publications)

Blink-Ink, 2023

My Friend Went to the Toilet Outside the Great Wall of China and There Were Bears

Third Wednesday, 2023

Nazis Eating Chicken

poetry

Maudlin House, 2023

What Are You Wearing Right Now? (Outfit of Four Prose Poems)

poetry

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Links

Locker Room Talk [Column]Monthly column for Lustery POV on how male sexuality develops over the years.

[Radio Play] The Babushka SocietyThe Babushka Society is a demented magical-realism adventure set in the heart of Saint Petersburg, where two young men stumble across a babushka conspiracy, led by Russian fairytales’ stalwart character Baba Yaga. [S.I.R. Podcast]

[Column] Conversations With RussiansAn American writer living in Russia, explores various topics, from the pointless to the profound, through conversations with Russians.

[Newsletter] Traveling Word SalesmanA newsletter of sometimes informative, often personal, always humorous essays on life, the universe, and other things.

[Blog] Flash-365Flash-365 was a collaborative project between an American writer, Benjamin Davis and a Russian Artist, Nikita Klimov. From October 2016-October 2017, they created one story and one picture every day for 365 days.

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Benjamin Davis

@benjamindavis

· Apr 12

I feel like Substack's new 'Notes' app stole our idea. HEY! WE RIPPED OFF TWITTER FIRST! No one has any respect for first dibs on stolen ideas. Some BS right there.

Benjamin Davis

@benjamindavis

· Feb 10

Yay! New navigation. (Look up ^^)

random thoughts

Benjamin Davis

@benjamindavis

· Jan 31

I love how Pigeon Review lays out their submissions page with a mock-up email. If you're unsure how to format an email cover letter, I think they nailed it.

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