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Ben Fitts

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in New York, NY, The United States

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https://doomgoat666.wixsite.com/benfitts

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Surrealism, Horror, Bizarro

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Ben Fitts is a writer, musician, and zinester from New York City, described by Theaker's Quarterly as having the "...potential to rise as a leading voice in the bizarro subgenre". He is the author of the books My Birth And Other Regrets (NihilismRevised, 2019), Snailbutter (Hybrid Sequence Media, 2021), and The Earth No Longer Exists (Alien Buddha Press, 2024), over fifty published short stories, and is the creator of numerous zines. He currently lives in Brooklyn, where he plays guitar in the indie rock band War Honey, makes noise music under the name Conan The Accountant, and puts too much hot sauce on everything. ...more

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	My Birth and Other Regrets 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snailbutter 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where I Keep My Spoons 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine #2 (The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine, #2) by Ben Fitts (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Matthew Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Micah Castle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine, Issue #1 (The Rock N' Roll Horror Zine, #1) by Ben Fitts (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), E.N. Dahl (Contributor), Josh Anderson (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Even Wimps Can Be Alien Overlords it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kindle Version Out "The Earth No Longer Exists" Now Live!

It took a moment, but the Kindle version of my new collection The Earth No Longer Exists is now live! You can either buy it outright or read it for free on Kindle Unlimited. For some reason, Amazon isn't linking the paperback and Kindle versions, so it can be a little tricky to find, but it'll come up if you search it or follow the Kindle link on Goodreads. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 14, 2024 12:23 • Tags: alien-buddha-press, bizarro, humor, kindle, new-book, short-stories, the-earth-no-longer-exists

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Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan (A Gentle Apocalypse #1)

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