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Ben Arzate

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http://dripdropdripdropdripdrop.blogspot.com/

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Bizarro, Humor and Comedy, Horror

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Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Italo Calvino, William Faulkne ...more

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Ben Arzate writes and lives life. Sometimes he forgets to do the latter.

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	Elaine 3.71 avg rating — 65 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
	Music is Over!; or The Facts Concerning the Disappearance of Juntaro Yamanouchi 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saying Goodbye by Ben Arzate (Goodreads Author), S.C. Burke (Goodreads Author) (Artist) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2018 — 7 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
	The Story of the Y 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	the sky is black and blue like a battered child 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	If Today The Sun Should Set On All My Hopes and Cares… 4.32 avg rating — 19 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
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	The Dinner Show and Other Consumptions: Stories 4.50 avg rating — 12 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
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	The Tomato Garden 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020	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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I’m finally completely settled in my new place in Chicago and back to working my day job and writing regularly.

The biggest news is that I will again be tabling with the Bizarro Writers Association at the Printer’s Row Lit Fest from Sept. 12 to 13. Come by to say hi to myself and the other Bizarro and horror authors there, and buy some signed books. Thank you as always to Michael Allen Rose and Sa

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The Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays

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