Benjamin Larned 🍉

@rotbacchus.bsky.social

A gay bog witch who writes fucked-up surreal fables. Shortlisted for Brave New Weird Vol. 4. Link to work below he/they ben.larned(at)gmail(dot)com www.curiousafflictions.com

Let's whet that appetite with a cover reveal 👅 Our second issue is a buffet for the freaky, and we can't wait to serve. Please, have a seat. Salon Sinister Issue 2 | Cover by Anni Jyn @annijyn.com | Available for free digitally June 4 | Physical release shortly after

A painted/pen drawn/watercolor piece of art featuring a close up of a woman's face. The face is white while her lips are black and there's blood coming from her mouth and eye that's curling and twisting away. Her visible eye has no pupil to the right of her is pink/yellowish swirls of color almost reminiscent of organ meat along with teal, orange and yellow dots scattered near the black border.  Text reads: Salon Sinister Issue 2 in an unsettling scrawl, and the other text in a green box reads "available for free June 4"

Been thinking a lot about this since it came up among some writer pals: Writers, do you have a short story you consider your signature or flat out best work? Why that one? Good feedback, dear to your heart, good blend of what you like to do best? Every answer is interesting imo

haven't been on here much recently but figured it was as good a time as ever to list my favorite movies of 2025: The Ugly Stepsister No Other Choice Misericordia If I Had Legs I'd Kick You It Ends Sister Midnight Sorry Baby Sinners Bring Her Back Hedda

The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.