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Amy!!! @oddamity.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Did you know I have a new short story coming out in Newton Press's anthology, The Curious Post? It's called Forbidden Fruit, and is centered around themes of secrecy, the forbidden, and the taboo... So mysterious... you better watch this interview clip to see my story's theme song...

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

When you think about it, the 1971 Stanford Prison Expetiment was the first LARP.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 07 🥀 Like the vampyre,I will value others Based on the what’s deep inside; And pierce the skin-deep superficial, For their warmth within.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 06 🥀 The worst in me shall moulder May my lesser parts rot Leaving in the loam A wee fistful of pearly ideals.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🎲 🍕 🐊 🐦 🥀 🎲 🍕 🐊 🐦 🥀 🎲 Chapter 2 of my biweekly serial is now on Substack. If you’re looking for something new to read, this is an occult pulp noir with elements of paranormal horror and comedy. 🎲 🍕 🐊 🐦 🥀 🎲 🍕 🐊 🐦 🥀 🎲

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Chapter 2: I Miss la Croc & His Birdo, Me

Vol. I, Side A

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 05 🥀 I am unique, I am worthy of love; I am the best of so many people; My heart hums with electricity; My father is proud I’m alive; Folks from town want to meet me; Fire is bad.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“Calumn finished retching bits of bar tapas in front of the Pizza Italy. He shamefully wondered if he’d thrown up far enough away from the crime scene.” Chapter 2 WIP for the occult serial I’m writing ✍️

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I do not know anything about Mark Carney but any politician who uses the phrase "drop the gloves" in his victory speech has, at least, my attention

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 03 🥀 I am worthy of love. I am worthy of affection. I am worthy of a physical body, If somebody could please light these candles on the cellar floor.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

♟️🎲💀 Your pawn is placed upon the cursed board— what does yours look like? An animal figurine? A rotting piece of fruit? The dreaded… thimble?

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Chapter 1 of The Longest Game is available this Friday! I hope you’ll take a gander at this biweekly pulp-style occult serial. It has action! Horror! Romance?? Boardgames!

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 02 🥀 I am not anxious; I am a restless spirit Inhabiting this body, Wailing my halls.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“The stranger moved unhurriedly, making his way to the Byzantine’s table rather than Minerva herself. ‘I trust you haven’t interrupted my game?’ He sat down at the stool, slouching over the pieces she hadn’t noticed were on the board. That she was sure hadn’t been there before.”

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The Longest Game | Benjamin Bagenski | Substack

Modern Occult Pulp. Click to read The Longest Game, by Benjamin Bagenski, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just finished the new artwork for The Longest Game, my biweekly occult pulp serial. Inspiration borrowed from Lon Chaney, even if my featured monster doesn’t (technically) have a face.

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

You are playing a cursed game, with these pieces on the board: a small soapstone rat, his tail a great winding yarn connecting three wax fingers. A porcelain cat, cleaning itself. A coin with the face scratched out. What piece are you moving, and to what end?

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Benjamin Bagenski @benjagenski.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 01 🥀 I stand tall, Unbent, Even as the imp of the perverse Jockeys upon my back Towards strange frontier.

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