Benjamin Davis's Blog, page 3
February 7, 2019
The Fox and the Bear (a fable for adults)
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The Fox and the Bear is live on Patreon!
https://patreon.com/benjamindavis
This project was actually 10 years in the making. I wrote it back in College and I had to read it as part of my final to a class of very serious writers. The reaction was a group full of stodgy poets snapping their fingers (because “we don’t clap here, we snap.”) And my professor saying something like “right,” or, “okay,” or both while I chuckled awkwardl...
February 5, 2019
Men Don’t Cry
I had sex!
I was in college
(a place people go to have sex)
a girl
her name was J
she texted me
she said
“are you a virgin?”
“are you a MAN?”
she said
and I said
“Yes”
and
“No”
and she said
come to me
I did —
she invited me inside
and we had sex
and I thought
“I wonder what the best sex anyone has is”
(I bet it isn’t this)
and when it was over
she went to the bookshelf
and cleaned her vagina
with a baby-wipe
(a baby wipe is a thing you use to clean babies
and penises
and vaginas
vaginas are w...
January 27, 2019
Looking for Artists to Collaborate with (paid)
Hi Internet People,
I am a writer looking for an artist and no one on Tinder seemed to think that was the appropriate platform for that sort of collaboration. So, here we are.
Each month this year I am looking to collaborate with artists of all different mediums and styles on a project. I have a large body of work to pull from, but I am also interested in starting new projects from scratch. I am open to all sorts of ideas.
These projects will be made for my Patreon Page. You can check it out...
January 22, 2019
The Babushka Society [Video]
The Babushka Society a Radio Drama with Motion Graphics
Baba Yaga menaced Russian children for generations, but what would happen if you ran into her in modern-day Russia? The 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, to take the country of Russia back from the Hipster scourge.
Motion Graphics by Konstantin Muromtsev
January 7, 2019
Instagram Giveaway A Copy of “THE KING OF FU”
The King of FU Giveaway and Review with GripLitGrl, Thank you! Check it out!
Hello bibliophiles!
I read THE KING OF FU last month & loved the way Author Benjamin Davis wrote his childhood memoir in poety verse. It’s a read that’s wonderfully different, it moves at at fast pace the writting is witty, a bit dark, sprinkled with humor & some great illustrations by Nikita Klimov. If you grew up in the 90’s or if you’re looking for a new genre to read in 2019 you shou...
January 3, 2019
Publications in December
Publications in December:
December 1st – An American expat writer observes how Russians morph into ‘winter mode’ – An article on life and Russians in winter published in Russia Beyond.
*Link: https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/329593-american-observes-russian-winter
December 9th – How Russia Inspired a Year of Daily Art and Stories – A guest post on Nesie’s place about the project Flash-365 and The King of FU.
*Link: https://nesiesplace.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/guestblog-benjamin-davis-author-of-...
January 2, 2019
DEATH at a Preschool Christmas Party
In the mirror, I attach the fake ears and tug the hat onto my head.
“It’s the wealthiest Preschool in St. Peter,” K had said, “they’ll pay you a boatload to just stand around as an elf for their Christmas party.”
I sigh now, as I did then, resigned.
I wash my hands and step out into the hall. The Babushka rolls up to me. Her rock-face is polished. Her eyes are onyx.
She points. I nod. I follow her directions to a door inundated with Christmas joy. I go through.
The room is vast, a gymnasium...
December 10, 2018
There were Four Russians Outside of my Door This Morning
Today’s Russia story is up over at Hijacked Amygdala. Check it out
My mother grew up in the 70s. This means that all of her favorite spy movies had eerily similar bad guys with names like Boris, Ivan, Ivan, and Boris. When my mother visited me in Russia, she stepped out of the arrival gates and said,
“Holy-fucking-shit, I’m here.“
Since American media had already moved on to Arabs by the time I crawled into the world, I never thought of Russia as an enemy. But today there we...
December 9, 2018
#GuestBlog Benjamin Davis, author of “The King of FU”
Before I left for Russia, when I’d tell Americans where I was headed, they’d say, “why the hell are you going to Russia?” And, I never was able to answer, as much as I wanted to. I was only curious and even more curious about what made people quite so afraid. Were there monsters in Russia? Were there spies down every alley and primordial bits of darkness that I’d have to navigate in order to avoid being lost forever?
On t...
Why Following Babushkas Around the Streets of Saint Petersburg is like Watching a Bag of Popcorn in the Microwave
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It is common knowledge amongst young residents of Russian cities that Babushkas [older Russian women] do not like to be followed. If you tread, especially at night, too close behind a babushka, she will turn, check to see if you are a murderer or a thief, then pause and let you pass.
This is normal.
The trouble began afterward. I stopped in a store for a pack of cigarettes. I came back out, lit one, and continued my journey home only to find myself, again, treading a little too closely behin...
