For best results, maybe throw in a vampire. How it's sometimes easier to tell the truth in speculative fiction.| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: A middle-aged man with a bad back and a purple crayon| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: A middle-aged man with a bad back and a purple crayon| www.catchrelease.net
Departures: Episode 2 - Wild tries desperately to convince the young barista he's brought back to his apartment that today is his last day on earth.| www.catchrelease.net
Departures: Episode 1 - Wild Thorne has a strange affliction that's made him a shut in until today when he ventures outside.| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: The heart wants what the heart wants| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: An influencer is influenced| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: An influencer is influenced| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: A tired woman must take the long way home| www.catchrelease.net
Table of contents for a series of character portraits.| www.catchrelease.net
Passing Strangers: A man drives away the dark angels| www.catchrelease.net
A personal essay on my approach to novel writing and the perils of "arriving."| Catch & Release
Here's a new dispatch on my latest discoveries in tinkering with the machines.| www.catchrelease.net
A prose poem in celebration of Earth Day 2025. This piece is part of the Future of Nature project.| www.catchrelease.net
The Artist in the Machine: Part III - The last of three personal essays on my crashes and stalls at the intersection of art and commerce.| Catch & Release
The Artist in the Machine: Part II - The second of three personal essays on my crashes and stalls at the intersection of art and commerce.| www.catchrelease.net
Departures: Episode 1 - Wild Thorne has a strange affliction that's made him a shut in until today when he ventures outside.| www.catchrelease.net
The Artist in the Machine: Part I - The first of three personal essays where I explore the scene of the crime: the intersection of art and commerce.| www.catchrelease.net
Departures: Episode 40 - In this final chapter, Wild must say goodbye to June.| Catch & Release
Departures: Episode 39 - It's Gerry's final day though he's not fully accepted it. Wild joins him at Thorne's latest luxury residential high-rise project and there is a heated confrontation.| Catch & Release
A recording from Ben Wakeman's live video| Catch & Release
Watch now | A recording from Ben Wakeman's live video with Julie Gabrielli and Kimberly Warner.| Catch & Release
Episode 37 - Gerry confronts Millie about her work behind his back to dismantle Thorne Enterprises.| www.catchrelease.net
Why the hell do I keep doing this to myself?| www.catchrelease.net
The story begins when young Mary Espinoza survives the deadliest school shooting in American history. The shooter is her twin brother.| www.catchrelease.net
Harmony House: Episode 1 The story begins in the middle of a Montana blizzard where a green tech billionaire strikes a deal for a home of the future.| www.catchrelease.net
Start here to read the serial novel "Departures," a supernatural thriller and love story.| www.catchrelease.net
Watch the trailer for "Departures," my new serial novel which begins on July 23, 2024.| www.catchrelease.net
Introducing a Community Writing Project. I'm excited to announce this collaborative experiment that's open to all Substack writers.| www.catchrelease.net
