Ben Merriman

Flash Fiction by Ben Merriman

29FebruaryTTRFeatured ArtistBen Merriman, Flash Fiction

TTR is proud to present three works of flash fiction by Ben Merriman.

29FebruaryTTRFeatured ArtistBen Merriman, Flash Fiction

What is Flash Fiction? One should never begrudge deletions. The length of a work is irrelevant, and the fear that not enough is on paper, childish. –Theodor Adorno Though I am being featured here as a fiction writer, I am by training a sociologist, and therefore much given to flights of theory and abstraction. I

Ben Merriman

29FebruaryTTRFeatured ArtistBen Merriman, Distinction

Distinction My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house dug into the side of a hill. Humble though this dwelling was, the family were set above their neighbors because they could afford to tack cheesecloth to the ceiling. In this way my ancestors prevented snakes from falling through the roof. Flash Fiction by Ben Merriman

Ben Merriman

29FebruaryTTRFeatured ArtistBen Merriman, The Bear

The Bear In the Adirondacks one must never leave garbage nearby, in case it should attract a bear. On a certain occasion somebody left garbage nearby, and a bear was attracted. It was right on our porch, eating a chicken carcass and a pile of aluminum foil. In person, bears are not as tall as

Ben Merriman

29FebruaryTTRFeatured ArtistAbout James Madison, Ben Merriman

About James Madison As an undergraduate I attended James Madison University. My partner was a graduate student there. It is hardly possible to spend so long at a school without learning a few things about the namesake: James Madison, so a factsheet about James Madison says, was America’s first graduate student, having spent a post-baccalaureate