Emory Silver Has Overslept (All Is Well) By Benjamin J. Gohs “Six o'clock and all is well.” Those were the words, until today, Emory said each morning when he rose for work. But this morning there was silence. Not the natural quiet of day which springs from solitude. This was lack of sound when noise … Continue reading Emory Silver Has Overslept
A short story entitled ‘Curly Parsly’
Curly Parsly By Benjamin J. Gohs SOMETIMES HE WHISPERED his own name for that was all he chose or perhaps all he could. Whether Curly Parsly understood the implications of that moniker, only the god of his terrible making could say. Now, I love the man. May sound odd to those who know I tried … Continue reading A short story entitled ‘Curly Parsly’
Setting the Table
Setting the Table By Benjamin J. Gohs Libby worked the blade into the dirty skin slowly and without thought. The mindless task soothed her. Thin metallic chirp as she whisked away the peels into a musty pile on a dank bed of yesterday’s news. Baptized the newborn spud in a bowl of rinse water, eyed … Continue reading Setting the Table
Reading is good therapy
Books have saved my life more times than I can count. Stories of desperation and triumph, petulance and generosity, cowardice and bravery, disappointment, and absconding—from fear, boredom, desire. Nowhere but in the pages of books have I ever found such comfort, validation, commiseration. After spending the better part of my twenties and early thirties enduring … Continue reading Reading is good therapy
Going it alone in publishing
After nearly six years of work on my historical adventure novel A Thin Porridge, (story on how I wrote it here) I can say I'm now in the final months of preparation leading up to publication. Shooting for mid-June 2020 for the official debut. Ever since I started sketching ideas for this book back in … Continue reading Going it alone in publishing
Benjamin J. Gohs, Screenwriter 