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Ben Loory

American fiction writer

Oct 18, 2026

16:06
I think that's a really important consideration, particularly in terms of writing work at this kind of length.
16:12
I don't know.
16:13
I don't really think much about the readers out there.
16:16
I feel like the process of writing a story is really me just reading what is coming out and reacting to it.
16:26
And I... hate being bored.
16:29
So I feel like I am just constantly moving forward as fast as I can and cutting away anything that doesn't thrill me.
16:38
So I actually don't write any other length.
18:04
I'm listening.
David L. UlinMODERATOR
16:06
I think that's a really important consideration, particularly in terms of writing work at this kind of length.
16:12
I don't know.
16:13
I don't really think much about the readers out there.
16:16
I feel like the process of writing a story is really me just reading what is coming out and reacting to it.
16:26
And I... hate being bored.
16:29
So I feel like I am just constantly moving forward as fast as I can and cutting away anything that doesn't thrill me.
16:38
So I actually don't write any other length.
18:04
I'm listening.
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6:24
Here is Ben Lorrie.
6:26
Lorrie.Hello, my name is Ben Loory.
6:31
I'm a writer of short stories, fables, and tales.
6:35
Sometimes very short short stories, fables, and tales.
6:40
I'm going to read you two stories today.
6:42
The first is a story called The Poet from my first book, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and the second is a story called The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun, which is from my second book, Tales of Falling and Flying.

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