When I was tiny, I still read before I could read. In the dark and under blankets, voices whispered from foamy, tinny speakers, telling me of other worlds, pirates, monsters, and talking mice. Then everything would go "ssshhhhhwipwip," and I'd have to spend ten minutes or so reaching into the bowels of the sony walkman, desperate … Continue reading Untangling the Cassette (At Audible.com)
Science Fiction
The New Gods of The House
To celebrate the beginning of Halloween season, I am happy to share my ever so slightly spooky poem The New Gods of the House in Abyss and Apex issue 80! You can read or listen to my narration of this poetic homage to the works of Jack Kirby right here, alongside the other great works … Continue reading The New Gods of The House
The Visitation Seeds have landed! (Novella links)
Tonight, the 2020 chapbooks of 845 Press, Rose Garden Press, and Baseline Press were set loose! and along with them, my novella Visitation Seeds has been officially unleashed onto the world! You can buy 3 different digital formats right here from from the 845 Press Catalogue as well as picking it up as a kindle … Continue reading The Visitation Seeds have landed! (Novella links)
Launch[ing chapbooks and a novella]!
Come join me for a fantastic launch of works (including mine) this Saturday!
Prepare for a visitor: Novella landing!
The Visitation Seeds have come! A new novella coming from me to you
That Ghostly Voyage Beyond in Cypress Poetry Journal
That Ghostly Voyage Beyond For you, I would relinquish My precious solitary signified being and embrace a gaseous dizzying Consciousness of nebulae …Ben Berman Ghan
Essays, Poems, and Novellas incoming!
Hello all, First of all, though I've had some things to share for a while, I've been holding off because it has seemed strange and inconsiderate to announce good personal news in the present moment. But I have enough now that it seems worth putting out here, in gratitude of the great people I've been … Continue reading Essays, Poems, and Novellas incoming!
Queering the (Strange Horizons)
Proud to share my first publication in a pro market! You can read my essay Queering the Cyborg: How the Hybrid Body can Set us Free in Strange Horizons today! You can read my essay Queering the Cyborg: How the Hybrid Body can Set us Free in Strange Horizons today! focusing the figure of the … Continue reading Queering the (Strange Horizons)
Bodies, Watchers, and Magic Doors: A February update
I’m sitting on a bus, my nose pressed to the window. Outside, Ontario morphs into Quebec. It has been about a month since my last update. Of course, in the 21st century, one month feels equivalent to about 80 years. I’m writing this on a Thursday and setting it on an automatic timer, so that … Continue reading Bodies, Watchers, and Magic Doors: A February update
Toronto SFF Panel and Boochani Interview
Check out two cool but very different events coming in the next few weeks!
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