My short (non-horror) story Firefly has been published by Flora Fiction. It’s a simple story about a young girl who captures a firefly in the back yard to help cheer up her ailing sister.
Content warning: terminal illness of a childMissy caught the firefly in mid-air, cupping her hands around it to form a tiny, dark cave. She could feel the insect’s delicate footsteps tickling her skin as it wandered across her palm, searching for a way out.
“Got you!” she whispered, victorious.
My post-apocalyptic eco-horror From Below has been published in the Parsec In Print anthology by PS Publishing, debuting at Fantasycon in Birmingham on Friday. Originally published in ParSec #5, From Below was chosen to appear in print along with stories by Ramsey Campbell, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many others.
In the flooded remains of Old Manhattan, the wealthy stay dry and well-fed in their penthouses, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves against the unseen horrors lurking just below the surface.
Content warning: cannibalism (implied), gore, suicide
My dystopian sci-fi story Set For Life has been published in Issue 5 of Radon Journal. The story is about a man’s first day on the job picking up bodies for Syntech and the disturbing secret about where they come from.
My dystopian political thriller Unarmed has been published in The Best of MetaStellar Year Two anthology.
It’s a story about a citizen fighting back against a cult-like authoritarian leader, using the only weapon she has at her disposal: herself.
Content warning: gore, self-mutilation, sexual violence (mentioned)The amputation was the easy part.
My sci-fi body horror drabble Only We has been published in Martian Magazine. It’s the story of a couple who wanted grow closer to each other … but not that close.
His hand caresses my cheek. His cheek. Our cheek.
There is no he anymore. There is no me. There is only us. Only we.
My dark sci-fi short story Set For Life has been published in INVASION: The Dark Side of Technology by Wicked Shadow Press.
The story is about a man’s first day on the job picking up bodies for Syntech and the disturbing secret about where they come from. It’s also the prequel to my novella Override, and takes place in the same universe as A Free Man and Coherence (coming soon from Amazing Stories.)
Set For Life originally appeared in Dark Matter Magazine 004, who did an amazing audio production of the story as well.
My dystopian political thriller Unarmed has been published in The Start anthology by Rebellion Lit. It’s a story about a citizen fighting back against a cult-like authoritarian leader, using the only weapon she has at her disposal: herself.
Content warning: gore, self-mutilation, sexual violence (mentioned)The amputation was the easy part.
My sci-fi drabble We Need To Talk has been published by Martian Magazine. It’s a story about what happens when your AI assistant knows you better than you know yourself.
I don’t know how to tell him.
I’m just an AI assistant. I order cigarettes when he runs out. I hail him a cab when he’s drunk. I don’t do… this.
Three of my horror drabbles has been published in The Book of Drabbles by Shacklebound Books.
The audio production of my weird horror story Molehills has been released by Chilling Tales For Dark Nights. It’s a longer version of my story The Man Who Ate The Road, originally published in Haven Spec.
When a woman tries to return home after visiting her abusive father, she discovers that the road is closed … but just for her.
Content warning: child abuse (implied)
My story is the first in the episode, starting around the 3:50 mark.
Warren Benedetto 