Benjamin Kane Ethridge (born January 16, 1977) is an

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who writes in the

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and

dark fantasy Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror fiction, horror ...

genres. Ethridge was born in

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. He spent the first five years of his life living in Alaska and Texas, before returning to Southern California. Currently, Ethridge lives in Jupiter, Florida. He obtained a BA in English at

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Riverside, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of Cali ...

and an MA in English composition at

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. In 2003, after a stint of substitute teaching, Ethridge joined an environmental compliance firm, where he worked as an inspector. In 2006, Ethridge began publishing short fantasy and horror fiction in his spare time. In October 2010, his first novel, ''Black & Orange'', was published by

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and later won a

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for Superior Achievement in First Novel. In 2012, his second work, ''Bottled Abyss'', was also nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in the novel category, and the following year his novella ''The Slaughter Man'', from the shared world anthology ''Limbus, Inc.'', earned a Bram Stoker nomination in the Long Fiction category.

Nominations

*Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel – ''Black & Orange'' (2010) *Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel – ''Bottled Abyss'' (2012) *Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction – ''The Slaughter Man'' (2013)

Awards

*Honorable Mention –

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Writers of the Future Writers and Illustrators of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story and art contest that was established by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 as Writers of the Future. A sister contest, Illustrators of the Future, was launched in 1988 and presen ...

contest (2008)Writers & Illustrators of the Futur

January 25, 2008 *''Doorways'' magazine slasher contest winner *

for Superior Achievement in a First Novel – ''Black & Orange'' (2010)

Bibliography

Novels

*''Black & Orange'' (

, 2010) *''Bottled Abyss'' (Redrum Horror, 2012/Horrific Tales Publishing, 2015) *''Dungeon Brain'' (Nightscape Press, 2012) *''Nightmare Ballad'' (JournalStone Books, 2013) *''Nomads (Black & Orange II)'' (Bad Moon Books, 2013) *''Divine Scream'' (JournalStone Books, 2015) *''The Slaughter Man: Moon City Tale'' (JournalStone Books, 2016)

Novellas

*''The Slaughter Man'', appearing in ''Limbus, Inc.'' (JournalStone, 2013) *''The Cats of Delkilth'', appearing in ''Reaping October'' (Evil Jester Press, 2013) *''Locked Room Misery'', co-written with Mark Allan Gunnells (Gallows Press, 2014) *''This House...'' (Samhain Books, 2016)

Collections

*''Reaping October: Stories from the Black & Orange Universe'' (Evil Jester Press, 2013)

Short stories

Dates by original magazine or anthology publication. *"Error" (2006) – ''Aoife's Kiss'' *"Cactus and the Tutubaloo Franchise" (2006) – ''Worlds of Wonder'' *"Copse of Elms" (2007) – ''Nth Degree'' *"Chortle" (2007) – ''Dark Recesses'' *"The Fall of Lightninghead" (2008) – ''Sinister Tales'' *"Gorgon" (2008) – ''Doorways Magazine'' *"Surgeon Delta" (2009) – ''FearZone'' *"Chester" (2010) – ''Dark Recesses'' *"From the Bowels" (2011) – ''Ante Mortem'' *"The Piece Cast Down" (2011) – ''Mezzotints'' blog: ''Queen Anne's Resurrection - Journey IV - The Sea and the Ghost Islands'' *"Doors Too Silver" (2011) – ''Fluidity of Time'' blog *"Solution" (2012) – '' Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology (Volume 1)'' *"Running Through the Shadow" (2012) – ''I Will Rise - Dark Fuse Special Edition'' *"The Bridge Across" (2012) – ''Dark Discoveries No. 21'' *"Blackened White" (2012) – ''Il Boia Scarlatto: Mezzotints'' *"The Death of E-Coli" (2013) – ''After Death'' *"The Z-Spot" (2013) – ''50 Shades of Decay'' *"All the Sludge" (2013) – ''Bleed'' *"Deviant Colors" (2013) – ''Nightscapes: Volume 1'' *"Data Suck" (2013) – ''Blood Type: An Anthology of Vampire SF on the Cutting Edge'' *"All Other Days" (2013) – ''Reaping October'' *"Child Care" (2013) – ''Reaping October'' *"The Vulture's Art" (2013) – ''Horror Library, Volume 5'' *"The 'Corn Factory" (2014) – ''October Dreams 2'' *"Creation" (2023) – ''Tales From the Clergy''

Editor

*''Madhouse'' – co-editing stories and main story writing with Brad C. Hodson (Dark Regions, 2016)

References

External links

Personal website - under construction
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ethridge, Benjamin Kane 1977 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American horror writers American male novelists Dark fantasy writers Writers from Riverside, California American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers