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Ben Berman Ghan
BIO
Biography

Ben Berman Ghan is a PhD student in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary.

His debut collection of fiction, What We See in the Smoke, was published by Crowsnest Books in May 2019, his Novella Visitation Seeds was published by 845 Press in December 2020, and his novel The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits was published with Buckrider Books in May 2024. He is the editor of the essay collection Bruce Meyer, Essays on His Works, published March 2025 with Guernica Editions, and his second collection of fiction, The Library Cosmic, is forthcoming with Buckrider Books in 2026.

Ben’s writing has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, Strange Horizons, The Blasted Tree Publishing Co., Pinhole Poetry, The Temz Review, Pamenar Press, and others. He has served as an editor for Wrong Publishing, Terse Journal, The White Wall Review, and others.

ADDRESS
City: Calgary, Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
GENRE
Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Surrealism, The New Weird, Speculative Literature
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
What We See in the Smoke
Publisher
Crowsnest Books
Year
2019
Title
Visitation Seeds
Publisher
845 Press
Year
2020
Title
The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits
Publisher
Buckrider Books
Year
2024
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