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Benjamin Kane Ethridge (born January 16, 1977) is an American author who writes in the Horror and Dark Fantasy genres.

Ethridge was born in Riverside, California. He spent the first five years of his life living in Alaska and Texas, before returning to Southern California, where he continues to live today. He obtained a BA in English at University of California, Riverside and an MA in English Composition at California State University, San Bernardino. In 2003 after a stint of substitute teaching, Ethridge joined an environmental compliance firm where he has worked since as an Industrial Waste Inspector.

In 2006 Ethridge began publishing short fantasy and horror fiction in his spare time. In October 2010 his novel, Black & Orange, was published by Bad Moon Books and received a nomination for a Bram Stoker Award in Superior Achievement in First Novel

Awards

 * Bram Stoker Award Finalist
 * Doorways Magazine SLASHER CONTEST winner
 * Honorable Mention L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest

Novels

 * Black & Orange, Bad Moon Books 2010

Novellas

 * Ugly Spirit, co-wrote with Michael Louis Calvillo Bad Moon Books 2011

Short stories
Dates by original magazine or anthology publication.


 * From the Bowels (2011) Ante Mortem
 * Chester (2010) Dark Recesses
 * Surgeon Delta (2009) FearZone
 * Gorgon (2008) Doorways Magazine
 * The Fall of Lightninghead (2008) Sinister Tales
 * Chortle (2007) Dark Recesses
 * Copse of Elms (2007) Nth Degree
 * Cactus and the Tutubaloo Franchise (2006) Worlds of Wonder
 * Error (2006) Aoife's Kiss