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Ben Berman Ghan

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Ben Berman Ghan is a PhD Candidate 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 Bruce Meyer: Essays on His Works, to be published in March 2025 with Guernica Editions. His second collection of Fiction, The Library Cosmic, is forthcoming with Buckrider Books for Spring 2026. His prose, poetry, and essays have previously been published in Clarkesworld Magazine, Strange Horizons, Filling Station Magazine, The Blasted Tree Publishing Co., ...more

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	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 195, December 2022 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.L. Huang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Vandana Singh (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What We See In The Smoke 4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 216, September 2024 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marissa Lingen (Contributor), Tiffany Xue (Contributor) 3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wychman Road 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 210, March 2024 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Fiona Jones, Ben Berman Ghan (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visitation Seeds 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“When he was forty-five, my father told me that God had made 58 planets. Each planet was then given a different version of all the works of William Shakespeare. That’s why on our planet, Shakespeare’s writing was so good. God had 57 rough drafts to work out all the kinks.”
― Ben Berman Ghan, What We See In The Smoke

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