Warren Benedetto's Blog

My short eco-horror story, From Below, has been published in The Best of Metastellar Year Four anthology. 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), […]

The audio production of my dark fiction story, Interminable, has been released on the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. It’s the story of a man trapped by an incurable condition and an inescapable fate. Content warning: suicidal ideation My story starts around the 4:00 mark.

My weird cosmic horror story, To Die Unseen, has been published in the Three x The Fun anthology by Rebellion Lit. It’s the story of a man adrift at sea and the giant eye staring at him from below. Every few years, you’ll hear a miraculous story about survival at sea, about some wayward fisherman […]

My historical horror story, Breathtaking, has been published in The Taborian. Set in 1930s Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, Breathtaking tells the story of a young girl and her brother who see a mysterious woman in white screaming outside their house during a dust storm. The dust storms were getting worse. People in town called […]

My weird fiction story It’s What’s Inside That Counts has been published in NonBinary Review Issue #40: Epiphany. It’s the story of a young girl who realizes for the first time that there’s a ticking clock inside of every living thing. Content warning: terminal illness of a child We gathered around the large table at […]

My short horror story Leftovers has been published in the Hunger issue by Époque Press. Leftovers is a story about the challenges immigrants face when trying to integrate into a new country. It’s about the tension between holding onto the old ways of the old culture and assimilating into the new, especially across generations. And […]

My weird fiction story It’s What’s Inside That Counts has been published in DreamForge Magazine #16. It’s the story of a young girl who realizes for the first time that there’s a ticking clock inside of every living thing. Content warning: terminal illness of a child We gathered around the large table at the front […]

My psychological horror story I Row has been published in the Ocean issue of Blood & Bourbon. It’s a story about trying to escape from the past by any means necessary, no matter how many tries it takes. The place is as idyllic a house as one can imagine, with its gables and turrets overlooking […]

The audio production of my sci-fi horror story A Piece of the Sky has been released on the Lunatics Radio Hour. It’s told through the testimony of the surviving member of a two-person asteroid mining crew that picked up an unfortunate souvenir during their expedition. Content warning: gore My story starts at around the 43:00 […]

The audio production of my short horror story Before has been released by Tales to Terrify. It’s about a baby in the womb who suddenly realizes she’s not alone. Content warning: pregnancy loss