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Ben Spencer is the author of The Prophecy of the Yubriy Tree, Book One in the The Song of the Burning Heart universe. Ben writes character-driven fantasy full of style and heart.

Ben's fiction has appeared in Literary Orphans, Corner Bar Magazine, and Scholars & Rogues. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Please visit his newsletter at benspencer.substack.com and/or his website, benspencerwrites.com for more information.
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Ben Spencer My current project diverges quite drastically from my previous two. I'm actually fiddling with a few projects at once, though there's one in particula…moreMy current project diverges quite drastically from my previous two. I'm actually fiddling with a few projects at once, though there's one in particular I'm committed to seeing through to the end. (less)
Ben Spencer The Brick Mason's Sons is something of an homage to my childhood, although I hope it's clear that the characters in the novel aren't modeled on those …moreThe Brick Mason's Sons is something of an homage to my childhood, although I hope it's clear that the characters in the novel aren't modeled on those closest to me. The setting, however, clearly draws from places where I've lived and worked. I have a deep affection for the land where I grew up, and I wanted to convey a sense of my parents' property in the novel. I also tried to describe what it was like working as a teenager at various construction sites. There are also many baseball and basketball-centered scenes in the book, which I drew from my own experiences playing the two sports. (less)
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The Brick Mason's Sons

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Temperance Unraveling

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The Twin Ascendant - Book Two Preorder

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The Twin Ascendant, Book Two in The Song of the Burning Heart (an epic fantasy series), is now available as Kindle Ebook preorder. You can follow the link below if you're interested in pre-ordering the book! There are a couple of reviews from ARC readers already up on Goodreads, with more to come.

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“Usually, she existed for him as a celestial body hanging from the heavens, bright but stationary, too distant to truly be known. But all at once she was burning across the frame. He watched her approach with a reverent awe. Her hair, still cosmic black, looked like a waterfall poured from the night sky.”
― Ben Spencer, Many Savage Moons

“Death was desperately wanting to say good-bye, only to find the god damning you to die disobliging. Death was the hot bite of cold steel. Death was the distance from the moon to the earth. Death was the waiting. The wondering.
Life was waking in your own bed.”
― Ben Spencer, Many Savage Moons

“He thought that she looked like Winter; meaning both the girl he had once known and the season. He had always believed that winter's beauty deepened further into the season, when the memory of fall and the promise of spring were stripped away and there was nothing to do but accept the day-in, day-out reality of what winter entailed. This was what he thought when he looked at her: that the embattled woman before him was a wonder to behold, and, as much as he wished he might have spared her the pain of the last eleven years, it contributed to her spellbinding presence.”
― Ben Spencer, Many Savage Moons

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