Benjamin Kane Ethridge is an American

United States

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 author who writes in the Horror and Dark Fantasy

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 genres.

Ethridge was born in Riverside, California

Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland 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

University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 and an MA in English Composition at California State University, San Bernardino

California State University, San Bernardino

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. In 2003 after a stint of substitute teaching, Ethridge joined an environmental compliance firm where he has worked since as an 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

Bad Moon Books

Bad Moon Books is a publishing company owned by Roy K. Robbins in Garden Grove, California. In the middle of 1986, they began as a bookseller only, but in 2007 they began publishing. Their works include many Black Quill Award and Bram Stoker Award winners and nominees...

 and later won a Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

 for Superior Achievement in First Novel

Awards

• Bram Stoker Award
  Bram Stoker Award
  The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
  
   Winner
• Doorways Magazine SLASHER CONTEST winner
• Honorable Mention L. Ron Hubbard
  L. Ron Hubbard
  Lafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology...
  
   Writers of the Future
  Writers of the Future
  Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...
  
  Contest

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