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Benjamin Buchholz
Bio: Cult of the Permanent Motorcycle (recently published by Far Sector SFFH) was Benjamin Buchholz's first work of fiction not set in Barbados. Ben's long voodoo poem 'Songs in the Key of Ibo' appeared in Snow Monkey's most recent print volume, and his short story 'Five to Nowhere' was featured in the inaugural issue of Abyss & Apex. He has stories forthcoming at Chiaroscuro and The Swamp, and literary poetry in Good Foot, Tryst, Dislocate, The 2River View, and others.
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Cruel & Unusual [MultiFormat]
by Benjamin Buchholz
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Femme fatale Mera is studying to become an 'Artist' in a future United States where the 8th Amendment forbidding cruel and unusual punishment has been repealed. To 'graduate' she must not only practice her art on her own brother but survive the amorous attentions of her tutor. Yet, when she unveils her thesis, she unveils with it a masterplan that has been carefully and painfully crafted. Cruel & Unusual paints an Orwellian picture of art unbounded by law, and popularized as a new macabre form o... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 4500 - Reading Time: 12-18 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Cult of the Permanent Motorcycle [MultiFormat]
by Benjamin Buchholz
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The hermetic acolyte John Gearchange Spindle Bushing lives in a comfortable, solitary desert world where he follows the rites of his Motorcycle Religion. One day, out of nowhere, appears an Inf boy named Esi who forces John to confront the reality about his long cherished beliefs. Homo Sapiens like John exist only to keep their more highly evolved, spacefaring progeny sensually grounded. Esi exposes John to people, customs, and brutalities that shatter his world. Cult of the Permanent Motorcycle... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 10500 - Reading Time: 30-42 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Thou Hast Murdered The Mankind Of Her [MultiFormat]
by Benjamin Buchholz
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Ortman is the lone survivor on a vast ship lost in the eternal void of space. He spends his days amid the bays and holds and control rooms of a colony vessel adrift and nearly dead. The only voice he ever hears, besides his own, is that of the ship itself, warning him, watching him, protecting him. He lives a dual existence, comforted in the virtual reality world of a tuberculosis sanitarium where he cares for the few remaining living passengers. Ortman doesn't know why he is the ship's only sur... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 6691 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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