James Bennett is a British Fantasy Award winning author. Raised in Sussex and South Africa, his short fiction has appeared internationally. His acclaimed debut Chasing Embers came out in 2016, the first of his Ben Garston novels. Other works include the well-received The Book of Queer Saints and his latest stories can be found in The Dark, BFS Horizons, and Occult Detective. A new collection Preaching to the Perverted comes out from Lethe Press in September 2024. Feel free to follow him on Bluesky: @jamesbennett.bsky.social.