Ben Van Voorhis is a writer and editor from Santa Clarita, California. His fiction and other writing have appeared in Nimrod, Baltimore Review, Salamander, The Masters Review, and Best Debut Short Stories 2024, among other publications. He now lives in Spokane, Washington, where he runs community writing programs for teens and adults and occasionally teaches English at Gonzaga University. He is the editor of ArcUser, a magazine for users of geospatial technology.


Selected Short Fiction

“Nothing but Naked Earth” in Consequence Volume 17.2

“Patience” in Best Debut Short Stories 2024

Winner of the PEN/Dau Prize

“Chernobyl Dogs” in Nimrod Awards Issue 45

Finalist for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction

In The Masters Review

From the Archives: “The Boomslang Coup” by Joel Hans

From the Archives: “The Drownings” by Brenda Peynado

From The Archives: “The Plight of the Red-Feathered Austrian Goose” by E. Y. Smith

From the Archives: “Instruments” by Zana Previti