Publishing History

• “saint fool.” Mosaic Magazine: A literature & arts publication of The Ohio State University. April 2023. Online.
• “when the dead shiver.” Branching Out. Deal Jam Magazine, Second Edition. March 2024. Online.

Premiere Works

Poems

saint fool

just me and the fool.

by bensidorenko March 3, 2023May 9, 2023

Poems

ukrainian

the family I do not know

by bensidorenko May 12, 2023May 12, 2023

Poems

dear sunrise ghost at the end of the hall

I thought ghosts were supposed to be transparent.

by bensidorenko April 21, 2023June 16, 2023

flash fiction

around the halloween tree

Malcolm gave up on the party as soon as he arrived.  One look at the crowds— a menagerie of drunk witches, monsters, superheroes, and American presidents— and he was…

by bensidorenko October 29, 2021April 7, 2023

Short Stories

You Who Wanders the Dark – 1,214 words

You know there’s something wrong with the forest.   The light of your lantern feels choked, like the darkness makes it fight for every inch.  It isn’t enough to make…

by bensidorenko February 19, 2021July 3, 2021