Contributor profile

Ben Francisco

Author

Ben Francisco’s stories have been published in Podcastle, Realms of Fantasy, Dreaming Again, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Shimmer Magazine, Best Gay Stories, Wilde Stories, and From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction. His stories range from magic realism to space opera, and have been known to feature oversexed ghosts, depressed precognitive psychics, and pantheistic vampire aliens who reproduce like moss. Common themes include cultural misunderstandings, family dysfunctions, LGBT experiences, and spiritual searches.