Ben Shahon is the author of the collections Short Relief (.406 Presss, 2025) and A Collection for No One to Read (Bottlecap Features, 2024). His work has appeared in a number of journals, including Ghost Parachute, Flash Boulevard (where it was nominated for Best Small Fictions), Taco Bell Quarterly, and others. He was the founding EIC of JAKE (which he still edits for), holds an MFA in Fiction, and received BA’s in Philosophy and Creative Writing from Arizona State. Ben is surprised people ke