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Author · Storyteller
Ben West
@benwest
Fantasy writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Ben West writes fantasy and dark fantasy. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
Good fiction leaves a little space for the reader.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Ben West
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First draft
The Salt Archive
In a city built around a drowned library, a failed clerk discovers that the dead are being catalogued into the margins of surviving books. When the archive starts changing entries that should not exist, he is forced into a search through flooded streets, private grief, and the sort of magic that always charges interest.
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