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In a post-labour future, office romance becomes a carefully staged service.
Forthcoming in the North American Review, Summer 2026.
Winner of the 2026 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize. Judged by Rachel Yoder.
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Into the Void
On a trip to Tokyo, retiree Paula’s chance encounter with a stranger unsettles her quiet life.
River Styx, December 2024. In print: River Styx 109: Posthuman, March, 2025.
Winner of the 2025 River Styx Prize in Fiction. Judged by Christopher Castellani.
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The Debt
The Laines reluctantly intervene in their teenage son’s troubled friendship with another boy.
The Lindenwood Review, volume 15, 2025.
You-you
Grappling with her son’s deadly illness, Erica undergoes an illegal mind-escape procedure.
The Write Launch, Winter 2024.
Foolproof
A college bookstore scam run by three friends unravels with the arrival of new technology.
Meniscus, volume 12, issue 1, 2024.
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Benjamin Hollo won the 2026 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize and the 2025 River Styx Prize in Fiction. His work has also placed as an honourable mention in the 2026 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize, as well as in the semi-final rounds of the 2026 American Literary Review Fiction Contest and the 2024 University of New Orleans Press Publishing Lab Prize. He studied creative writing at Humber College and the University of British Columbia, and he holds a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Tibetan Buddhist literature.
He publishes academic work under the name Benjamin Wood (link to academic website).
Photo credit: Sarah Richards. All other photos above are by the author.
Benjamin Hollo, Fiction 