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Ben Marshall Ben Marshall i(A153892 works by) (a.k.a. B. P. Marshall)
Gender: Male
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1 Fragments of Ruin Ben Marshall , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: From the Wasteland 2022;

'Back in the land of Oz, BP Marshall tracks the journey of a prophet and his disciple across a ruined landscape as they carry the last truth to humanity’s survivors in his story ‘Fragments of Ruin’. A climate apocalypse underpins a swathe of the stories, reflecting humanity’s struggle to recognise and react to our own world’s endangerment.'

Source: https://clarerhoden.com/from-the-wasteland-the-writers/from-the-waste-land-meet-the-stories/

1 1 y separately published work icon The Last Circus on Earth Ben Marshall , Sydney : Fantastica , 2020 19557969 2020 single work novel science fiction

'It’s 2070, and the post-Collapse world is staggering toward another, perhaps final, destruction.  Blanco, is a reluctant member of Mister Splinter’s Magnifico Cirque de Curiosities. Travelling through dangerous lands, this heavily-armed band of freaks and circus performers survive by conning and killing, robbing and running – and putting on a show. 

'But simple survival is not their real purpose.  Their leader, seen only by his ‘doctors’, enforces brutal rule, and none are more harshly treated than Blanco, who becomes aware the circus is much more than it seems.  

'Worse, something is growing inside him, something that is changing and killing him.  From the ruins of London, across Europe and Asia Minor to the remote Tien Shan mountains, Blanco and the circus fight toward a final showdown, for Blanco’s last chance of survival - and perhaps even for the entire human species. 

'A page-turning spec-fic thriller and wild ride through the near future.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

1 How to Create Advanced Humans (and Aliens) 101 Ben Marshall , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 130 2020;
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