Shannon Benson was born in Northern Ireland but now lives and works in Liverpool. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Queen Mary University of London and recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at The University of Manchester. She writes short stories which often experiment with horror and the surreal. Shannon aims to unease her readers, and through a macabre lens she examines themes such as deteriorating relationships, intimacy, and the changing body. She is currently working on a novel which explores a woman’s fractured identity in the wake of her sister’s death.