Tantra Bensko

Tantra Bensko ("A Roadful of Ducks," "Tales of the Natural," "Stop, Before It's Too Late!") publishes her writing widely, magazines such as The Journal of Experimental Fiction, Fiction International, Evergreen Review, Mad Hatters Review, Bewildering Stories, Rose and Thorn, Cezanne’s Carrot, and many more

The Great Farm Painter

By Tantra Bensko | Aug 29, 2014

California author Tantra Bensko returns to The Fabulist with this surrealist vignette, showcasing her vivid prose and loopy, dreamlike plot constructions. Image source: The Tucson Daily Photo. The Kurdsenway Farm sells cheese by the roadside, ...

A Roadful of Ducks

By Tantra Bensko | May 31, 2009

I never thought I'd find comfort this way, but no one told me I couldn't. I just gave it a go, and the ducks are following me down the road now. As they follow me, ...

Stop, Before it’s too Late

By Tantra Bensko | Nov 23, 2008

Don't open that note! The pages are folded over for a reason. Crackling of the adventurine-colored curtains gone moldy, and brittle, over the last century signals trouble all around you now you have started to ...

Tales of the Natural

By Tantra Bensko | Nov 23, 2008

Sage, the courier said, once burned, will remove all evidence that I existed, and have left this package here. Burn it now, or the old woman across the street will know. You know how long ...