Benedict is a thirty year old writer from Ireland, currently based in Paris. He has written for Chelsea Magazine, the Literary Review, Injection Magazine, New Sounds Press, and Distilled Post (editor). He has had short stories accepted by Ripple Effect Radio, CafeLit, 10X10, the Corvus Review, Stray Words, InkFish, Neun, TheSportScribe, Little Old Lady Magazine, and the Bull Magazine, and has been longlisted for the Bridport Prize (2021), the Masters Review Winter and Summer Short Story Awards (2024/25), and the Fish Short Story Prize (2024). He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Menteur Magazine.