Speculative Realism for a future-ready world.
I write near-future novels that feel close enough to touch — stories where everyday lives collide with shifting systems and technologies. Stories where heart meets mind, entertainment meets depth. Stories where realistic what-ifs invite you to think differently, feel deeply, and leave with at least one “I’ve never looked at it that way” moment. Berlin-based; powered by coffee.
Why I write
I’m drawn to the edge where the future starts to feel personal. Writing is where I turn those raw futures into narrative journeys that challenge readers to think differently, feel deeply, and glimpse new possibilities. I don’t write to predict; I write to explore — to test plausible paths rooted in today and see what they do to people: their loves, their work, their sense of meaning. If a story can widen agency — yours and mine — it’s doing its job.
What I write
Call it Speculative Realism or Near-Future Fiction: character-driven narratives built on one realistic “what-if” pushed a step forward. Ideas through stories at the intersection of society and technology, but the focus is always human. They’re about choices, belonging, and the fragile line between progress and consequence. They’re not predictions. They’re provocations — lenses for reflecting on our present and imagining new ways to live. I don’t write manifestos. I write invitations.
What I want for my readers
Aha moments that linger long after the last page.
Emotional immersion without dumbing down the ideas.
Agency — stories that make tomorrow feel a little more buildable.
Conversation fuel for book clubs and late-night walks.
My promise: Smart but accessible. Reflective, sincere, occasionally witty. No lectures. No doom for doom’s sake.
Bio
I write near-future novels that feel close enough to touch — stories where intimate lives collide with plausible technology — and the hardest choices are human.
My debut, The Human Relief Project, follows a society being “freed” from work and the people deciding what remains of purpose, love, and dignity when jobs fall away.
Before fiction, I spent years building systems in tech, non-profit and strategy roles. That work showed me how incentives, tools, and policies ripple through lives — lessons that now shape my storytelling. I call my approach Speculative Realism: realistic “what-ifs,” character first; ideas carried by lived moments. Fiction that marries heart and mind, entertainment and intellectual depth.
My stories aren’t predictions. They’re invitations: to immerse yourself in near futures, to think differently and feel deeply, and to leave with at least one “I’ve never looked at it that way” moment. To spark the kind of conversations that keep going after the last page and make tomorrow feel a little more buildable.
I live in Berlin with my wife and write most mornings — strong coffee in hand.