Speculative Realism for a more conscious tomorrow.
I write near-future novels that feel close enough to touch — stories where everyday lives collide with shifting systems and technologies. My fiction lives where heart meets mind, and where plausible what-ifs reveal timeless human truths. Each story aims to leave you with at least one “I’ve never looked at it that way” moment, a mix of emotional immersion and philosophical spark.
Why I write
I’m drawn to the edge where the future starts to feel personal, where emerging technologies and ideas brush against the everyday. 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 purpose. If a story can widen agency — yours and mine — it’s doing its job.
What I write
I call it Speculative Realism: character-driven fiction that starts with one realistic what-if and follows it to its human edge. My stories sit where society and technology intersect, 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 invitations — to see the present more clearly and imagine new ways to live.
What I want for my readers
Aha moments that linger long after the last page.
Emotional immersion without diluting the ideas.
Stories that make tomorrow feel a little more buildable.
Fuel for reflection or the kind of conversation that keeps going after midnight.
My literary north star: smart but accessible; reflective, sincere, occasionally witty. No lectures. No doom for doom’s sake. Just fiction that challenges with care.
Bio
I write near-future novels that feel close enough to touch — stories where intimate lives collide with plausible technologies 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 and dignity when jobs fall away.
Before fiction, I spent years building systems in non-profit, tech, and strategy roles — experiences that taught me how incentives and policies ripple through lives. Those lessons 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 depth.
My stories aren’t predictions. They’re invitations to step into near futures, to feel deeply, think differently, and leave with at least one “I’ve never looked at it that way” moment.
I live in Berlin with my wife and write most mornings, strong coffee in hand.