I’m drawn to stories that move slowly and deliberately, where characters are shaped as much by what they lose as by what they gain.

Fantasy, to me, is not an escape from reality, but a way to look more closely at it, be it through symbolism, restraint, or through older stories retold in new forms.

When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading, traveling, listening to soundtracks, or collecting fragments of ideas that may one day become stories.