Niel Bright has a mind to match his surname. He made it into Harvard at 19, but his brilliance comes at a price; deaf and mute, Niel sends love letters folded into paper planes to the handsome stranger across the street. Pierre Perez has dreamed of going pro in soccer his entire life, but after losing his dad to cancer, he must abandon his childhood dream to provide for his mother and little sister. Is Niel a distraction, or the one thing keeping him from falling apart? ©︎ 2018 Karran Kumar

he who dares not touch the thorns shall never have the rose.

a compilation of poems about love, heartbreak, and hope, born across 21 sleepless nights.

Brandon, a broke barista, meets Skye, a sweet regular. ©︎ 2018 Karran Kumar

𝗕 × 𝗕 In this tale of love and death, Nikhil helps Rafaél live a life of no regrets in just 21 days. Rafaél is an Icarus, the last of an ancient bloodline of sea-born angels fated to die. On December 21, 2021, he rises from the waters off Santa Monica Pier, the date of his imminent death carved into his skin. Nikhil, an Angeleno grieving his father, carries the fallen angel ashore; this is the tale of their fleeting lifetime together. ©︎ 2022 Karran Kumar

Lael Bensaïd finds himself in bed with a handsome stranger after what should have been an unforgettable night, but there′s just one problem - he can′t remember it. ″What the Hell Happened Last Night?″ © 2022 Karran Kumar

Aslan Al-Amari makes a living delivering pizza and scrubbing dishes to put his little sister, Amira, through school. Alas, a horrible accident on a late-night cruise leads to an unimaginable transformation; this is the tale of Atlan, Prince of the Sea. ©︎ 2017 Karran Kumar

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 M×M×M Jaiden Han couldn′t have cared less about New Haven′s newest so-called heroes. He just wished Knight and Freefall kept him out of their vigilante shit. If either of them tried to kiss him again, Jaiden was gonna have to kick their ass. ″At first, Jaiden Han thought it was a joke when he overheard people at the bar talking about a superhero duo in New Haven, but the truth hit him when he saw a news anchor reporting a hostage rescue. Hell, the description sounded like something out of a comic book.″