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

Like it or not, there are some people you will never see again. At least, not in the same way. Tanner Rodríguez did not believe in fate, but if the universe had intended for him to stumble across that cheesy photo, it ought to have known that he would not back down. He refused to let the boy in the filmstrip slip through his fingers. In a series of close calls and near misses, Tanner gets whisked away on the search that turns his night into a roller-coaster. ©︎ 2019 Karran Kumar

Declan Scott, a failing architect running circles in New York, stumbles across an abandoned child at Teardrop Park. In his fight to adopt and raise Riven, he must face the uncertainties of his career, fatherhood, and a budding romance involving his best friend. ©︎ 2019 Karran Kumar

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

″she′s something else.″ a poem of half-truths and lies, in which a beautiful girl suffers because of the people around her. ★ Winner • Shining Star Awards 2018 • Short Story ©︎ 2018 Karran Kumar

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

Aurum and Argentum are the twin heirs to the throne of Aquilon, set to rule on the summer solstice when the brother and sister turn eighteen. For aeons, dark forces have plotted to thwart their rule and overthrow the King and Queen; when their kingdom is lost to darkness in a coupe, the twins-the last hope for their people-are entrusted with an ancient relic and dispatched to a distant planet. Now, the fate of Aquilon and Earth rests in their hands. ©︎ 2020 Karran Kumar

Jace, Ollie, and Kai - three different men, but all of them had one thing in common. All of them hated Christmas ... ... until their Christmas Miracles came along. Bells & Balls is a compilation of LGBTQ+ Christmas short stories. ©︎ 2018 Karran Kumar

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

to hold on, find something to live for; to let go, choose someone to die for.