A collection of poems I wrote between the ages of 16 and 19, about an inescapable first love that burned like wildfire and cloud castles that crumbled into a kingdom of ruin. And from its ashes, the Knight of Hearts rode on. ©︎ 2016 Karran Kumar

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

Devan Sharma is a struggling actor in Los Angeles, drifting between failed auditions and making ends meet as a barista - but on a late-night walk along the Santa Monica Pier with his best friend Haden, a sudden evacuation throws them into the path of a lost child, and one impulsive decision changes their lives forever. © 2019 Karran Kumar - Revised Edition 2026

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