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{Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror}
space.” css=”.vc_custom_1685654158246{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]I grew up in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, among the ruins of 8000 years of civilizations. A kid of the 80’s, I read my way through libraries’ worth of books, as yet another empire collapsed around me. I read under blankets, in bread lines, in the basement (where ten thousand books lay in carboard boxes), on my way to school, in the thyme-schented meadows of Rila mountain, and the pine forests of the Rhodope.

Stories raised me, educated me, taught me how to be a human. At the time, I thought they did that for everyone who needed it–I thought they squatted in libraries, just waiting for a kid to walk by alone so they can attach themselves. I didn’t even consciously understand they had authors until much later. In my head, the books were reality and writers were some abstract notion. So abstract that I never even imagined I could be one. But the stories have a mind of their own. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_icon type=”openiconic” icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-share” color=”custom” custom_color=”#bfa25f”][pt_skills uniqid=”59bb7c72b346f” skill_level=”100″ heading=”Science Fiction” animation=”pulse”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_icon type=”entypo” icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-moon” color=”custom” custom_color=”#bfa25f”][pt_skills uniqid=”64791599fbaea” skill_level=”100″ heading=”Dark Fantasy” animation=”pulse”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_icon type=”entypo” icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-cloud-thunder” color=”custom” custom_color=”#bfa25f”][pt_skills uniqid=”647a3fcd08956″ skill_level=”100″ heading=”Weird Horror” animation=”slideInDown”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_icon type=”entypo” icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-air” color=”custom” custom_color=”#bfa25f”][pt_skills uniqid=”647c68cc1f1d8″ skill_level=”100″ heading=”Slipstream”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][yprm_button style=”style2″ uniqid=”5d67b7c8992ea” link=”url:%23|title:read%20more||”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1624277766011{padding-top: 96px !important;padding-bottom: 37px !important;}” uniqid=”60d082d55b3d3″][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInLeft” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1506084129462{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #121212 !important;}”][yprm_heading heading_size=”h3″ decor_type=”bottom-line” uniqid=”5d67b7d65a517″ heading=”Published works:” css=”.vc_custom_1685656582520{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Behind Her, Trailing Like Butterfly Wings, Apex Magazine, December 2007.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’ll Be Fine After You, with Max Markowitz, 7×7 LA, 2021.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Rendezvous With Yellow Jacket, HIVEMIND: Global Speculative fiction, Georgia Tech University, 2021.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reporter, Tor, March 2021; (Upcoming) Best Horror of the Year volume 15[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInRight” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1506084136192{border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 250px !important;padding-bottom: 250px !important;background-image: url(https://promo-theme.com/novo/dark/wp-content/uploads-placeholder/2017/08/about-img3.jpg?id=14) !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInUp” css=”.vc_custom_1506084158646{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][yprm_heading content_aling=”tac” decor_type=”bottom-line” uniqid=”5d67b80192474″ heading=”Latest News” css=”.vc_custom_1624277838070{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 48px !important;}”][pt_blog uniqid=”59bf7029ecabc” filter_buttons=”off”][/pt_blog][/vc_column][/vc_row]