Author | N. Daniel | Blog

Hi all, Please watch out for the release of my book, Corners Untouched by Madness, on October 1st, 2019! Preorders will begin within the...

The Spoils She grits her teeth. The backwards cap cradles the sweat earned every lap. Her calves, they burn. Her stomach churns. Surely...

You Stayed Calloused fingers Clenched around an old, Splintering garden spade. Wiry threads of graying hair, Disheveled under a fading...

No Regrets Her pen's shorthand impersonated the imprints in her palm which were created before the conclusion that the creases couldn't...

Corners Untouched by Madness The kettle's hiss like snakes closer and further from wisdom. The leaves like memories beneath the water...

Greetings all! Just a friendly reminder I will be at the Twin Cities Book Festival signing copies of my debut novel, Corners Untouched by...

In Lives Before In lives before you were so kind. I swore I'd try to make you mine, but more have passed without you near. Your voice I...

For Elliot You went through life at such a pace. At birth you nearly ran a race! I follow you, more slowly now, in quiet steps my heart...

Her Autumn Cloak In a plain corner store on a quiet street worked a girl less concerned with herself. Though the days at the counter were...

Pillow Talk The past had never been his friend and it was hellish to pretend that he had never told a lie, but truth would make his...

After studying Tibetan Buddhism, it is true that I have kind of a love/hate relationship with China. Love/Hate meaning I love the Chinese...

Tidal Behind a doleful pane of glass I prayed for you to call. The pilgrims taking bread at mass were swells beneath a squall. Outside...

A new sketch by my friend Julie Arenas for my upcoming book, Corners Untouched by Madness. She is available for commission and works out...

Stars This sacred vault, divine tonight. We dine in consummate delight, gazing into sparkling starlight, mirrored in the eyes of...

He willed it so... He earned her love. He willed it so. This void inside him could be whole But force is not a love to make. She never...

When I was in my late 20s I entered this sort of strange spiritual renaissance where I decided to become vegetarian and buddhist. I would...