Kristian Ventura

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristian wrote two books. The first was nominated as a finalist for the American Fiction Awards. The following year, his second collection 'The Goodbye Song' won the award in the Anthologies category.

I feel that at the root of my behavior, life is either too painful or just plain boring, that I prefer persisting through some sort of other reality outside my current environment. I'm a sucker for extremes, for the unknown, the misunderstood, the awkward, the uncomfortable, the sentimental, and the impossible - without these things, I get all lonely and feel purposeless. I'm just dead.