My name is Frank Crawford, and I write stories about the quiet people who survive loud horrors.
My work leans into the human side of speculative fiction, where survival isn’t just about dodging monsters, but about what happens to the soul when the world burns down around it. My debut novel, Ashes of Orialis, explored memory, war, and buried AI in a crumbling sci-fi empire. With Carry Her Through, I’ve returned to earth, literally and emotionally. It’s a story about a father and daughter navigating a post-collapse world, where the dead are terrifying, but the living are worse.
I’m drawn to themes of found family, moral reckoning, and resilience when silence replaces safety. My writing blends survival horror with grounded, character-driven drama, always chasing that fine line between dread and hope. When I’m not writing, I’m probably dissecting story structure, designing something immersive, or building a bridge between emotion and atmosphere on the page.
I’m currently working on Day One, a companion novel to Carry Her Through that captures the collapse in real time, hour by hour.