atlas is a twenty-six year old queer writer. they mostly write character-driven stories about queer lives edging toward and away from belonging. their work explores loneliness, grief, and shame, blending with the pull of art and everyday beauty. Slice-of-life moments and coming-of-age questions form the heart of their fiction. Their inspirations include Sylvia Plath, Ottessa Moshfegh, Donna Tartt, Gabriel García Márquez, and Maggie Stiefvater.