A sentient meteor, accompanied by a living storm, crashes into New York City. That storm rearranges the DNA of every citizen - transforming them...

Branden Navedo
Branden Navedo

Hello! My name is Branden; I call myself Calli. Dark fantasy and science fantasy are what I'm most inclined to write, but I am experimenting with comedy, romance and horror. Most people comment on how surreal and poetic my writing can be; a strength I try to take full advantage of. In my writing, there tends to be a lot of made up concepts, like the afterlife being this whole realm where the actions of the living influence the experiences of the dead. Or made up animals and flowers and metals.



Books

Butterflies with Vertigo: Storms of Glitter Glass

A sentient meteor, accompanied by a living storm, crashes into New York City. That storm rearranges the DNA of every citizen - transforming them into hybrids. The Big Five -a hawk, a mantidfly, a frog, a leopard and a butterfly - each had a dream. Their dreams uprooted, the Big Five must now dethrone a wasp queen. A queen who wishes to place her...

Into a Nightmare: Out From The Depths Of a Hell We Dream

A young goat boy, a descendant of the God of Nightmares, must save his mother from a curse befallen her after having failed to provide him with a loving family. In a desperate attempt to stall her fate, she stares into a lake that arrests her gaze on her own reflection. The boy must search Tyrenin for what it truly means to have a family; not...

Other Writing

Be careful. Do not feed a bedsheet

a lamp; it’ll think the day’s not done.

Should you both not have the sun

in that barred eye with lock and key,

be...

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When I am to fall asleep, I tend to feel alone

as when I cannot see your face when we are

talking on the phone.


When I am to sing, I tend to sing in...

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“She’s recovering well. If she drinks more River water, I’m sure she’ll improve. Though the more herself she is, the more dangerous she becomes. I’...

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At first, the flower kept a gold to her stem,

but in the mirror, she donned a green instead.

Having lost her glow, she’d wilt into her bed,

yet paler...

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November 19, 2024

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November 6, 2024



Hey! Here's a chapter of the audiobook for Butterflies with Vertigo!


Chapter 1

Swallowed By Glass

Soon a butterfly would glide with all of New York...

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November 5, 2024

I am writing a novel titled What Not To Tell A Skeleton! The genre of the novel was supposed to be horror/comedy/romance but, as I wrote it, it...

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