I’m excited to share the release of Earth to Bella, a novella about escape, perception, and the strange, luminous ways the mind survives.

Bella experiences the world through synesthesia—sounds have colors, emotions carry texture, words arrive already lit from within. For her, this isn’t a novelty or a trick; it’s a lifeline. When life grows unbearable, when reality presses too hard, Bella slips sideways through her senses, using this cross-wired brilliance to carve out moments of refuge. Escape, in Earth to Bella, isn’t about running away so much as learning how to stay—on your own terms.

The story follows Bella at a turning point, when her inner world begins to matter as much as the outer one, and she must decide whether her gift is only a hiding place or something that can guide her back. The novella is quiet and intimate, grounded in emotional truth, and attentive to the ways grief, longing, and hope show up not just in thought, but in color, sound, and sensation.

Earth to Bella is for readers who are drawn to lyrical prose, interior landscapes, and characters who live a half-inch out of phase with the rest of the world. It’s for anyone who has ever escaped into their own mind—and wondered what it would take to return.

I’m thrilled to finally send Bella out into the world. I hope her story resonates, refracts, and lingers with you long after the last page.