Luna Asli Kolcu

I write dark fantasy, quiet horror, and gothic fiction for readers who never outgrew wonder—or nightmares. Stories that stick in your teeth.

Born in Istanbul, I now live in rural Catalonia with my partner Victor, our son Gabriel, five dogs, and a dramatically inclined cat named Galadriel. I’m neurodivergent, and when not writing, I’m rewilding 7,000m² of land or getting clay under my fingernails.

I’m also an award-winning photographer and mixed media artist whose visual work captures fantasy as reality—making the impossible feel like a half-remembered truth.

My fiction lives in the tradition of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado: psychologically complex, atmospheric, and populated by characters who unsettle through contradiction, cost, and conviction.