— About —
The writer
Dakota Crane Denver is a writer of literary short fiction. He lives in Los Angeles.
His first collection, Faded Flowers, Wilted Weeds, follows the McCorty and Lavetti families across roughly a century. Pointing Skyward, the companion volume, is a book of poems and short prose; each piece opens with a question.
The form is the short story, on purpose. Frank O'Connor argued that the short story belongs, in particular, to submerged populations — the people the novel was never built to hold. This site is a small monument to that argument.
Dakota Crane Denver is a pen name. The day job is tech and corporate. The pen name protects his identity so he can write freely. Everything published is Dakota Crane Denver.
Quick answers
- Is any of this written or generated by AI?
- No. Every story, poem, and essay is handwritten — most of them first as scribblings on a reMarkable 2 tablet. The site itself was built and is maintained by the writer. Audio recordings are in his own voice. Background music, when present, is AI-assisted. Full process notes in the FAQ.
- Why a pen name?
- The day job is tech and corporate. The pen name protects his identity so he can write freely. More in the FAQ.
- Where can I buy the books?
- Both books are on the books page with links to Amazon and other retailers.
Dakota Crane Denver is a pen name.