Noticing Newbies

Hi everyone,

I’m Frank M. Anderson, and I’m grateful to have found my way here.

I write from Greenville, South Carolina—usually late at night, usually with too much coffee, and always in pursuit of something just out of reach. My work blends memoir, speculative fiction, and metaphysical mystery. I’m drawn to the places where memory blurs, where language bends, and where personal truth still manages to crack through the noise.

My upcoming memoir, The Cancer Diet, releases on July 16th. It began in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis and the sudden death of my brother. What started as a survival instinct became a deeper reflection on grief, adoption, identity, and choosing to stay—told through real messages, memories, and moments of emotional reckoning.

My YA novel Empire, Nevada is a quiet, emotionally charged coming-of-age story set in a fading desert town. It follows Paul and his friends as one last summer tests their bonds and forces them to face the slow collapse of everything they thought they knew. It’s for anyone who’s ever grown up in a place no one believes in anymore.

I also write speculative and metaphysical fiction. Unto a Golden Dawn: The Catalyst Dossier is a genre-bending occult thriller told through recovered documents, mirror letters, and dream fragments. It explores recursion, veils between realities, and a hidden war waged through memory and identity—featuring figures like Poe, Crowley, and others caught in the tangle of time.

I don’t come from an MFA program. I come from teaching. From hospitals. From long silences and strange dreams. I use both traditional and experimental tools—including AI—not as a shortcut, but as a collaborative lens. For me, AI is part of the process: a strange and sometimes brilliant mirror I hold up to the work as I draft, organize, and reshape it. It never replaces the writing—it deepens the dialogue with it.

I’m here to connect, read, offer feedback, and share what I’ve been building. If any of this resonates, say hi. You can find my books by searching Frank M. Anderson on Amazon.

Looking forward to meeting you and reading your work.

—Frank