About me
Writing is therapy
Writing in New York City is more than a creative outlet—it’s a lifeline, a kind of therapy that anchors you to a place that offers no respite. This city is merciless, a relentless machine that keeps running regardless of your struggles or efforts. The streets pulse, taxis roar, crowds of people jostle, the weight of ambition and survival pressing down on everyone. Life is a shadow, and the pace leaves little room for weakness. Without a way to process it all, you risk being consumed, lost in the bustle of a city that spares no one.
Writing becomes your refuge, a way to make sense of the chaos. It’s a silent act of defiance against the city’s indifference, a place where you can vent the stress of a missed train, a brutal workday, or the fleeting connections that define city life. Through words, you regain control and make sense of the relentless energy that surrounds you. Without this outlet, the city’s demands would grind you down, and you’d be left helpless somewhere, living off your own heartlessness.
My new book will be released on December 1st.
What if your thoughts no longer belong to you?
“KLEIO – External Access” is a captivating tech-noir novel about digital control, manipulated memories, and the loss of one’s own identity—so frighteningly realistic that it feels like a glimpse into our near future.
In a world where neural implants are commonplace and AI-powered therapy apps “optimize” your thinking, journalist Emily Carter begins to doubt: herself, her past—and a system that knows more than it should.
The plot is truly unsettling: Experience how technology not only permeates everyday life but also your very core. Who decides what you remember—and what you’re meant to forget?
“KLEIO is not a system. It’s a mirror.”—a quote that lingers.
Readers say: “Pure mindfuck—a thriller with relevance and style!” | “As gripping as Black Mirror, as literary as Orwell.”
Discover now: “KLEIO – External Access” by Elias Crowl – the novel that will make you question your thoughts.
A few things i am great at
I work early in the morning, drink two cups of coffee and leave my window open a crack.
I don’t collect people
This New York writer doesn’t collect people, ‘cause he’d rather rip their weird vibes and stories apart in his books than hoard ‘em like trophies!
I like the Upper East Side
This New York writer loves the Upper East Side because its chic facades and snooty cafes provide him with prime material for his biting stories!
I’m sexy, but not an influencer
This New York writer’s sexy as hell, but no influencer, ‘cause he pours his sharp, deep stories into books, not some click-chasing selfie fest!
Don’t tell me how great I am
This New York writer hates it when people tell him how great he is because it only distracts from his ego-destroying stories—and he needs real criticism to stay sharp!
Thank you, I have a job
This New York writer blows off random jobs ‘cause he ain’t bending over for some dull-ass office gig when he can tear the city apart and crank out his stories!
Yes, I’m writing a new book
This New York author admits he’s working on a new book because he needs to wake the city and its madmen up with another vicious, razor-sharp story!
About my book
“The Fair of Shadows”
“The fair of Shadows” is the literary psychological thriller set in Manhattan that begins quietly and remains large in the mind. In Elias Crowl’s New York novel, the everyday tilts into the uncanny: a rectangular window that shows only a ladder and sky. A hallway that says: nothing happens. Characters who observe their author. With poetic precision and slow-burn suspense, the text delves deep into urban rituals, the edges of perception, and that quiet dread one hears in old radiators, stairwells, and nighttime hallways. The result is an urban thriller with a horror edge—atmospheric, contemporary, unique: literary thriller, quiet horror, New York novel, Manhattan literature.
Elias, a writer in Manhattan, keeps his world in check with routines—two cups of coffee, a window open a crack, a rectangle of ladder and sky. But in the manuscript, the – fair of Shadows-, Mr. Grins, Lilalu, and the old woman become forces that write back. Doors remain closed, sounds become quieter, the city responds – until a small, round sticker HERE shifts everything. This novel is both a meta-mystery and a psychological profile of a big city: precise, eerie, and deeply human. Those who love perceptual novels, metafiction, urban psychological thrillers, and New York atmosphere will find a book here that doesn’t scream – it whispers and stays.
The dark side of New York
Where my stories are born
Readers Comments
Here’s what my readers say:
‘Sombre, restrained, hypnotic. I have seldom encountered characters who so convincingly prise the pen from their author. Mr Grins haunts me still.’
Madison H.
“No bloodbath, just a mind-movie: sounds, smells, doors as choices—killer vibe. New York’s breathing between the lines, ya know.”
Emma A.
“Metafiction that’s a hoot: Lilalu two-steppin’ through the pages, the Watcher pokin’ and proddin’—had me turnin’ pages till two in the morn’. I’ll take a heap more of that!”
Henry M.
‘Bold and original: Who’s writing whom here? That question lingers. A book for readers who love what’s left unsaid.’ Pretty demanding material. If you’re not on board from the start, you’ll get lost.
William K
Some News
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