I Build Universes
Paige Graffunder is a science fiction author and poet whose work explores the intersection of the cosmos and the human soul. Her creative journey is defined by an introspective gaze into the dark corners of the universe, crafting worlds that are as sophisticated as they are imaginative.
Published Works
A curated collection of science fiction and emotional poetry, exploring the intersections of human emotion and the vast cosmos.
Tiny Dots on an Endless Timeline
They look like children. Small, gentle, almost fragile. But the Vidhvan are anything but. Within each of them lies enough destructive force to rival a 500-megaton thermonuclear blast. And Skip of the ADA has just welcomed one aboard his mining ship.
His crew is already a patchwork of unlikely survivors:
• Three Humans: a former gangster, his determined daughter, and a battle-scarred veteran of a failed revolution.
• Two Aegeans: stoic telepaths, one the measured captain himself, the other once discarded as refuse, turned brilliant engineer.
• One Coruso: a brilliant hive-mind of gelatinous goo.
• And an android: crafted by alien hands to be almost Human.
Now comes the Vidvhan. Nameless, homeless, and terrifyingly powerful. A being with a tortured past, and possibly no future if this fragile found-family fails to accept her.
There is no looming apocalypse. No empire on the brink. No ancient evil to stop.
Just a ship full of damaged souls, each with everything to lose.
If they cannot learn to live together, to understand, to forgive, to belong, then the most catastrophic explosion waiting to happen won’t be from the Vidhvan at all…
It will be from within themselves.
Anais Eternal
In the aftermath of a world-shattering catastrophe, nothing is as it once was, and no one escapes unchanged.
Fragments of the past linger in hidden places: a bundle of unreadable texts, a letter filled with longing, and half-understood truths that refuse to stay buried. As scattered survivors struggle to rebuild, quiet tensions begin to rise beneath the surface. Old systems of control remain in place, and something far larger is stirring just beyond reach.
Among those caught in the shifting tides are unlikely allies, beings divided by history, nature, and belief, now forced into uneasy proximity. Trust is fragile, knowledge is dangerous, and even memory itself may not be reliable.
Whispers of resistance flicker in the dark, but so do echoes of choices that once led to ruin.
As the past presses in and the future grows uncertain, one truth becomes clear:
Some stories were never meant to be forgotten.
Anais Eternal is a haunting and atmospheric journey through loss, connection, and quiet defiance, where every discovery comes at a cost, and every step forward risks awakening something better left undisturbed.
Glass: Transparent and Fragile
Poetry is the wish the heart whispers into the blood at night. Filling the human soul with yearning for all that should be free.
Glass is a collection of introspective poems written over five years. Each one a commentary on life, love, and the realities that exist only in dreams.
Glass is the debut collection of poetry by Paige Graffunder.
Steel: Strong But Malleable
Steel: Strong But Malleable is a deeply personal collection of poetry written by Paige Graffunder as they journey through life-altering tragedy that sets them firmly on the unending road to emotional healing.
When unexpected events blow your life to pieces, the only thing to do is to grab your photo albums and figure yourself out.
It's hard to start from scratch, but it's something you're capable of doing. As the sun sets on your old life and the person you used to be, you may find that it rises in a new love, a new life, and a new you. This version of you is a complete stranger to all the previous iterations, but getting to know them will be the adventure of a lifetime, I promise.
Steel is the second collection of poetry by Paige Graffunder and serves as a spiritual successor to Glass: Transparent and Fragile. This collection is an expression that all you need to build from the broken is a little backbone and a lot of scaffolding.