Maximilian writes literary and speculative fiction exploring dislocation, dissolution, and the search for meaning within the fragmentation of modern life. Drawing inspiration from Cormac McCarthy, Haruki Murakami, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and J.R.R. Tolkien, his work moves between existential realism, mythic fantasy, and surreal dreamscape, lingering at the threshold between nature and modernity while seeking re-enchantment in our increasingly disenchanted world. When not writing, he studies literature and philosophy, participates in ecstatic bass rituals, works with his hands in the earth, or wanders the world's wild places.
His work has appeared in Elegant Literature, Written Tales, and TIF Press.