Karlostheunhappy is the author of the Gloomy for Pleasure poetry collection 'OBLIVION: 200 Seasons of Pain & Magic' and the soon to be release sequel 'FLUX: the turning leaves'. His work has featured in the leading Beat magazine, Beatdom, and numerous anthologies including 2024's 'After Hours' a Beat anthology by the Broken Spine Press and IT (International Times). He also he read at Oxford's Blackwells for Kerouac's centenary. He was secretary of the Forest of Dean Stop the War campaign in 2003 and a lifelong CND member. He runs an employee-owned software business where the engines of their success are the benefactors of that success. He was named Beat Poet Laureate (England) for 2022-23 by the Beat Poetry Foundation and was editor at BeatSurreal a 90s underground litzine, and co-editor for the Forest of Dean & Wye Valley Clarion, a local socialist monthly. An annual of Beatsurreal is due in 2024 through the Gloomy for Pleasure press. Born in Newport, Wales, he has lived all his life in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
