Simo Sakari Aaltonen

Simo Sakari Aaltonen is an international writer, composer, filmmaker, visual artist, and podcaster. This is his official artist channel. He launched his Patreon called The Better Patreon in April 2025.

As well as his own books — including At Dawn: Early Short Stories, Land of Youth & Beauty: Early Poems, Art & Love, Vols. 1–2, Solid Gold: David Lynch — 90 Concise Chapters on Him and His World, the What Now with Simo podcast transcript series — he’s written for several story-oriented computer games, including the psychological horror hit Serena, whose download count is now in the millions.

As a composer, he published his first large-scale musical work, An Iceland Symphony, as sheet music in May 2021 and his first album, Passages Dark and Light, in May 2022.

All links below. Let Simo and others know what you’ve felt about his work!