The Vaudesy Primer
12 Free Chapters.
10+ Short Stories.
Zero Cost.
An escape hatch for readers tired of copy-paste tropes and algorithm-approved, “safe” fantasy.
Enter a sprawling, messy, bruised-beautiful universe where the stories actually stick to your ribs.
The Vaudrium is the exclusive sanctuary where the Vaudeverse Saga actually breathes. You won’t find my books loitering on Amazon. I personally fired Jeff Bezos and executed a spectacular “Retail Exodus” to protect my life’s work. Big corporate platforms view stories as cheap transactions, shelving monumental universes right next to discounted toaster ovens. We expect more. In this corner of the internet, we demand sweeping, visceral transformations.
When you join the Vaudrium today, you instantly receive:
12 Free Chapters of
Burn In Hades
(Book 1 of the Vaudeverse Saga)
Forget the cartoon pitchforks and the boring monochromatic voids. Dying is just a messy relocation program.
Burn In Hades is ground zero. It establishes the phenomenal biological and spiritual gravity of the Vaudeverse.
This is a high-octane dark fantasy where the Underworld is an aberrant supercontinent forged by the violent collision of 14 ancient global mythologies.
It’s an ichor-soaked frontier ruled by primordial deities like The Master and Anu.
They treat eternity like a rigged game.
Survival here requires more than just a pulse. You have to navigate arcane spiritual physics just to avoid Second Death or total annihilation. That means outrunning the absolute and permanent obliteration of your nephesh (aka your soul).
You will follow Cross. He’s “The Man Who Remembers” and a cynical survivor carrying a Peacemaker revolver capable of deleting demons from reality entirely.
Expect a sweeping and oppressive descent into the raw physical reality of damnation.
Slingshot through the fourth wall and start reading the first half of Burn In Hades for free today.
This sneak peek is delivered as a web novel (in your browser or on the go in my mobile app).
If you survive the sample, you can purchase the full DRM-free ebook to download on any device.
📚 Unoptimized:
A (Growing) Short Story Collection
If you want a story that goes down like lukewarm protein paste, you took a wrong turn at the algorithmic landfill.
The corporate suits want your reading experience to be completely frictionless.
They want predictable plots and sterile fanfic utopias that don’t make your brain itch.
That is exactly why I wrestled Unoptimized into existence with bloody knuckles.
I manifested it just to throw a wrench into the machine.
Please don’t mistake this expanding archive of short fiction for your average 99-cent beach read.
These satirical, speculative tales are structural anomalies. They’re my direct, sarcastic rebellion against a culture that treats your attention like cheap currency. I wrote them to tackle the psychological rot of digital conformity and the bizarre paradox of feeling entirely isolated while staring at a million faces on a screen.
Tourists actually want the illusion of having read a book without doing the intellectual heavy lifting.
I refuse to cater to that.
These stories are intentionally uncomfortable, and they will absolutely make you sweat.
Browse the archive below and choose your friction.
It’s time to rediscover the aberrant, unapologetic thrill of human storytelling while it still has scars.
Algorithmic Satire & The Death of Nuance
These files document the weaponization of convenience, the homogenization of art, and the terrifying efficiency of the “Trope-Industrial” complex.
Frictionless
A chronological leak of internal memos tracking the slow heat death of literature. Witness the evolution of storytelling from a demanding art form into “Audio Furniture”, performative trauma, and eventually, a direct limbic injection of pure, plotless dopamine.
The Death of Belle Lettres
A true-crime podcast investigation into the murder of “Ms. Fiction.” Listen to the confessions of the rogue’s gallery that dismantled her—from the frantic, 15-second lobotomies of Dr. Dopamine to the aesthetic filtering of Baron BookTok. But the real killer? Apathy.
The Wet Brick
In 2045, perfection is for the peasantry. The elite “Cognitive Athletes” pay millions of credits to sit in lead-lined Faraday cages and read unedited, typo-ridden rough drafts. Explore the underground black market of bad pacing and continuity errors—the last remaining artifacts of human friction.
Parasocial Horror & Audience Entitlement
A dissection of the “End User” delusion. These stories explore the violent entitlement of the digital consumer and the horrifying reality of treating human beings as optimizable content.
USER ERROR
The Conservatory
A botanical metaphor for the influencer economy. A dedicated fan cultivates a rare “Influencerius Comedia” in a high-humidity terrarium. But when the specimen grows an ugly, jagged “thorn”—a political opinion that ruins the aesthetic—the gardener decides to prune the bad part away with rust-covered shears.
Psychological Dissonance & Neuro-Biological Dominance
These archives strip away the magic and the monsters, revealing that the true mechanisms of control are always neurological. The brain desires internal consistency above all else; these stories weaponize that desire.
THE REBRAND
A retiring Dark Lord teaches his Gen-Z successor that medieval torture is inefficient boomer behavior. True tyranny requires neuro-regulation, the “Stockholm Shuffle”, and gamified moral grandstanding. Why build a dungeon when you can build a social media platform and let the peasants police each other?
The Neurologist (Case 88)
A 19th-century clinical log documenting the lobotomy of the “Fictive Cortex.” A doctor attempts to create the “Perfect Pragmatist”—a man cured of the ability to imagine the unreal. The horrifying result proves that fiction is not an escape from reality but the essential software required to navigate it, innovate, and empathize.
If those case files sound like a heavy dose of friction, good.
They’re supposed to be.
Consider them just the first wave.
I’m constantly adding more stories to this grab bag of free stuff.
So, even if you read them all today, there’s still more coming your way at no extra cost.
Reading the words is only half the assignment.
You need a sanctuary to actually process the madness because literary isolation is a crime against storytelling.
By claiming your spot in The Vaudrium, you unlock the full ecosystem of our cozy rebellion:
🔖 Chapter-a-Day Read-Alongs: We’re bringing back the “water-cooler” magic of the old LOST forums to theory-craft every twist.
🛡️ Spoiler-Proof Armor: My automated workflows hide channels until you’ve actually read the pages, protecting your narrative innocence.
👥 Real Human Connection: You’re entering a sanctuary. We use real names because we’re building an “Anti-Isolation” Shield (aka a community that values genuine human connection). No trolls, no anonymous anime avatars—just real humans using real names to dissect stories like they’re buried treasure.
💬 The Dialogue: A direct line to me. I actually reply. (Unless I’m trapped in the Underworld. Then it takes a day or two.)
Your residency inside the community also triggers a secondary protocol. It opens an interactive, unconventional, and direct communication channel right to your email.
When you initialize your Plot Device (i.e., Join The Vaudrium), you aren’t subscribing to receive free book giveaways, themed holiday recommendations, or boring book-release updates every six months…
You get a DAILY haul of monumental loot dropped into your Inbox:
🛳️ The Origin Story (Cruise Ship Confessions): Ridiculously embarrassing anecdotes from my former life as a “Professional Fun-Haver” on cruise ships. Yes, that was my real job. Yes, it explains why I am like this.
🗺️ The Blueprint (Commentary & Essays): Deep dives into the themes and motifs that drive my stories. We deconstruct the magic, the misery, and the mechanics of the Vaudeverse Saga.
🤑 Unapologetic Capitalism: I will send you blatant sales pitches for my books. I will invite you to join my private community, The Vaudrium. In EVERY email. And I will not be subtle about it. I’m an author; I need to buy mushroom coffee to fuel the Well of Creativity.
12 Chapters of Burn In Hades.
10+ Short Stories.
Zero Cost.
Your Vaudeverse adventure starts here. Get the first half of Burn In Hades and immediate access to the expanding Short Fiction archives.
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