Unhappily After 1: Short Retellings for Adults
About this audiobook
Fairy tales for adults, laced with dark humor and dry satire.
Unhappily After reimagines familiar fairy tales through modern logic, bureaucratic thinking, and moral laziness. These are short, sharp stories that twist expectation, strip away comfort, and replace “happily ever after” with consequences.
• Familiar fairy tales, retold with modern reasoning
• Recurring figures and subtle cross-story connections
• Themes of bureaucracy, consent, capitalism, and moral shortcuts
• Short tales that begin and end in one breath, yet linger
No morals. No heroes. No easy endings.
Only fairy tales that get exactly what they deserve.
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About the author
Steven van Holland writes short-form literary fiction and satire for adult readers. His work often explores dark humor, modern logic, and social discomfort, alongside projects in other genres and tones.
