The House of Veronica
Release date: March 30, 2025
Genre: Short Story / Satire
Worship, wealth and Wi-Fi outages.
A story of ambition, manipulation, and the inevitable collapse of an empire built on blind faith.
Veronica never wanted to work for success or greatness. She just wanted to be worshipped for it. Armed with nothing but eyeliner, entitlement, and a tragic lack of self-awareness, she transforms herself from struggling streamer to self-proclaimed spiritual saviour.
As Veronica turns her online platform into a lucrative business, using her followers as both disciples and financial sources, her complex web of lies and manipulation unravels. Her teachings, steeped in self-help jargon and spiritual nonsense, draw in the lost, the lonely, and the desperate, but the cracks begin to show, and her empire is on the brink of collapse.
This darkly comedic tale exposes the dangers of seeking worship and validation in a world that trades authenticity for performance. Yorke's razor-sharp commentary on the intersection of influencer culture, capitalism, and self-deception will leave readers questioning what they’re willing to believe...and at what cost.
A razor-sharp satire of influencer culture, online spirituality, and the business of belief, The House of Veronica is a cautionary tale for anyone who’s ever been told to “go with the flow, feel the vibes” while their bank account cried.
Excerpt from Chapter 1: A Revelation (or Indigestion?)
Veronica had always believed she was destined for something greater. Not in the traditional sense. She didn’t want the boring kind of greatness where people worked hard, achieved things, and built real legacies. No, Veronica’s greatness required no effort at all. She simply had to be worshipped.
It began on a humid summer evening, when she had what she later described as a “divine revelation, a celestial awakening” (but in reality, it was just a bad case of indigestion). That night, she stared into the glow of her computer screen, scrolling past yet another successful influencer promoting their overpriced lifestyle, and thought:
That could be me. That SHOULD be me.
And thus, the House of Veronica was born, a temple of wisdom, self-discovery, and, most importantly, direct deposit links.
🤍 If you’ve ever wondered how a self-proclaimed spiritual guru can build an empire out of thin air…
🤍 If you love dark humour, biting satire, and a twisted take on internet cults…
🤍 If you want a front-row seat to the rise and fall of a modern-day scam queen…
Then welcome to the next must-read cult classic.
Will you see through the illusion, or fall for the con?
Veronica’s waiting. And she really needs rent this month.
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