Vivian Sims
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Vivian Sims

Workplace satire · Dark humor · Deadpan fiction

Deadpan satirical fiction author. Writes for people who reply with a thumbs-up while quietly falling apart. Her We Stayed Anyway series explores the sharp, silent weight of modern work — with just enough dark humor to make it bearable. Still employed. Still confused. Still here.

Stories from the same universe

We Stayed Anyway

Vivian Sims

Short stories about the quiet cost of staying in systems that were never built for humans. Sharp, honest, and never offering easy answers.

We Built the System

Vivian Sims

The other side of the desk. Stories from the people who built the systems everyone else is stuck in.

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Books

All titles by Vivian Sims

No One Told Me to Stay
we stayed anyway · Book 1

No One Told Me to Stay

Eight chapters. One week. The quiet cost of staying too long. No grand epiphanies. No dramatic resignation. Just a week in someone's life that feels uncomfortably familiar.

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No One Told Me to Stay Special Edition
Special Edition

No One Told Me to Stay

Hidden chapters they'll pretend never happened — bonus content not available on Amazon.

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Twist Clockwise and Pull Up
we stayed anyway · Book 2

Twist Clockwise and Pull Up

The wrong flavor makes everything feel harder. A story about someone stuck in a loop — and the night he finally understood why.

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Twist Clockwise and Pull Up Reflection Edition
Reflection Edition

Twist Clockwise and Pull Up

Extended content with reflections on the loop — bonus material exclusive to this edition.

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Prompt, Pray, Survive
we stayed anyway · Book 3

Prompt, Pray, Survive

7 wonders behind the compensation. Short stories from a place where logic laid off empathy.

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we stayed anyway · Book 4

Greenish Red, Reddish Green

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