Length3h 20m
About this audiobook
Evil has standards. Evil has procedures. Evil has a surprisingly comprehensive employee handbook.
Welcome to the glamorous world of professional villainy, where dark lords scheme, heroes interfere, and somebody still has to make sure the henchmen have completed the correct paperwork.
Brimstone & Bureaucracy is your unofficial guide to surviving life at the bottom of the evil hierarchy. From unreasonable overlords and hazardous working conditions to questionable recruitment practices, occupational fatalities and the administrative consequences of serving forces beyond mortal comprehension, this is everything the aspiring minion needs to know before signing on the dotted line.
Because conquering the kingdom is one thing.
Doing it while understaffed, underpaid and surrounded by people who think “ominous chanting” constitutes a management strategy is quite another.
Part fantasy satire, part workplace survival guide.
Welcome to the workforce. Try not to die before your probation review.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor
Length3 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2COPYRIGHT 3
3FOREWORD 9
4THE DARK LORD 14
5ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE 14
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6PROLOGUE 16
7THE WORKERS OF DARKNESS, UNITE 33
8ZONING REGULATIONS FOR BOILING MAGMA 53
9NECROMANCY FOR BEGINNERS 73
10DREAMS CRUSHED, REASONABLE RATES. 89
11TAXES, TOLLS & TROLLS 115
12THE DRAGONS EARLY RETIREMENT PLAN 146
13WICKEDNESS IS A FULL TIME JOB 165
14THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY ALL-IN-ONE 180
15A BRIEF HOLIDAY IN HELL? 197
16EPILOGUE: 212
17AFTERWORD 230
18ABOUT THE AUTHOR 240
19NEOCHIC GOTHIC PRESS 243
20THE NEON ARCHIVE 244
21CONTINUE THE CONTINUUM 236
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