America's Fakest Author

Gather round and listen to my tale of woe. Huge thanks to whoever created the blog Conjugal Felicity, where I first learned about Stanek when I was a teenager. Today it can only be accessed through the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/202207250...

How else should Stanek have stretched his earnings?
Released The Fellowship of the Ring with all the character names replaced with stuff like "Vilmos" and "Br'yan" -   / membership  
Organized a real-life protest against his haters, attended by both of his satisfied fans - https://x.com/parsons_tor
Making readers pay for an explanation of the plot to the Ruin Mist books -   / mrsluds  
Opened a delivery-only ghost-kitchen restaurant called Ruin Mist Burger -   / tor.in.oregon  

Further info:
Robert Stanek shat directly into my soul: https://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2...
Goodreads, where some of his sockpuppet reviews remain:   / 57979.robert_stanek.html  
Just more Stanekry I found amusing - fan letters to Stanek, purportedly by kids, about the Bugville Critters books. Wonder if he had actual kids write these? http://www.bugvillecritters.com/lette...

If you created Conjugal Felicity, or have more info to share about Stanek, please reach out to me, either through my professional TCOC email, through Instagram, or the TCOC Discord!

This should be obvious, but: Please do not harass William Robert Stanek. Do not seek him out. Do not interact with him in any way online. He seems to be living a happy and comfortable life and as crimes go, his fraud scheme isn't that bad. He deserves to live out the rest of his days as a free man and a moderately successful author. The offer I made to him at the end of this video is real, but if he wants to accept it, it's on him to find this video and reach out to me.