About the author

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J.F. Barão

J.F. Barão writes fiction at the intersection of absurdity, philosophy, and imagination. His work explores meaning, identity, and the quiet strangeness of existence through surreal narratives, dark humor, and playful defiance of conventional logic.

Writing under multiple names—including Baron Vanderlinx—he treats each voice as a distinct lens rather than a mask, allowing different stories to speak in their own tone and rhythm.

Barão’s fiction invites readers to question certainty, laugh at contradiction, and linger in the uncomfortable space between sense and nonsense—where stories often reveal their truest shapes.