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Nothing Happened and This Is The Report

Bureau of Imaginary Problems 1

by Ross Hathaway
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IMAGINARY PROBLEMS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS KIND.

That’s why no one is supposed to notice them.

Hidden inside the federal bureaucracy is a quiet agency tasked with handling things that must not be acknowledged, because the moment they become real, they become powerful. Cryptids, buried histories, unexplained phenomena, rumors that refuse to stay rumors: the Bureau of Imaginary Problems exists to ensure these things remain effectively imaginary.

Most days, that means paperwork. And cake. And pretending nothing happened.

But when a routine investigation uncovers connections between old legends, polluted creeks, forgotten civilizations, and creatures that refuse to stay in one story or one timeline; the Bureau faces its worst fear: a problem that keeps being believed.

Darkly comic, sharply satirical, and unsettlingly plausible, Nothing Happened and This Is the Report is an urban fantasy about myth, memory, and the dangerous comfort of not knowing—where the greatest threat isn’t what lurks in the shadows, but what happens when people start paying attention.

After-action paperwork pending.

Type
Novel
Format
Ebook, Audiobook, Paperback
Published
Jan 2026
Pages
396
Language
ENGLISH

Content rating

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Language
1/4

rare, soft words

Violence
2/4

limited injury detail

Romance / Sex
0/4

None

Biblical Themes
Not rated

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Author note: This is a parody of magical bureaucracy

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Themes

Survival
Man vs. Nature

Tropes

Hidden World
Character-driven
Monsters

Setting

Urban / City
Historical

Tone

Quirky Humor
Dark Humor

Pace

Steady

Point-of-View

2-5 POV characters

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