THE NULL ARE COMING!!
PREPARE YOURSELF
They said They came to Save us...
Instead they forgot we existed
and wiped us out.
You can't out run fate
When life is just a Paradox
THE EDGE OF TOMORROW
Axel Vale
Techno-mystic author, developer, and digital philosopher
THE CodeX CHROMATIC COSMOLOGY
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Axel Vale
Techno-mystic author, developer, and digital philosopher
Welcome to the Future..
We hope you enjoy your stay here
The Null are coming.
And there's not a thing we can do about it.
I have walked for centuries through the ashes of our own design.
Every world I rebuild forgets me a little faster than the last.
The CodeX was never a book—it was a mirror,
and I have stared too long.
The colours came first: neon fractures bleeding through the grayscale, reminders that magic still hums beneath the ruin.
I write to remember.
I rewrite to survive.
But the more pages I fill,
the less certain I am which hand is holding the pen.
If you find these fragments— don’t look for me.
Look for the light that still leaks through the cracks.
-Unknown fragment. (Thought to be a section from The Walkers note book).
-Designation downgraded.
-Likely KIA.
THE EDGE OF TOMORROW
The Destiny Paradox
The fate of mankind hangs in the balance — our salvation rests in the hands of a seventeen-year-old boy.
The Lost Recollection
He’s lived too long, seen too much. The only thing he can’t remember... is who he is.
The Lime Green Hemmingway
Sometimes, no matter how far you run — you can’t escape destiny.
Memories Daughter
They would call her DAX — but first, she must solve a paradox.
The Edge of Tomorrow
The end of mankind arrives in silence. The Null’s campaign has erased countless lives across dimensions. One last outpost endures — and in this variation, DAX survived.
Cx
COMING SOON
Learn More | A Note from the Crooked Path
1.
Hello, Pathwalker.
If you’ve travelled this far down the page — past the neon fractures, the shifting colours, the continuums and crooked worlds — then know this: I’m genuinely grateful. Your curiosity is the lifeblood of everything I build, and the universe you’ve just walked through is only the beginning.
2.
There is more on the horizon.
I’m deep into Twisted Tales from the Edge of Madness, a new descent into the shadows between thought and story.
And yes, Book Three of A Dark & Crooked Tale is stirring, tapping at the glass from the far edge of my vision. In a Dark & Crooked World is taking shape — the conclusion to the tale already unfolding?
But before those emerge, beyond the crooked realms… a new frontier: I’m stepping into science fiction with The Edge of Tomorrow.
Five unreleased novels, the forgotten pillars that shaped this entire continuum, are now entering full rewrite. They will finally see the light, restored, sharpened, reborn. The first book, The Destiny Paradox, is coming soon. Leap into futures built from choice, consequence, and the fragile machinery of fate.
3.
If you’d like early access,
behind-the-scenes updates, and announcements from across the Neochic Continuum, you’re invited to join the list below. Thank you for walking the path this far.
Thank you for your trust, your time, and your presence.
— A. Vale
Regular updates
REVIEWS
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “Wormkin burrowed straight under my skin” Reviewer: Liam, 17 — Student & Gamer
That opening story messed me up in the best way. The whole “worm that calls her mother” scene from Wormkin is now permanently in my brain. It’s gross, sad, and kind of beautiful. I don’t usually read books, but this one felt like a horror game you can’t turn off.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “A hymn for the broken” Reviewer: Theo Wright — Literary Critic, The Ink Well Review
Few collections dare to balance language this lyrical with themes this raw. Chrysalis reads like a feminist parable written in silk and nerve. The transformation of Ivie Kael — from obedient schoolgirl to a “hive of one” — rivals any modern allegory of selfhood I’ve read.
The story Zoo was my favourite. A man talking to something that remembers every faith we’ve ever lost — it’s haunting and oddly tender. The line “Forget us, and we’ll rest” nearly made me cry. I didn’t expect compassion hidden in the horror.
The imagery in Thread is unreal. A boy literally sewing grief into fabric? It sounds absurd, but it reads like poetry. I underlined “You can’t wear what hasn’t been sanctified” — might get that tattooed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ — “Too weird but I kinda loved Saints” Reviewer: Hannah, 15 — TikTok Reader
The bit in Saints where Cal eats the glowing flesh? Disgusting. Amazing. I didn’t even know you could describe hunger like that. It’s way deeper than it looks — kinda about how people worship the wrong things. I’d watch the film version instantly.
Glitch hit harder than any monster could. It’s tech horror wrapped in social commentary — “The filter doesn’t kill. It loves you to pieces.” Genius. This is Vale predicting our future one app at a time.
The final story, Recursion, turns the whole collection inside out. It’s meta-fictional, looping back through every other tale until you realise you’ve been part of the archive all along. It’s horror as reflection — and that’s the point.
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