Dorthy is a Wicked Witch

By: Land, Stephen M., Jr.

This is a tale about truth.

I am Stephen Land, the author of my own story about what happened when I followed the Yellow Brick Road--not toward salvation, but into illusion.

Dorthy is a Wicked Witch is a dark, poetic, and allegorical memoir that traces my journey through a touring kingdom built on spectacle, devotion, and deception. Told through the mythic framework of The Wizard of Oz, this book chronicles my time working at the center of a celebrated artistic empire--one that promised belonging, safety, and purpose, but concealed manipulation, exploitation, and profound harm beneath its glittering surface.

Dorthy was not a girl lost in Oz, Dorthy was Oz.

Through storms that were never accidents, cities built as cages, and characters who mirrored brilliance without conscience, courage without integrity, and power without accountability, I reveal how illusion becomes a weapon--and how truth survives inside it.

This is a story about:
Grooming disguised as opportunity.
Devotion exploited for control.
Queer community harmed under the banner of representation.
fandom treated as currency rather than humanity.
Silence enforced through fear, leverage, and shame.
The long, painful process of reclaiming self after betrayal.

Written in a hybrid voice of dark satire, mystic allegory, and raw memoir, Dorthy is a Wicked Witch is not a retailing of a fairytale--it is an unmasking. It is a record of survival inside a system that rewarded brilliance while ignoring cruelty, celebrated performance while erasing accountability, and demanding loyalty without offering protection.

This book is for those who have ever:
Believed in someone who used belief as leverage.
Been told they were "saved" while being lowly consumed.
Confused admiration with safety.
Discovered too late that the kingdom they loved was never built for them.

Ultimately, this is not just a story about what was done to me--it is a story about what happens when we stop drinking the poison we were handed and begin the quiet, radical work of choosing peace.

There is no place like it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHRVVPDY
• ISBN13: 9798241423726
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.0"