Chargebacks, Boundaries, and Adult Behaviour

I take chargeback abuse seriously — not because I’m precious, but because this publication helps feed my family, and chargeback fraud hurts independent writers across the platform.

If a subscriber disputes legitimate subscription payments or marks them as “fraud” when they aren’t, they WILL be permanently banned from this publication (and I do mean permanently). No drama, no debate.

If something genuinely goes wrong with your subscription, contact me directly. I’m easy to reach and happy to fix real issues. What I won’t do is subsidise bad faith behaviour or help Stripe’s fraud bots get their daily dopamine hit.

By subscribing, you agree to handle billing matters in good faith.

Repeated or fraudulent chargebacks will result in removal and a permanent ban — for the sake of my family and the wider author community.

(If this feels obvious to you, congratulations: you are not the target audience.)

Brendan Murphy, author of ‘The Grand Illusion’ series