I’m Alex Buday, a writer of fiction, essays and quiet satire.
For me, writing is both memory and discovery. My stories are born where personal lives meet history — in the shadow of Chernobyl, in the silence of borders, and in those fragile moments when freedom reveals how many illusions it carries.
My fiction often returns to Central Europe, to private memories shaped by public events, and to people who rarely stand at the centre of history but still feel its pressure in their rooms, relationships and choices.
As the creator of Illusions Not Included, I also write essays and satire about politics, culture, history and the myths we inherit. I am interested in what lies beneath the surface: the narratives we cling to, the comfortable phrases we repeat, and the fragile truths we often overlook.
This website brings together my stories, essays, reflections and audio work — a space where history, humanity and illusion meet, and where writing still tries to look at the world without shortcuts and without slogans.