Okay, I believe that you're thinking like an artist and not like a marketer. If you want to improve numbers, you need to think like a marketer. So far, your reactions make you look like an artist that doesn't understand how attracting readers work. Everything about you makes it seem like you're in a niche market too, which makes things harder when it comes to finding the audience, because I don't think scribblehub will be an easy ecosystem for you unless you're a 1 in a million talent.
So, first, let's settle why your opinions are based on low standards, and therefore, not compatible with the ecosystem.
I think I have a decent blurb
Maybe decent, but not great or outstanding. Certainly wouldn't be good on amazon. The most critical thing is:
Matt Hewitt as he endures shifts in the state of the world, and shifting in his own life...
This line by itself excludes a significant amount of readers by use of the word "shift." I know what it means because I study harem and romance trends, but this is not a word normies would get. That said, if you're trying to get people that already like the genre, then great. It's just not good for being inviting.
Bizzare changes, covert secrets, and lurking mysteries
Listen. You've succeeded in lazily telling me everything that most stories have.
Bizzare changes--most stories start with a "bizzare change."
"Covert secrets"->You just wrote "not openly acknowledged or displayed secrets." Do you see the redundancy? Then, on the other note, what story doesn't have secret secrets?
"Lurking mysteries"->What fantasy doesn't have mysteries in the background?
So, you've just told me how generic this is. And this isn't a situation of tasteful mystery. This is a situation involving you badly communicating why I should read your story.
Honestly, it's not good that the tags tell me more about the story than your synopsis does. Can you work on incorporating more of the tags into the synopsis? Now, to be fair, some people can get away with bad blurbs, but they can only do that in super active markets.
On the cover:
I don't think it's good,
in a way. I DO think there's something cool when you stare at it for a bit, but I think it only speaks to people that already know it. If you were a one in a million with a publisher backing you, then this would be fine. Here, where you're fighting for yourself, it's not helping you. Also, I want to be clear--the title is terrible for mass market. "Dog Boy" by Eva Hurnung looks more interesting. Point is, this won't make things easy.
With regard to things you can do, the number one thing is to look for furry fanfiction/fiction sites. You've got to pull readers from there. You're in a tough spot here. Maybe... Also try honeyfeed or wattpad? Just to check the audience. The big problem here is we don't know how hard you're going at your marketing. The things you have now don't market for themselves.
Other things you can do involve watching the most active times of day. if you upload during a lax hour, you'll be on the front page for longer.
Now, on the final notes here.
I find such titles rather hacky and shouting in your face rather than having more tasteful mystery.
Tasteful mystery isn't valuable when you're nobody. The thing is, you're in an ecosystem where everyone's trying to get noticed. Think very carefuly about the value of a title that shouts in your face in such an ecosystem.
Dadgummit whatever I don't give a crap about trying to do what y'all want here, as it obviously is for an extremely different audience.
The people you dont care about are representative of the people you're trying to attract. You just told them you don't care about them.