[A Pleasurable Headache] Everyone I meet who’s active on the internet looks tired as fuck in real life.
Updates & Fuel for the tank There’s not a lot of links this week I’m afraid. My reading has mostly been of the book variety the past few weeks, namely the...
[A Pleasurable Headache] The first page is a promise
I seemed to gain a handful of new subscribers last week. I have no idea where they came from, but welcome! As the copy says, it's mostly links! Shall we?...
[A Pleasurable Headache] a bundle of sunshine, happiness and sass
We ended up losing Corky, our guinea pig referenced in the last newsletter. Between the infection and her gut not seeming to kick-start itself again I think,...
[A Pleasurable Headache] Wildly Imperfect
What an exhausting two weeks. We are currently having to syringe feed a very sick Guinea Pig every 3-4 hours throughout the day. It has been an ordeal. On...
[A Pleasurable Headache] Hereditary Aristrocracy
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. Antenatal classes, MOT tests, baby worries (false alarm!), and a hellish perfect storm of events that means my...
[A Pleasurable Headache] Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water.
A wedding to attend. Walls to pain. Words to write. So it's straight into things this week. Links # 20 years ago, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind changed...
[A Pleasurable Headache] Justice is Compromised
News I'm now free of COVID after being plagued for about a week and a half. The first few days were the worst, with the mother of all headaches along with a...
[A Pleasurable Headache] imagine unironically calling your group Alpha Men Assemble and keeping a straight face
Another short one I'm afraid. I'm up against a deadline for a story submission window and I have a million and one tasks to do to prep for the little one's...
[A Pleasurable Headache] everything is a mess
Not much up top this week. A lot of this week's issue is about the invasion of Ukraine. Given the saturated and overwhelming coverage and the very real...
[A Pleasurable Headache] carbon per kilobyte
The last few weeks have been marred by chaotic periods at the day job, jumbled sleep patterns and every other obstacle you can think of for being productive....
[A Pleasurable Headache] Tumblr Is Everything
Some quick housekeeping to begin with. The URL for this newsletter now lives at: https://buttondown.email/aph/ It’s been like this a while but I’d completely...
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[A Pleasurable Headache] Fissure, Writers Resolutions, Encryption bad!
My second short story to see the light of day, Fissure, features on the latest episode of The Other Stories podcast as part of their Doppelgangers season. 'A...
[A Pleasurable Headache] right where you left it
A short entry to start the year off. No fuss, no muss, just the links. Links The Web is Fucked https://thewebisfucked.com/ Incendiary URL aside, this is a no...
[A Pleasurable Headache] so far, so Neeson
I am sending this one out slightly earlier then usual. I will only forget in the post Christmas haze. So here it is. Enjoy! There are not too many links this...
[A Pleasurable Headache] please move the box every 6-8 seconds, thank you
The last two weeks featured…a story acceptance. This one was a short I had written a year or so ago but it never really clicked. Months pass. I asked myself...
[A Pleasurable Headache] a carefully architectured nightmare
Nowt but links this week. A batch of shorts have gone out to various publications. Breath held as always. In the interim I’m breaking ground on another new...
[A Pleasurable Headache] Headcheese
Heavy spoilers for Texas Chainsaw Massacre abound in this first section. Skip to the links section if you have no wish to partake. The Texas Chainsaw...
[A Pleasurable Headache] I understood that reference
Let’s get straight into it. The aforementioned Project Greenfingers is now being submitted in the usual places. One stock rejection already so far. I’m not...
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[A Pleasurable Headache] Indiana Jones and Forty Years of Social Atomization
Project Greenfingers, as I've previously called it here, is done. Take what you fear and stick it in a story - climate change, responsibility, parenthood,...
[A Pleasurable Headache] almost wantonly unreadable
Links, links, nothing but the links. Good Luck Finding a Stranger, More Interesting Game in 2021 Than 'Cruelty Squad'...