The Thick of It was a documentary
The UK government has decided to stop issuing physical residence permits to immigrants (like me) and start using "e-visas" instead. The practical upshot of this is that I need to register for my new e-visa using a phone app which, in the grand tradition of this country's relationship with technology, doesn't fucking work.
From the looks of it, I'm not alone in struggling with this thing. Every time I try to call the app's helpline, they won't even put me on hold — the hold queue is constantly full.
If I wrote this into one of my stories as a joke, people would tell me it was too on-the-nose.
itch.io's Autumn Sale is still on!
As of this mailout, there should be roughly 2 days left of itch.io's Autumn Sale. All my books are 25% off, or you can get the whole library in a bundle for just $6.00 USD! Sale prices are valid until end of day December 5th.
New on Ko-fi: "Sebastian Moran Inflicts Six Traumatic Brain Injuries," Chapter 5
The fifth and final chapter of "Sebastian Moran Inflicts Six Traumatic Brain Injuries" is up for all supporters on Ko-fi. The entire novelette is also now available on Medium.
Recommendation: What Manner of Man
Father Ardelian has been summoned to a distant, secluded island to perform an exorcism. What will happen when he begins to suspect his host — the mysterious, nocturnal lord of the manor — of wanting him for another reason entirely? Will the piously celibate priest be able to resist his monstrous host’s diabolically seductive charms?
What Manner of Man is an epistolary novel, a series of letters and journals by a Catholic priest desperately struggling with gay thoughts and his growing attraction to a guy he hasn't realized is a vampire. The story started out as a free weekly serial on Substack, inspired by Dracula Daily; now that the serial is concluded, the author has released a second edition in ebook format, with a print edition in the works.
It's delightfully blasphemous and breathlessly horny. If you like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing you will like.
This Week's Links
It Is As If You Were Making Love – Browser Game
It Is As If You Were Making Love is a short and strange interactive experience that sees you adjusting your computer’s sliders to bring it to climax.
The rich better have Malawi's money
The military junta in Mali made global headlines this week for detaining the chief executive of Resolute Mining over alleged back taxes amounting to $160-million. With its share price tanking, the Australian multinational agreed to pay.
But Mali is not the only African country going hard after global giants. In other lawsuits, Malawi is seeking more than $314-billion from Columbia Gem House, TotalEnergies and Star Agritech.
Graphic Design for ISIS Is His Passion, FBI Alleges in Filing
Between December 2023 and February 2024, Said worked on five ISIS propaganda videos and two images, which were the result of “extensive feedback and instruction” and “numerous rounds of edits,” which Said claimed in messages were “time- and labor intensive.”
I've spent the past few weeks sifting through an inordinate number of British local council records, procurement policies, and organization charts — all of which will be, at best, deep background for the next Casefile of Jay Moriarty story. The things I do for you people.
-K
