aht
@ahughtown.bsky.social
Pseudonymous Writer, Poet, Screenwriter
https://linktr.ee/ahughtown
https://linktr.ee/ahughtown
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Looking for some top tier sff authors outside of the big names. What are some lesser known game changers in the genre of sci-fi or fantasy that I should read/know about?
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Looking for some top tier sff authors outside of the big names. What are some lesser known game changers in the genre of sci-fi or fantasy that I should read/know about?
SHORT SCRIPT: Phobia
A mysterious man has gruesomely killed and eaten their friend. But he doesn't want to kill them too. He wants them as his followers.
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/p...
#fiction #amwriting
A mysterious man has gruesomely killed and eaten their friend. But he doesn't want to kill them too. He wants them as his followers.
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/p...
#fiction #amwriting
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SHORT SCRIPT: Phobia
A mysterious man has gruesomely killed and eaten their friend. But he doesn't want to kill them too. He wants them as his followers.
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/p...
#fiction #amwriting
A mysterious man has gruesomely killed and eaten their friend. But he doesn't want to kill them too. He wants them as his followers.
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/p...
#fiction #amwriting
What's your favorite Le Guin book other than Left Hand or Earthsea?
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What's your favorite Le Guin book other than Left Hand or Earthsea?
J'ai récemment mangé par stress et je pense que ça me distrait vraiment
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
J'ai récemment mangé par stress et je pense que ça me distrait vraiment
I remember hearing a lecture in which it was said Joyce liked to write with people around, while they were talking, so he could pick up on the natural rhythm of common language. Meanwhile I get pulled out of focus if a truck drives by.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I remember hearing a lecture in which it was said Joyce liked to write with people around, while they were talking, so he could pick up on the natural rhythm of common language. Meanwhile I get pulled out of focus if a truck drives by.
I get criticism of works that express simple themes/emotions simply (e.g. "we must sing our songs," rhyming death w/ breath, etc). But sometimes simple is done well. "All You Need Is Love" is both simple and dumb, but it's one of the best songs ever written.
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I get criticism of works that express simple themes/emotions simply (e.g. "we must sing our songs," rhyming death w/ breath, etc). But sometimes simple is done well. "All You Need Is Love" is both simple and dumb, but it's one of the best songs ever written.
Interesting article on Over the Edge with interviews from the cast 30 years after the release
www.vice.com/en/article/o...
www.vice.com/en/article/o...
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Interesting article on Over the Edge with interviews from the cast 30 years after the release
www.vice.com/en/article/o...
www.vice.com/en/article/o...
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Rabelais est un auteur tellement charmant et chaque nouveau chapitre de Gargantua et Pantagruel me fait sourire plus que le précédent
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Rabelais est un auteur tellement charmant et chaque nouveau chapitre de Gargantua et Pantagruel me fait sourire plus que le précédent
What's your favorite Borges story?
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What's your favorite Borges story?
Several recent internet outages have been increasing my stress levels to mouth-stuffing (of both curses and food) degrees.
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Several recent internet outages have been increasing my stress levels to mouth-stuffing (of both curses and food) degrees.
REVIEW: "The Yellow Rose" by Borges
"At that moment of death, when language hits its wall, that hyperbolist of metaphor, Marino, realizes upon seeing a rose that poetry only succeeds (us) when it acknowledges that we, as language-incarnate are reality."
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/t...
"At that moment of death, when language hits its wall, that hyperbolist of metaphor, Marino, realizes upon seeing a rose that poetry only succeeds (us) when it acknowledges that we, as language-incarnate are reality."
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/t...
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
REVIEW: "The Yellow Rose" by Borges
"At that moment of death, when language hits its wall, that hyperbolist of metaphor, Marino, realizes upon seeing a rose that poetry only succeeds (us) when it acknowledges that we, as language-incarnate are reality."
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/t...
"At that moment of death, when language hits its wall, that hyperbolist of metaphor, Marino, realizes upon seeing a rose that poetry only succeeds (us) when it acknowledges that we, as language-incarnate are reality."
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/t...
Quel est le meilleur programme pour écrire ? Pages, Microsoft Word ?
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Quel est le meilleur programme pour écrire ? Pages, Microsoft Word ?
SHORT STORY: Specter
A woman awakes feeling like a sickness, surely brought on by the man she's been seeing, who's in mourning over his previous partner's recent death. She begins to fear--who is haunting who...
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/s...
#amwriting
A woman awakes feeling like a sickness, surely brought on by the man she's been seeing, who's in mourning over his previous partner's recent death. She begins to fear--who is haunting who...
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/s...
#amwriting
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
SHORT STORY: Specter
A woman awakes feeling like a sickness, surely brought on by the man she's been seeing, who's in mourning over his previous partner's recent death. She begins to fear--who is haunting who...
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/s...
#amwriting
A woman awakes feeling like a sickness, surely brought on by the man she's been seeing, who's in mourning over his previous partner's recent death. She begins to fear--who is haunting who...
ahughtown.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/s...
#amwriting
I don't know the full story, but from a distance, the development of Dropout from College Humor by Sam Reich looks really, really impressive. Kudos to him.
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don't know the full story, but from a distance, the development of Dropout from College Humor by Sam Reich looks really, really impressive. Kudos to him.
Why is clowning relegated to specialized colleges? Make it a part of the GED to at least have mastered the prat fall and balancing a ladder on your chin by year four.
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why is clowning relegated to specialized colleges? Make it a part of the GED to at least have mastered the prat fall and balancing a ladder on your chin by year four.
SHORT STORY: Your Story: The Hovel
You come across Your Story. And entitled as such, you read it: a forest, through which you wander, until you stumble across a hovel. Manmade or creature-made, something dark lingers inside it...
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#writing #amwriting
You come across Your Story. And entitled as such, you read it: a forest, through which you wander, until you stumble across a hovel. Manmade or creature-made, something dark lingers inside it...
substack.com/@ahughtown/n...
#writing #amwriting
Your Story: The Hovel (Short Story)
You come across Your Story. And entitled as such, you read it: a forest, through which you wander, until you stumble across a hovel. Manmade or creature-made, something dark lingers inside it...
substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
SHORT STORY: Your Story: The Hovel
You come across Your Story. And entitled as such, you read it: a forest, through which you wander, until you stumble across a hovel. Manmade or creature-made, something dark lingers inside it...
substack.com/@ahughtown/n...
#writing #amwriting
You come across Your Story. And entitled as such, you read it: a forest, through which you wander, until you stumble across a hovel. Manmade or creature-made, something dark lingers inside it...
substack.com/@ahughtown/n...
#writing #amwriting
Je me rappelle quand Hitchens a donné un discours sur les recherches approfondies que des idiots utilisent pour étayer leurs propos stupides, et je me demande si l'expression "faire ses propres recherches" n'était pas une réponse faible face à des idéologies stupides
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Je me rappelle quand Hitchens a donné un discours sur les recherches approfondies que des idiots utilisent pour étayer leurs propos stupides, et je me demande si l'expression "faire ses propres recherches" n'était pas une réponse faible face à des idéologies stupides
Grifters almost always fade away. But I'm surprised how easily large chunks of people are fooled by the simple grifter trick of "telling it like it is": "Yeah, I'm grifting, but my honesty in telling you cancels out the honest I thing I said, so, in fact, I'm NOT grifting."
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Grifters almost always fade away. But I'm surprised how easily large chunks of people are fooled by the simple grifter trick of "telling it like it is": "Yeah, I'm grifting, but my honesty in telling you cancels out the honest I thing I said, so, in fact, I'm NOT grifting."
Interview between Alan Moore and Michael Moorcock
youtu.be/HMj43UTSIaA?...
youtu.be/HMj43UTSIaA?...
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Interview between Alan Moore and Michael Moorcock
youtu.be/HMj43UTSIaA?...
youtu.be/HMj43UTSIaA?...
My tonal goal for sm content is extreme blandness, the smallest hint of personality. I'm not quite there, but I feel I'm getting closer to hitting my target.
December 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My tonal goal for sm content is extreme blandness, the smallest hint of personality. I'm not quite there, but I feel I'm getting closer to hitting my target.
REVIEW: "The Yellow Rose" by Borges
"Metaphor should be used when it speaks to something inward. If it’s true that everything that is poetic is something that confesses, then metaphor must speak to something more traceable than literary tradition."
"Metaphor should be used when it speaks to something inward. If it’s true that everything that is poetic is something that confesses, then metaphor must speak to something more traceable than literary tradition."
"The Yellow Rose" by Jorge Luis Borges: The Subject is Object (Short Story Review)
Poetry only succeeds when the subject becomes the object.
substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
REVIEW: "The Yellow Rose" by Borges
"Metaphor should be used when it speaks to something inward. If it’s true that everything that is poetic is something that confesses, then metaphor must speak to something more traceable than literary tradition."
"Metaphor should be used when it speaks to something inward. If it’s true that everything that is poetic is something that confesses, then metaphor must speak to something more traceable than literary tradition."
Sometimes I have days where I'm very susceptible to distraction. It isn't that I lack the energy, but that my focus is so easily swayed. And I haven't figured out if this a typical symptom of something neurological or just (despite appearances) exhaustion
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sometimes I have days where I'm very susceptible to distraction. It isn't that I lack the energy, but that my focus is so easily swayed. And I haven't figured out if this a typical symptom of something neurological or just (despite appearances) exhaustion
C’est intéressant de voir que certaines personnes ne lisent pas la source, alors que, lorsqu’il s’agit de textes plus anciens, elles se contentent de lire l'oeuvre elle-même sans lire les textes critiques sur le médium, comme la poésie.
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
C’est intéressant de voir que certaines personnes ne lisent pas la source, alors que, lorsqu’il s’agit de textes plus anciens, elles se contentent de lire l'oeuvre elle-même sans lire les textes critiques sur le médium, comme la poésie.