The
Begrudging Dispatch
A Self-Hell newspaper for the aesthetically over-it.
The Begrudging Dispatch is the weekly publication arm of Begrudgingly Grateful Press.
Part newspaper, part ritual, part emotional hazard report.
It covers life inside Self-Hell, the spiritual suburb where reluctant enlightenment, petty miracles, and bureaucratic self-help all coexist (usually against their will).
What the Dispatch Is
a serialized newsletter
a found-document newspaper
a world-building engine
a source of reluctant wisdom
a humour-coded field report from an empire built by accident
Every issue blends:
sardonic self-help
dark comedy
existential clarity
haiku benedictions
official notices from imaginary bureaus
transmissions from Self-Hell
the occasional spiritual misdemeanor
Think Nightvale meets House of Leaves meets spite therapy.
What You’ll Find Inside
✦ Weekly Transmissions
Short essays, rituals, and reports from inside the Empire’s emotional infrastructure.
✦ Benediction
A compact blessing for people who don’t have the patience for long ones.
✦ Bureau Memos
From:
The Underlord
Zenny (Marginalia Division)
Oliver (Drafting & Alignment)
Dr. Vale (Interpretation Unit)
Griff (Hydration & Rumor Control)
✦ The Complaint Conversion Unit
Where small human irritations are processed like paperwork.
✦ Field Notes from Self-Hell
Fragments, overheard moments, recovered pages, and emotional loopholes.
✦ The Empire Weather Report
(Not meteorology. Emotional barometric pressure.)
✦ Announcements & Rituals
Public works, updates, new artifacts, book releases, seasonal rites.
Why It Exists
The Dispatch was created because:
People deserve a newspaper that admits it does not know what it’s doing.
Traditional self-help is often allergic to honesty.
The Empire needed a propaganda arm.
Some truths only land when disguised as community announcements.
Who It’s For
the emotionally competent but spiritually exhausted
the sarcasm-powered
the reluctant healers
the cult-curious
the aesthetically over-it
readers who enjoy bureaucracy but not authority
people who treat self-help like a dare
Or, as Zenny calls them:
“The functional, the fractured, and the ones who think they’re being normal.”
Start with Issue #0
“About The Dispatch”
A welcome packet for new readers written in the proper tone:
part invitation, part warning, part knowing sigh.