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Jim Minns

Short stories, written by Jim Minns jimminns.substack.com

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6:19

Micro

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2024/09/04

Micro-sized drones. So versatile… You’ll never even know.Based on this: http://disq.us/t/3yn93bz This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:22

An Empty Seat

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2024/08/29

A fictional examination of the night after the day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:59

Outnumbered In Bullets, But Not In Guts

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2024/08/28

Doc Holliday is dying from Consumption - but still finds the strength to assist his friend Wyatt Earp on what would be a very consequential morning.Based on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

5:42

To Fly

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2024/08/27

A fictional account of Noel Gallagher’s thoughts some months ago…Based on this: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/27/oasis-reunion-confirmed-for-uk-and-ireland-tour-in-2025-liam-noel-gallagher This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

5:30

Tallis Fantasia

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2024/08/22

The fictional account of 16th Century Musician Thomas Tallis’s writing of the tune that would become ‘Fantasia on a Theme’ - That can be heard here: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:19

Zero Gravity Spheres

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2024/08/20

Based on a speculative account of Astronaut Ken Bowersox’s moments following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. https://www.yahoo.com/news/stranded-space-nasa-doesn-t-142109496.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:51

The Water From The Well

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2024/08/14

Based on these quotes from Stephen King on the subject of death and mortality: https://www.azquotes.com/author/8052-Stephen_King/tag/dying This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:48

Writing The Last Temptation

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2024/08/13

Nikos Kazantzakis weeps openly as he attempts to complete the Novel ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’. Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Last-Temptation-of-Christ/Nikos-Kazantzakis/9780684852560 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:26

The Visitor

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2024/08/12

Raphael receives a visitor in Florence in 1503.Based on this: https://monalisa.org/2012/09/07/the-influence-of-leonardo-da-vinci-on-raffaello-sanzio-da-urbino/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:11

Dialogue

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2024/08/09

Loosely based on the trial of Socrates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Socrates This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

5:57

Politically Inactive

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2024/08/07

The story of the motivation behind Tim Walz’s political activism. Inspired by an interaction he had with security present at a rally for then-President George W. Bush in 2004 as heard on New York Times’s The Daily Podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/podcasts/the-daily/tim-walz-vp-democrats.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:33

A Letter From Wyatt

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2024/08/06

Wyatt’s final letter to Cyrus, December 23rd, 1553. He writes from an undisclosed prison, held for an unnamed crime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:45

Gateway

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2024/08/06

When forced isolation brings an unexpected (and welcome) conclusion. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:55

Solar

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2024/07/31

How would a solar flare affect the earth’s satellites and power grids? Better yet, what would happen to those who lived with this disruption? Based on this - https://www.dw.com/en/can-solar-flares-harm-earths-technology/video-64663358#:~:text=If%20the%20flare%20is%20powerful,precise%20timing%20or%20accurate%20data. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:06

The Deathtime Amendment

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2024/07/30

Based on Biden’s attempts to introduce constitutional amendments - see here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/What if the theory went the other, radical way? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:13

Payola

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2024/07/29

This story is entirely made up and is complete fiction. There is no evidence to suggest any of this is or has occurred. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

4:14

Desire Quashed

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2024/07/25

I once stared out of the large windows overlooking the hangars and the runways of LAX, desiring nothing more than to exit the terminal and go beyond the confines of the airport. Perhaps stay there… I was twenty-one, traveling alone and impressionable. It was a mid-transit fantasy that formed the basis of this story. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

3:59

Rodney

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2024/07/25

A fictional account of the bombing and sinking of the Bismarck, 27 May, 1941. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

5:07

The Facts Were True

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2024/07/23

The year is 2008 and California District Attorney Kamala Harris is prosecuting an accused murderer named Curtis Mayfield. This is a fictional account of a trial that did not take place. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

6:49

The Window

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2024/07/21

Miles Davis explains to a junior interviewer on the fictitious NPR Jazz Show the beauty of the window into the realm of the unknown. A source that allows him to play what he plays. Tapping into the window helps dictate what he says and what he thinks. The conversation begins and ends with a demonstration. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimminns.substack.com

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