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Jim Minns

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

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6:38

Jupto Bowed

Reality Dispatch ·

2024/06/17

This story is not based on anything other than an attempt to summon the unconscious into receiving and then re-transmitting something that the netherworld would like to have submitted on file for us all.The original short story can be found at jimminnsfiction.substack.com 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

3:07

A Communication

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2024/06/13

This is a fictional account of a scene from this documentary by The New Yorker - A Look Inside a Taliban Courtroom | Swift Justice | The New Yorker Documentary - 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

2:36

The Tree

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2024/06/12

Based on - ‘COMO’ in the Dictionary of Sydney by Helen McDonald - https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/como#:~:text=The%20earliest%20inhabitants%20of%20Como,on%20their%20explorations%20in%201795. 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

2:31

Day 2003

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2024/06/11

Based on this - THE MARKED MANAn innocent man’s exoneration after 37 years in prison revealed a rash of serial killings in 1983 Tampa. By Christopher Spata AND Dan Sullivan - https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/05/29/florida-tampa-killer-trial-murder-dna-mystery-innocent-prison-released/ 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

3:41

Painting The 'X'

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2024/06/07

Based on The Diary of Samuel Pepys - Daily entries from the 17th century London diary - https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1665/06/07/ 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

3:23

What Was Once Unthinkable

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2024/06/04

Based on: Inside Rikers Island, the jail 'ready' to receive Donald Trump after he was found guilty in hush money trial - By Phoebe Tonks, Fiona Leishman, Mansur Shaheen - 31 May 2024 - Mirror.co.ukhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/inside-rikers-island-jail-ready-32929416 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

3:46

Dog Eat Dog

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2024/05/31

This is fiction, based on: “Even as the judicial system finds Trump guilty, his attacks take a toll” - Washington Post, May 31st, 2024 (By Sarah Ellison and Josh Dawsey) 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

4:34

Samuel's Oath

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2024/05/29

This is fiction - Based on: Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home - New York Times, Jodi Kantor Aric Toler and Julie Tate, May 22 - 2024 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

4:29

Weapon of Choice

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2024/05/28

Based on This: Classical musicians have limited options to play professionally, so some turn to the U.S. military - New York Times, Sarah Diamond, May 27, 2024 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

4:16

The Liberator

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2024/05/27

This is fiction - based on this: ‘No wannabe dictators!’: Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention - The Guardian Mon 27 May 2024 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

3:49

The Scarlett Letters, Numbers and Consonants

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2024/05/24

Based on “OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show” - Washington Post, May 23, 2024. 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

4:36

The Elements Of Number 10

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2024/05/23

Based on: “Rishi Sunak bets the house by calling snap election for July 4” - Times of London, Thursday May 23 2024. 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

4:49

The Interruption Of A Beautiful Californian Day

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2024/05/22

This is fiction - based on: “Criminal investigation by LAPD, DEA into Matthew Perry’s fatal ketamine use” - Los Angeles Time, May 21, 2024 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

3:58

Z Is The New X

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2024/05/21

This is based on: How two bizarre billionaires almost destroyed Twitter - Sydney Morning Herald, 21 May, 2024. 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

3:53

Dual Passengers

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2024/05/21

Based on: “A timeline of violence on Metro buses and trains since the beginning of 2024” - CBS NEWS.com May 17th, 2024. 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

2:56

Seven of Twelve

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2024/05/21

Based on: “Michael Cohen admits he wants to see Trump convicted in hush-money cross-examination – as it happened” - The Guardian, 15th May, 2024 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

3:38

Goodbye Is Not Important

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2024/05/21

This is fiction, based on “In Western Ukraine, a Community Wrestles With Patriotism or Survival” - New York Times, 26 April, 2024. 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

5:45

The Cleaning of Mr. Key

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2024/05/21

This is flash Fiction (Not based on fact). It was a contribution made as part of a community of writers on substack who engage in monthly writing exercises. For more info - type in ‘Fictionistas’ into Substack. 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

3:43

Belly Lander

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2024/05/20

Based on the Hero pilot battled bad weather, feared pelican strike from the Sydney Morning Herald - May 13, 2024. 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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