Reality Dispatch

This is an account of the writing process of today’s fiction and the horrible realization that came with a little post-fact googling. 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

Helen Starkweather was the mother of Charles Starkweather. This is a fictional account of a day in her life. 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

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 jimm...

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

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

Based on this - THE MARKED MAN An 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...

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

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.uk https://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 j...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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