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

  1. 8H AGO

    Drifter #7: Trauma

    The entity remains inside a young Roman boy after a public execution and discovers how trauma takes root long before understanding does. DRIFTER is an ongoing series that follows a microscopic alien entity arriving on Earth, learning about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. Thanks for reading Reality Dispatch! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 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 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Drifter #6: Spectacle

    The entity watches through the eyes of a Roman guard as he is publicly executed. DRIFTER is an ongoing series that follows a microscopic alien entity arriving on Earth, learning about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. 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 min

  3. 4D AGO

    Drifter #5: Punishment

    Thanks for reading Reality Dispatch! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 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 min

  4. FEB 5

    Drifter #4: The Rogue

    A microscopic alien inhabits a Roman soldier and discovers that pain can be deliberately inflicted to break self-possession and reassert control. DRIFTER is an ongoing series that follows a microscopic alien entity arriving on Earth, learning about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. 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 min

  5. FEB 3

    Drifter #3: Pain

    A microscopic alien inhabits a human host and discovers that pain on Earth is not just physical, but reputational, a force used to control standing, power, and survival. Drifter is an ongoing series that follows a microscopic alien entity arriving on Earth, learning about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. 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 min

  6. FEB 3

    Drifter #2: Motion

    The microscopic alien inhabits a beast of burden and discovers that movement on Earth is rarely chosen, it is commanded. This is the beginning of a new ongoing series. It follows a microscopic alien entity that arrives on Earth and learns about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. Each entry explores a different creature and a different way of living, fear, hunger, violence, instinct, attachment, emotions unknown to its home planet. What starts as observation slowly becomes experience, and experience begins to change the observer. 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 min

  7. FEB 2

    Drifter #1: The Eyes of Another

    A microscopic alien inhabits the bodies of Earth’s animals to experience emotions unknown on its home world This is the beginning of a new ongoing series. It follows a microscopic alien entity that arrives on Earth and learns about life by inhabiting the bodies of animals, one host at a time. Each entry explores a different creature and a different way of living, fear, hunger, violence, instinct, attachment, emotions unknown to its home planet. What starts as observation slowly becomes experience, and experience begins to change the observer. 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 min

  8. JAN 29

    Inverse

    A writer believes his real life unfolds only in sleep. 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 min
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Short stories, written by Jim Minns jimminns.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Jim Minns
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    340
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jim Minns
  • Show Website
    Reality Dispatch