HeyJaredTrevor Ferguson’s (aka John Farrow) Substack
Story Codes: Reflections on a lifetime writing novels; storytelling about telling stories with bio bites and observations from past to present.
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- Sep 14, 2026
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27. Literature in a Time of AI (opens the original)
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Welcome. First let me say that my intended title had been LOVE LITERATURE IN A TIME OF CHOLERA AI. Most will know the reference, but Substack does not allow strikethrough in the title. So here we are. Greetings! Friendly coincidence: I did not know that AI would be so much in the news this week when I commenced this post. Timing is everything, right? Oh, and please take the time to read the final paragraph which I did not write: My mother did many moons ago. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewab
26. John Updike’s Mail and Rightly Reading Writing (opens the original)
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In summer theatre, certain plot twists are common, similar to what transpires in O. Henry-type stories or in a multitude of TV sitcoms. Similar accidental incidences occur in Shakespeare and will pop up across quality fiction as well, given that the storylines do arise in real life. A person sees what he or she was never meant to see, a secret is revealed and heightened anxiety is provoked in others. The risk of exposure seeps into the bloodstream of a compromised party.<a class="image-link imag
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