Jackson Tel
@jacksontelwrites.bsky.social
Historical Fiction With a Whimsical Twist for Adult Readers Who Love Traditional Literature
Storyteller Jackson Tel blends fact and fiction with humor and a touch of the paranormal in historical settings with serious social undercurrents.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
DAILY POST-251231-A
Free Serial Stories by Jackson Tel
As of today, all SERIAL STORIES are free until finished and published in book or audiobook form.
TINY and WAYWARD STORIES remain free individually.
Published NOVELS, AUDIOBOOKS, and ANTHOLOGIES are for sale.
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Free Serial Stories by Jackson Tel
As of today, all SERIAL STORIES are free until finished and published in book or audiobook form.
TINY and WAYWARD STORIES remain free individually.
Published NOVELS, AUDIOBOOKS, and ANTHOLOGIES are for sale.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
DAILY POST-251231-A
Free Serial Stories by Jackson Tel
As of today, all SERIAL STORIES are free until finished and published in book or audiobook form.
TINY and WAYWARD STORIES remain free individually.
Published NOVELS, AUDIOBOOKS, and ANTHOLOGIES are for sale.
online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/ozbd/
Free Serial Stories by Jackson Tel
As of today, all SERIAL STORIES are free until finished and published in book or audiobook form.
TINY and WAYWARD STORIES remain free individually.
Published NOVELS, AUDIOBOOKS, and ANTHOLOGIES are for sale.
online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/ozbd/
Tuesday means a new SERIAL STORY EPISODE to:
1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting EPISODE TWO
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(Table of Contents EPISODE TWO)
1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting EPISODE TWO
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(Table of Contents EPISODE TWO)
SERIAL STORY-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting
Travis Mann’s sixteenth birthday in late August of 1963 was a real humdinger. And it all revolved around the 1954 Buick Skylark Roadmaster convertible with a “For Sale” sign taped on the windshield, p...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tuesday means a new SERIAL STORY EPISODE to:
1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting EPISODE TWO
Substack - jacksontelstories.substack.com/p/episode-two
Flipbook - online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/ccbk/
(Table of Contents EPISODE TWO)
1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting EPISODE TWO
Substack - jacksontelstories.substack.com/p/episode-two
Flipbook - online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/ccbk/
(Table of Contents EPISODE TWO)
It's Monday, time for The Invisible Killer (rated mature)
EPISODE TWO:
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EPISODE TWO:
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SERIAL STORY-1979-The Invisible Killer-A Macabre Murder Mystery-Rated Mature-FLIPBOOK-251129-B
The Invisible Killer returns to London to purchase a work of art and takes on a contract killing for fun.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's Monday, time for The Invisible Killer (rated mature)
EPISODE TWO:
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Flipbook - online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/cjxr/
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EPISODE TWO:
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Flipbook - online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/cjxr/
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Tis it or tis it not AI:
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Tis it or tis it not AI?
Understanding “Tis”
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December 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tis it or tis it not AI:
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Happy Endings
In a happy ending, the main character overcomes major conflicts and achieves or finds a better primary goal. The protagonist is left in a positive emotional state, such as fulfillment or peace. This resolution of the central plot often balances realism with hope for the future.
In a happy ending, the main character overcomes major conflicts and achieves or finds a better primary goal. The protagonist is left in a positive emotional state, such as fulfillment or peace. This resolution of the central plot often balances realism with hope for the future.
December 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Endings
In a happy ending, the main character overcomes major conflicts and achieves or finds a better primary goal. The protagonist is left in a positive emotional state, such as fulfillment or peace. This resolution of the central plot often balances realism with hope for the future.
In a happy ending, the main character overcomes major conflicts and achieves or finds a better primary goal. The protagonist is left in a positive emotional state, such as fulfillment or peace. This resolution of the central plot often balances realism with hope for the future.
The man who lived on Route 50 in the Eastern Shore of Maryland made birdhouses, which he displayed on the wall of this workshop shed in view of the passing drivers on the highway.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The man who lived on Route 50 in the Eastern Shore of Maryland made birdhouses, which he displayed on the wall of this workshop shed in view of the passing drivers on the highway.
ONWARD
A writer walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Have you written 1000 words today? You told me not to sell you a drink until you hit your word count goal for the day.”
A writer walks out of a bar.
From:
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A writer walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Have you written 1000 words today? You told me not to sell you a drink until you hit your word count goal for the day.”
A writer walks out of a bar.
From:
brevity.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/c...
Classic Jokes for Writers
By Julie Vick Knock, knock. Who’s there? Interrupting bird. Interrupting bird wh– Tweet. You really must read this Tweet. ** What do you get when you cross a writer with a deadline? A really …
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December 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ONWARD
A writer walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Have you written 1000 words today? You told me not to sell you a drink until you hit your word count goal for the day.”
A writer walks out of a bar.
From:
brevity.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/c...
A writer walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Have you written 1000 words today? You told me not to sell you a drink until you hit your word count goal for the day.”
A writer walks out of a bar.
From:
brevity.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/c...
It's a learning process. Let's see if this new book cover design #5 is more attractive to readers.
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's a learning process. Let's see if this new book cover design #5 is more attractive to readers.
Result for ChatGPT-Bing-AI Model- GPT-40
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Similar style illustration? - click image for reference images:
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Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Similar style illustration? - click image for reference images:
tinyurl.com/mrrbbmjx
Generated by Bing Image Creator
Boost your imagination, create your own AI images with Bing Image Creator!
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December 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Result for ChatGPT-Bing-AI Model- GPT-40
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Similar style illustration? - click image for reference images:
tinyurl.com/mrrbbmjx
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Similar style illustration? - click image for reference images:
tinyurl.com/mrrbbmjx
Result for ChatGPT-Bing-AI Model- MAMmage-1
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Result for ChatGPT-Bing-AI Model- MAMmage-1
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
These results came from ChatGPT/Bing - DALLE-3
December 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
These results came from ChatGPT/Bing - DALLE-3
Here's another result in the same style, using Adobe Firefly with Gemini 2.5 (w/ Nano Banana).
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here's another result in the same style, using Adobe Firefly with Gemini 2.5 (w/ Nano Banana).
I'm experimenting with AI to generate illustration ideas for my serial novel, The Black Jellybeans EPISODE ONE.
Here is Genspark.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Here is Genspark.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
December 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm experimenting with AI to generate illustration ideas for my serial novel, The Black Jellybeans EPISODE ONE.
Here is Genspark.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Here is Genspark.
Create an illustration set in 1906 St. Louis showing a handsome college-aged man riding a tandem bicycle with his part-Cherokee, part-Black lover on the way to a picnic.
Note to Writer 251226-A
There’s no story without conflict. Stories are about change. People don’t want to change. That creates conflict. It’s baked in.
Tim Grahl - Storygrid
There’s no story without conflict. Stories are about change. People don’t want to change. That creates conflict. It’s baked in.
Tim Grahl - Storygrid
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Note to Writer 251226-A
There’s no story without conflict. Stories are about change. People don’t want to change. That creates conflict. It’s baked in.
Tim Grahl - Storygrid
There’s no story without conflict. Stories are about change. People don’t want to change. That creates conflict. It’s baked in.
Tim Grahl - Storygrid
SERIAL STORY-1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting
Serial Story on Substack
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Serial Story on Substack
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SERIAL STORY-1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting
EPISODE ONE
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December 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
SERIAL STORY-1963-When Travis and Pop-Pop Went Treasure Hunting
Serial Story on Substack
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Serial Story on Substack
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SERIAL STORY-1979-The Invisible Killer
Serial Story on Substack
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Serial Story on Substack
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SERIAL STORY-1979-The Invisible Killer
A Macabre Crime Story by Jackson Tel - Rated Mature
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December 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
SERIAL STORY-1979-The Invisible Killer
Serial Story on Substack
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Serial Story on Substack
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Jackson Tel:
Did you ever notice that 'them' spelled backwards is meth, or mix up the letters to the 'emth' degree?
Dalena Faith:
Emth is not a word.
Jackson Tel:
"Nth, sorry...I meant 'nth degree. For that, I should get the first degree. Should I not?"
Dalena Faith:
Not......funny.
Did you ever notice that 'them' spelled backwards is meth, or mix up the letters to the 'emth' degree?
Dalena Faith:
Emth is not a word.
Jackson Tel:
"Nth, sorry...I meant 'nth degree. For that, I should get the first degree. Should I not?"
Dalena Faith:
Not......funny.
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Jackson Tel:
Did you ever notice that 'them' spelled backwards is meth, or mix up the letters to the 'emth' degree?
Dalena Faith:
Emth is not a word.
Jackson Tel:
"Nth, sorry...I meant 'nth degree. For that, I should get the first degree. Should I not?"
Dalena Faith:
Not......funny.
Did you ever notice that 'them' spelled backwards is meth, or mix up the letters to the 'emth' degree?
Dalena Faith:
Emth is not a word.
Jackson Tel:
"Nth, sorry...I meant 'nth degree. For that, I should get the first degree. Should I not?"
Dalena Faith:
Not......funny.
The assignment is:
Create a written set of detailed instructions for tying one's shoes.
Then find an adult who has never tied a pair of shoes before. If they don't own a pair of shoes, find them a pair somewhere.
If they can't read the directions themselves, you may vocalize them to them.
Easy.
Create a written set of detailed instructions for tying one's shoes.
Then find an adult who has never tied a pair of shoes before. If they don't own a pair of shoes, find them a pair somewhere.
If they can't read the directions themselves, you may vocalize them to them.
Easy.
December 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The assignment is:
Create a written set of detailed instructions for tying one's shoes.
Then find an adult who has never tied a pair of shoes before. If they don't own a pair of shoes, find them a pair somewhere.
If they can't read the directions themselves, you may vocalize them to them.
Easy.
Create a written set of detailed instructions for tying one's shoes.
Then find an adult who has never tied a pair of shoes before. If they don't own a pair of shoes, find them a pair somewhere.
If they can't read the directions themselves, you may vocalize them to them.
Easy.
Parchment, made from hides in Pergamon around the 2nd century BC, replaced papyrus for the production of essential texts.
French scientists invented parchment baking paper in 1847 by chemically treating plant-based paper to mimic the nonstick properties of parchment, contributing to its decline.
French scientists invented parchment baking paper in 1847 by chemically treating plant-based paper to mimic the nonstick properties of parchment, contributing to its decline.
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Parchment, made from hides in Pergamon around the 2nd century BC, replaced papyrus for the production of essential texts.
French scientists invented parchment baking paper in 1847 by chemically treating plant-based paper to mimic the nonstick properties of parchment, contributing to its decline.
French scientists invented parchment baking paper in 1847 by chemically treating plant-based paper to mimic the nonstick properties of parchment, contributing to its decline.
The past and the future meet in the present, and all are equally amazing.
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The past and the future meet in the present, and all are equally amazing.
TINY STORY-1975-Remains of Missing Bicycle Boy Discovered Near Reading PA
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TINY STORY-TINY STORY-1975-Remains of Missing Bicycle Boy Discovered Near Reading PA
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December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
TINY STORY-1975-Remains of Missing Bicycle Boy Discovered Near Reading PA
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Piney Point Lighthouse
In 1821, a lightship was stationed in the area where the Piney Point Lighthouse now stands to mark the dangerous shoals at Piney Point, 14 miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay.
The Piney Point Lighthouse was built in 1836.
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In 1821, a lightship was stationed in the area where the Piney Point Lighthouse now stands to mark the dangerous shoals at Piney Point, 14 miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay.
The Piney Point Lighthouse was built in 1836.
cheslights.org/piney-point-...
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Piney Point Lighthouse
In 1821, a lightship was stationed in the area where the Piney Point Lighthouse now stands to mark the dangerous shoals at Piney Point, 14 miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay.
The Piney Point Lighthouse was built in 1836.
cheslights.org/piney-point-...
In 1821, a lightship was stationed in the area where the Piney Point Lighthouse now stands to mark the dangerous shoals at Piney Point, 14 miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay.
The Piney Point Lighthouse was built in 1836.
cheslights.org/piney-point-...
Punctuation Saves Lives
A Surreptilian note from Dalena Faith, editor of The Chestnut Point Stories:
A Surreptilian note from Dalena Faith, editor of The Chestnut Point Stories:
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Punctuation Saves Lives
A Surreptilian note from Dalena Faith, editor of The Chestnut Point Stories:
A Surreptilian note from Dalena Faith, editor of The Chestnut Point Stories:
Today’s addition to The Glossary of Enigmatic Phenomena is “Surreptilian,” a portmanteau of “surreptitious” and “reptilian.”
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today’s addition to The Glossary of Enigmatic Phenomena is “Surreptilian,” a portmanteau of “surreptitious” and “reptilian.”