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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 7] The Thursday Prohibition

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 6] Transit Delay Advisory: Cathedral Leviathan Crossing

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[AUDIO] SoDu Startup Ep. 3: May 11, 2026

A quick hit of local news from Southpoint Access editor and publisher Wes Platt.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 5] Postcard from a Rain-Drowned Market

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[AUDIO] SoDu Startup Ep. 2: May 8, 2026

A quick hit of local news from Southpoint Access editor and publisher Wes Platt.

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[AUDIO] SoDu Startup Ep. 1: May 7, 2026

A quick hit of local news from Southpoint Access editor and publisher Wes Platt.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 4] Foreclosure Notice Served Upon a Minor Moon

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 3] Complaint Ledger from the Pilgrimage Road

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 2] Harbor Conditions at the Sapphire Estuary

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 1] Welcome Packet for Unauthorized Recipients

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

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[Office Hours] Celebrating Local News Day!

South Durham deserves local news that is actually local. It deserves coverage that helps people make sense of the changes happening around them, not just broad countywide headlines.

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[Office Hours] DPS Express Stops and Local News Day Ahead

Join me on April 9 at the Southwest Regional Library branch at 3605 Shannon Rd. from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. to talk about what's important in local news.