<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Temporal Scribe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Literary fiction where the impossible becomes tender, and the past and present share the same air.]]></description><link>https://www.temporalscribe.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BzEU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f10ed1f-a239-4718-8be1-398849eaf3b6_1254x1254.png</url><title>Temporal Scribe</title><link>https://www.temporalscribe.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:48:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.temporalscribe.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[John B. Sullivan]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[temporalscribe@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[temporalscribe@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[John B. Sullivan]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[John B. Sullivan]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[temporalscribe@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[temporalscribe@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[John B. Sullivan]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Hello, Across the Silver Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two women, a century apart, bound by a mirror and a silver hairbrush.]]></description><link>https://www.temporalscribe.com/p/hello-across-the-silver-line</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.temporalscribe.com/p/hello-across-the-silver-line</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John B. Sullivan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204872006/4a1bc13c132897227f83c43c41293eaa.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A woman grieving in a Georgian flat finds an old silver hairbrush. In the mirror, another woman begins to appear &#8212; a seamstress in 1919, living in the long shadow of the war. Not a ghost. Not quite memory. A conversation stretched across a hundred years.</p><p>This is the song of that story &#8212; &#8220;Hello, Across the Silver Line.&#8221; It stands on its own, but it&#8217;s the doorway into something longer.</p><p>If it moves you, <a href="https://www.temporalscribe.com/p/helloacross-the-silver-line">the opening is free to read</a> at the link, and you can follow along for more stories and songs like these. The full novella lives in <em>Intervals</em>, out 24 July.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temporal Scribe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where past and present share the same air]]></description><link>https://www.temporalscribe.com/p/temporal-scribe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.temporalscribe.com/p/temporal-scribe</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John B. 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