Schrödinger’s Baby
SENTENCED A life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences. Schrödinger’s Baby WRITTEN BY RJ JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY JOSHUA JACOBS THE PROMPT The following is a one-sentence short story by Lydia Davis: “At a certain point in her life, she realises it is not so much that […]
Sentenced March 2026
SENTENCED A life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences. A Very Handsome Piece WRITTEN BY RJ JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY JOSHUA JACOBS THE PROMPT This setting description appears in Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice: “The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground. […]
The Minds Own Reckoning
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS The Minds Own Reckoning A life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The prompt: This sentence appears in Alice Munro’s 2009 collection of short stories, Too Much Happiness: “In your life there are a few places, or maybe only […]
Sentenced: January 2026
SENTENCED WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS Picking Up The Pieces …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences THE PROMPTThese sentences appear in Toni Morrison’s Beloved: “She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, […]
Forgiveness, A Life’s Sentence
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS Forgiveness, A Life’s Sentence …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The promptThis sentence appears in Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner: “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of […]
A Human, an AI, and One Perfect Sentence Walk into a Paragraph
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS A Human, an AI, and One Perfect Sentence Walk into a Paragraph …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The promptThis sentence appears at the start of chapter 5 of Edith Wharton’s novel, The House […]