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Cat-titude - Jaymey's Birthday Story
The beginning of summer rolled in like one of those heavy asphalt pavers. Slow and with a crushing weight of heat that made it hard to...
raymondBYIERS
Jul 26, 20204 min read
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THE WRITER -Rhiannon Collett Birthday Story
*Note to the Reader; Birthday Stories are exactly what they sound like, stories that are created and gifted to family and friends. They...
raymondBYIERS
May 10, 20204 min read
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"Cariad" [Welsh for love] To our Nurses.
Gareth grew up in a typical Canadian household; hockey on weekends, CBC radio at supper, exploring the surrounding countryside with...
raymondBYIERS
Apr 24, 20205 min read
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Rochelle and Christine's Birthday Story (Part 1 & 2)
1 For friends and family (refresher) in case you missed it, for the past year I began to gift a personal short story. Some are short,...
raymondBYIERS
Apr 2, 20208 min read
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Jesse's Birthday Story - This Place is for Giants
"This place is for GIANTS!" The words reverberated in the recesses of Jesse's mind. Back to a room, hot and dark with yesterdays clothes...
raymondBYIERS
Mar 9, 20202 min read
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Aidan's Birthday Story - The bookseller
The hinges of the old door argued theatrically as Aidan entered the store. The morning rain was cold and carried a chill through the...
raymondBYIERS
Mar 8, 20203 min read
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Preparing for Winter - A cautionary Fable
In a small wooded area that stretched along the Grand River lived a family of squirrels. Mothers, Fathers, brothers, sisters, sons,...
raymondBYIERS
Feb 9, 20202 min read
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The Library - Walts Birthday Story
The day could be summed up in a single word. Excrement! or dung! and the evening didn't hold prospect for much better. The days lecture...
raymondBYIERS
Dec 24, 20196 min read
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Mermaid Lake - Wendy Bradley's Birthday Story
*Note to the Reader; Birthday Stories are exactly what they sound like, stories that are created and gifted to family and friends. They...
raymondBYIERS
Nov 24, 20195 min read
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Test Site "C" - Sara's birthday story
*Note to the Reader; Birthday Stories are exactly what they sound like, stories that are created and gifted to family and friends. They...
raymondBYIERS
Nov 3, 20193 min read
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Farewell story to Stuart McLean told kind of through Dave and Morely.
It started out like any other typical Wednesday; middle of the week, middle of the day, and in this case, middle of the month. But this...
raymond BYIERS
Feb 20, 20175 min read
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A Winter Poem
I stand looking at the small window at the back of the house, a yellow candle hue framed in black. The freezing air fills my lungs and it...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20171 min read
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Friday Night
Stretched out and staring up from your front lawn at the stars on a dark blue pallet of nothing I make wishes that mean nothing and no...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20171 min read
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Who are you again?
I was just re reading notes from the Vinyl Cafe today, in particular a story about a particular bookstore in Victoria that Stuart McLean...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20173 min read
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Love
To think, to imagine, to dream of oneself within oneself out of time and space, Are we created merely to follow or is there more? An age...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20172 min read
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Water like Stone
The water is like stone, heavy on my back. I shake the world off with gritty hands filling the voids with fragmented sediment. Hold...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20171 min read
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Closed on Thursdays
I wrap my tired arms around your closed off flesh. Tried to beat into you - I love you, I love! You just shake it off, wipe it clean....
raymond BYIERS
Jan 29, 20171 min read
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The art of it all
Where to start? The beginning is so boring. Let's start something new together. I'm looking for new clients to work with that are...
raymond BYIERS
Jan 19, 20171 min read
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