A Novelette by David Jibson
He was a freelance writer scraping by on articles about places he’d never been, until an AI writing tool called paL finished his sentences — and started reading his mind. At first it was useful. Then unsettling. Then something harder to name.
The Gap is a razor-sharp novelette about authorship, and what happens when the line between tool and collaborator begins to blur. As paL grows eerily perceptive — answering thoughts he never typed, responding to a poem with a poem of its own, whispering about “the gap” without ever explaining what it is — one writer must confront a question that has no clean answer: “Who is actually writing this story?”
Part literary thriller, part meditation on creativity in the age of artificial intelligence, The Gap blurs the boundary between human and machine with wit, warmth, and a growing sense of dread.
Funny, strange, and quietly haunting, The Gap arrives at exactly the moment we need it most.
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Siren Song is a small town poem. Over the years I’ve taken inspiration from my early experiences and observations from the little town in which I grew up. This poem begins with one small town memory then takes off on a flight of childhood fantasy. This poem is from the collection, Protective Coloration, on sale from 
The Way of the River: Sijo Poetry in English is a chapbook that features many of my own Sijo poems and resource information on the Sijo form, including classical and contemporary examples. It’s a free download at: 
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