You are listening to a Clarksrell magazine podcast.

We have made it to the end of 2024.

This is the last story for the year.

And you know what?

We couldn't have done this without you.

Thank you for your incredible support over this past year.

And as we go on to 2025, I'm preemptively thanking you

for your support into the future. Thank you for visiting patreon.com forward slash Clark's World.

Thank you for buying a subscription. Thank you for telling a friend. Your support has been truly

amazing. It lets me do one of the things I absolutely love doing,

which is narrating these wonderful stories by these incredible authors.

And your support also brings us the nonfiction, the arts,

and helps provide pay to the people who put this all together,

including myself. So thank you.

Our last story for the year is titled Retirement Plan and is by Paul Starkey.

Paul Starkey lives smack bang in the middle of England about as far from the coast as you can get,

which is a shame as he loves the sea.

Paul has been writing since he was 10 years old.

His day job involves data protection,

but he still dreams of being a full-time writer one day.

He blogs about films, books, and Blake's 7 at werewolves on the moon.orgon.com.

So I hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

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