Tales from the Raven

10 - Your high school reunion has been rescheduled ’til next month. 9 - You just got your hair done and don’t want to mess up the ‘do. 8 - You ate a quart of ice cream and now your stomach feels a bit off. 7 - You’ve decided that you’ll spend the tax return on a home gym, [...]

Of all the time and labor services that have entered homes in the last one hundred years, it seems to me that the kitchen has been most revolutionized.  We prep after pulling the food from our fridge, wash up in the sink, saute on the cooktop, reheat in the microwave, and cleanup in the dishwasher. [...]

I’ve always thought the contest a cool idea, though I’ve never taken the challenge. I’m afraid I’m too mercenary to devote a whole month to a novel I’m quite confident would have such major flaws that it would never make it inside an editor’s office, let alone onto his desk. But I have a friend who writes a novel [...]

Karen plopped down on her bed.  Laura nudged her feet to make her move, then sat beside her.  Both girls stared at the heaping pile of candy at the foot of the bed. “So . . .” Laura said.  “The party’s over, Sheila won, and she also got Matt.” Karen laughed, almost a sob.  “But [...]

Well, my entry was not a winner.  Ah, well.  Congratulations to Ben Vincent for the first place win, Carrie Laben for the runner up, and all the folks who recieved an honorable mention.  I look forward to reading Ben’s story in Apex Digest.