Tales from the Raven

Little Sips, by Barbara J. Ferrenz
Short Review:
One of those unusual stories which manages to mix fantasy, horror, and humor.  Like a carefully made cake, each ingredient must go into the mix at the right time and be the right portion.  Barbara has baked this story into a tasty morsel.
Long Review:
The story begins with a charcter thread [...]

A Time to Kill, by S. Andrew Swann
Short Review:
A chilling story that definitely got me thinking.  Not a story I’d read or share so much for enjoyment as for discussion, both of the story and its flaws.
Long Review:
An excellent sample of the complexity of human existence and the difficulty in predicting the consequences of any [...]

Here’s a new way to spark your end-of-the-world novel.  According to Bad Astronomy, the star Eta Carinae could go supernova at any time.  Of course, if I were to write an apocalypse novel, I’d probably get everybody good and scared, have them run around like crazy chickens, then end it with a near miss, with [...]

The Old Woman in the Young Woman, by Gene Wolfe.  Illustrated by Emily Tolson (scroll link to bottom of page).
Short Review:
The kind of story that sticks in your brain, and maybe you find yourself mentioning to a friend or coworker.  Has a few small kinks in the plot which I go into below, but it’s [...]

Did I say I wasn’t going to blog much?  Guess that refered to some other day, today the back is doing alright.
I’m getting email about Cub Scout Camp just now, and in amongst a daily report and instructions for the boys’ skit night was this:
Campers can wear their camp t-shirt if it doesn’t stink too [...]

All the Things You Are, by Mike Resnick.  Illustrated by Pamelina H. 
Short Review:
I’d recomend this story to someone interested in a light, easy read, that will still take the brain out for a thought exploration.  Each step of the story is fairly predictable, but is written in an entertaining style.
Long Reveiw: (no really blatant spoilers, but read at [...]

I’ve been interested in Baen’s Universe for awhile, so I jumped at the chance to get a free copy of V1 #3 in exchange for a reveiw and a link.  Once I downloaded the pdf, I realized that the 163 pages of content was more than I could read in a sitting or two.  So I’ve decided to [...]

Since I’d promised to get up two posts a day, and have utterly failed to do that, I thought I’d throw something up to explain what’s going on.  The problem with getting up posts is tied in with the kids under foot, my mom-in-law staying with us, but most importantly, my back.
The good news is that I’ve progressed [...]

We had a great Father’s Day, which was topped off by some extra happy news.  My story, ‘Watcher in the Dark’, has been accepted by Eric Reynolds of Hadley Rille Books for their Ruins anthology.  This is an adventure story set in other-world ruins, and involves a struggle between the Independent Recovery Team headed by [...]

Calling all scab-eaters!  Go to Amazon and buy Carmen’s Sticky Scab.  It’s funny, it’s educational (who knew the drama that can come with a scab?), and it’s written by my good friend and writing buddy, Ginger Churchill.