Raven's Readings

This is Chapter 8 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the last chapter, Bertie promised his Aunt Agatha that he would make a good impression on Honoria Glossop's father. Let's see how he does at their luncheon together. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get notified of my updates as soon as they are read...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. Here are two more of my own stories. I'll be doing these on Friday's, and P.G. Wodehouse's Inimitable Jeeves on Tuesdays. I'm late this week as I spent Friday in the Emerg at my hospital. I'd had severe chest pains the night before, that eased and then disappeared. Several ECG's, lots of blood work, X-rays, but cause unknown. Carediologist referral. I'm glad I have fre...

This is Chapter 7 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the last chapter, we saw how much Bertie Wooster missed having Jeeves to help him. We now will meet Bertie's cousins, Claude and Eustace - definite troublemakers. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get notified of my updates as soon as they are ready....

Today's are both from 2012, with a romance theme, for Valentine's Day next week. For the first one, we had to craft an unlikeable protagonist. Mine is a bit of a manipulator. For the second the challenge was to set it in a bookstore, and include six random words. I got broken, music, mechanical, grubby, backpack, and cowboy. I like writing to a variety of challenges, and have done over a hundred o...

This is Chapter 6 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the last chapter, Bertie Wooster came up with a possibly clever plan. We'll see how that works. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get notified of my updates as soon as they are ready. If you enjoy this reading, or have other classics you'd like to hea...

Today's are both from 2012, For the first one, the challenge was to pick a random song title for iTunes as my prompt. I got I Remember - the link is to the Deadmau5 version. For the second we were given a list of 10 random words to include in a story. I did a bit of speculation with a First Nation's twist. I like writing to a variety of challenges, and have done over a hundred of these so far. You...

This is Chapter 5 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the last chapter, Bertie Wooster managed not only to avoid marriage to a thief, but also gain a real advantage over his Aunt Agatha. Are you ready for another adventure? If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get notified of my updates as soon as they are...

Welcome to Raven's Readings and a little bonus, with a definite winter theme - the Cremation of Sam McGee. It's a poem, written by Robert Service, a Canadian poet, and published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get the next installments as soon as they are ready. If you enjoy this reading, and would like more of my stories or maybe some of the classics, lea...

Today's stories are from 2012. For the first, the challenge was to write an interesting story of a person making a sandwich. For the second, the limit was five sentences, and fewer than 100 words. I like writing to a variety of challenges, and have done over a hundred of these so far. You can find all my short stories via my website . If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get the next installm...

This is Chapter 4 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the last chapter, Bertie Wooster was at a resort visiting his Aunt Agatha, who had found the perfect wife for him. Whether he wanted one or not. We will now see if he manages to wriggle his way out, in spite of Jeeves being less than helpful. Something about...

Today's stories are from 2012, both have a sci-fi flavour, with overtones of Apple. For the first, the challenge was to write a story using only the present tense, This constraint adds a sense of urgency to your writing, and prevents you from adding in long backstory. The next story has a more complicated prompt. There are many structures to craft a story around, we were given a seven-part one: in...

This is Chapter 3 of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I'll be reading from this book on Tuesdays, and my own stories on Fridays. In the previous two chapters, we met Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. We saw how Jeeves devised an ingenious scheme that benefited his master, Bertie, Bertie’s friend Bingo Little, and also himself. Clever man. In the next story, told as two chapters again,...

I will be reading to you now from two more of my own fiction stories. These two were both written in response to the same type of prompt. For each I got three random but interesting photos, and had to use them for a story, 1000 words max. I like writing to a variety of challenges, and have done over a hundred of these so far. You can find all my short stories via my website . For the first, writte...

I will be reading to you now from two of my own fiction stories. These two were both written in response to the same type of prompt. For each I got three random but interesting photos, and had to use them for a story, 1000 words max. I like writing to a variety of challenges, and have done over a hundred of these so far. You can find all my short stories via my website . The first story was writte...

This story is from The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories written by P. G. Wodehouse in 1923. In Chapter 1 we saw Jeeves come up with a plan to help a friend of his employer Bertie Wooster navigate the challenges of a romance. We will now see how well that clever scheme works out. I might read from some of my own stories next time. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll the next i...

This story is from The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories written by P. G. Wodehouse in 1923. In today’s chapter, Bertie, with the help of his valet Jeeves, devises a scheme to help Bertie’s friend Bingo. In the next chapter, we’ll see how that seemingly foolproof plan works out. Jeeves and Bertie, were characters in dozens of short stories by Wodehouse. In addition, there was also a...

Tonight I have a cute little short story by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He describes the financial challenges of opening a bank account, back when it was all done through an oak and brass wicket. Leacock was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist, in the early 1900's. He had a summer home in Orillia and wrote with a dry wit about life in small Ontario towns. I ho...

In 1823, the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas was published anonymously in a small New York newspaper. Four years later, Clement Clarke Moore admitted it was his - he’d been reluctant at first because he didn’t think it was fitting for a scholarly professor such as he. I assume the popularity changed his mind. Here’s a link to some history on the poem. Note 1 - I originally had added this to a post...

Part 4 of my reading of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This is from the prompt copy that he used for his own readings. Comments are welcome, of course. I hope you’ve enjoyed these readings, I plan on doing some more. I’m considering maybe some Jeeves and Wooster by P. G. Wodehouse, maybe some Stephen Leacock or Mark Twain. Let me know what books you’d like to hear. They just need to be old...

Part 3 of my reading of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This is from the prompt copy that he used for his own readings. Comments are welcome, of course. I’ll post the last stave in a day or two. If you'd like me to do other readings, let me know - they just need to be old enough to be in the public domain. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

Part 2 of my reading of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This is from the prompt copy that he used for his own readings. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravensview.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit raven...

Part 1 of 4 of my reading of A Christmas Carol, by Dickens. Read from the copy he'd edited for his own readings. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravensview.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ravensview.substack...