Author: Ben Raskin

Passion fills the halls of Blackthorn Estates but tragedy strikes the Rufus family.

Author’s note: One of the best things about owning a blog is it’s a great place to workshop ideas or write insane stories without too much fear of criticism. Cockpit is definitely becoming one of those projects. Keeping with the spirit of previous books I’ve started with WordPress, I’ve started to serialize a new novel-length…

There is nothing sweeter than hitting the InstaCare while on vacation. No-siree, there is nothing better than sitting in a crowded waiting room full of people with irritable bowel syndromes, wet hacking coughs, and sporadic bouts of Tourrette’s all the while your wife is waiting patiently to go on a hike through the Grand Tetons.…

I have swimmer’s ear. No, I’m not suggesting I can manipulate and control Janet Evans though I wrote a lot of fan fiction regarding Janet Evans back in 1992. There’s water behind my right ear and I can barely hear. It feels like there’s half of a fleshy brain grapefruit on the inside of my…

For the uninitiated, the Pie Hole is a pizza parlor on State Street. They serve pizza with a lot of range. At 5 p.m. their pizza might not legally be able to qualify as food with a thick layer of grease on a crust chewier than a radial tire. But at 1:30 a.m. after pouring…