Story Slam-Off

There’s a fantastic event in our city called “Story Slam”.
Participants come up to a mike and have five minutes to tell a story. It must be an original story. Judges randomly picked from the audience rate the story from 1 to 10. A final score is given based on the total of the three middle [...]

Interpreting Potlucks

“Ma, what is this?” I winced at the sharpness in my tone. I shouldn’t be raising my voice to my mother on the day Jesus rose from the dead.
“What do you mean?”
“What is this? What have you cooked here?”
“You know, the usual. Gravy, peas – ”
“Mom, I thought we discussed this. Tonight is potluck. We [...]