Foreword

I first investigated the Colin Sherman case in August 1984, while most of this narrative was written in 1985. What follows is the story based on Colin's original file.

I was too afraid to publish this in the 80's because the Republicans owned the White House. Despite his shortcomings, sexual or otherwise, I trusted Bill Clinton, and I felt it was safe enough to go forward with the book while he was in office. I first published it online in 1999. According to Cherokee teachings, we moved from the Ninth Hell to the First Heaven in 1987 and during the Clinton years, it seemed as though the world got a little lighter.

Even so, I knew we couldn't let down our guard because evil is wily, and always present; once again it's got a foothold in Washington. At this time, we have a stunned and untrustworthy man in the White House, a man far more dangerous than Nixon or Reagan, a man who not only has tried to reverse everything Clinton accomplished, but has caused us to regress economically, politically, socially, and environmentally. He has put us in grave danger.

Some people have said that Raven: The Praying Bird is a dark story. Nineteen eighty-four was a dark year in a dark decade. Bruce Springsteen said that people were full of dread in the 80's. The 80's dread is still around in the new millennium, but now it's more profound.