

Why Not Try the Pomegranate Wine?
Fruit wines are fermented alcoholic beverages made from various ingredients other than grapes. In particular, pomegranate wine has been...


A Sense of Humor
A team of scientists at the University of Bristol have been studying this dinosaur’s cloaca. Most vertebrates, such as birds and living...


Remember Me
Of course, you remember him, the serial killer who eats his victims in the film based on Thomas Harris’s classic thriller. Before...


Don't Monkey Around
In THE DEADLIEST SPORT, Judah accompanies Miriam to the games to see her twin brother perform in the arena for presumably his last bout:...


A Random Event or Attempt at Murder?
In The Deadliest Hate, Phoebe and Miriam go to the Forum in Caesarea: Buoyed along by the crowd, pressed against their sweaty bodies,...


The World's Finest
Scythopolis became one of the textile centers of the Roman Empire, and the linen produced there was regarded as the finest (and most...


Greek To Me
The Septuagint, also known as the Greek Old Testament, is an early translation of the Hebrew Bible into Koine Greek, the Greek spoken in...


Making A Story Believable
Okay, so you have an idea for a story, even a McGuffin. Your premise may not be so outrageous as mine in “The Deal,” but you still have...


Another McGuffin
My first short story, “The Deal,” was published in The Dark Sire on Halloween, 2020. It is a medical horror story set in the near future...


Just Belly Up To The Counter
Two kinds of fast-food restaurants served the ordinary folks in a Roman city: the kapeleion, from the Greek, a café or tavern, which...