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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:...

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...

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...

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...

Crime Meets Horror

Treat yourself to this anthology featuring the darkest criminals you’d never want to meet outside its pages. Miriam sets out to recover a...

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