It Didn't Start Like This
It started on that sweltering day in June three years ago when he drove past in his red Chevy C10 Fleetside, his square, stubble-smudged jaw and deep cleft chin hanging out the window. And then the squeak of his brakes, the honk of his horn, and his sun-bronzed forearm beckoned me, the twists of damp hair crawling outa his tank-T. “Come ’ere, gorgeous.” His voice was slow and thick like honey. “Looks like you need a ride and a drink.” Or did he say a drink and a ride? But it
A Polygon of Shade
Miriam is in Ephesus about to have lunch: Recalling a cookshop around the corner near the Terrace Houses, I headed there first. At its marble-topped counter opening onto the sidewalk, I placed a take-out order: some cheese, pita, and figs wrapped in a linen sleeve and an amphora of honey-sweetened water. While threading around peddlers and beggars to return to the inn, one hand dipping into the linen sleeve to sample the figs, I saw the Memmius Monument farther down Curetes
June's Story “The Question” is About (not) Telling The Truth
June’s story “The Question” has just been published in COMMUTERLIT MAGAZINE, a digital magazine. The magazine is published as an ezine...
Pankration: An Ancient Sport That Defined a Life
Pankration, as practiced in antiquity, was an athletic event that combined techniques of both boxing and wrestling as well as additional...
The Worship of Isis
The worship of Isis is depicted in this wall-painting. The high priest stands at the entrance to the temple and looks down on the...
A Guilty Pleasure For Romans
In The Deadliest Lie , Miriam worried that her family was becoming insolvent, perhaps because her father had been gambling. So, she...
The Great Fire of Rome
In “Deadly Confrontation,” we learn that the apothecary, Aspasia, having no children, had been a second mother to Katerina, the murdered...
Candles Lit Up The Roman Empire
In "Deadly Confrontation", Miriam visits Delia, Katerina’s best friend to find out more about why Katerina was murdered: Delia waved me...
Is Your Cinnamon True or False?
True cinnamon is Ceylon soft bark cinnamon (also known as Cinnamomum verum ), which is made from the bark of a tree native to the islands...
Oysters of Phlegm
Phlegm is the kind of mucus produced in the lower respiratory tract: the lungs and its airways. Thicker than the mucus produced in the...
