

Clouds As Ancient Symbols
In The Deadliest Hate , the second novel in the Miriam bat Isaac Mystery Series, Miriam heads to Caesarea aboard her cousin’s ship. She...


Read June's short story published in Gargoyle: "The Confession".
Is the man sentenced to crucifixion really guilty of killing the sandal maker, or because he is lame, was he simply too slow in leaving...


The Greatest Roman Extravaganza
In The Deadliest Hate , Miriam tells us what it was like to go to the games: What a sight! Thousands filled the four tiers of the...


The Stench Of Decay
In “The Confession”, Miriam speaks of the stench of decay as she passes the laboratories in Alexandria’s famous medical school: I...


Nature's Janitors
In June’s story “The Confession”, Iso is about to be crucified, but his friend Baba, a produce vendor, goes to Miriam bat Isaac to see...


THE DRINK, June’s newest short story
A variation on the noir love triangle, “The Drink” is about a beautiful teenage girl in 1970s Upstate New York who is picked up by a...


Homo Sacer, an Ancient Roman Legal Concept
This painting and other works on exhibit during the Spring 2023 explored the idea of homo sacer , meaning literally a sacred or accursed...


More Secrets Than A Pomegranate Has Seeds
On the hunt for her old friend’s love child in “The Beggar”, a story in The Deadliest Returns , Miriam visits The Pegasus, a sleazy...


The Life-Changing Torc
This white marble statue depicts a wounded, Gaulish Celt. Notice that he’s wearing a torc, a rigid neck ring in metal, made either as a...


Red Ochre: The Earliest Red Pigment
“The Revenge,” a story in The Deadliest Deceptions , begins with Miriam and Phoebe in their favorite restaurant: “Phoebe and I were about...