“The Guest”, a short story in THE DEADLIEST DECEPTIONS, is about one man’s simmering jealousy against his more successful sibling. The...

We can define profanity as vulgar, socially unacceptable language that you don’t use in polite conversation. But its universality...

Jupiter is the god of the sky and thunder, the king of the gods. The Romans regarded him as the equivalent of the Greek god Zeus, the...

An oracle is priest or priestess who acts as a medium to give advice or prophecies from the gods. The word “oracle” comes from the Latin...

Rhea discovered the sailor’s body in “Believing is Seeing”, a short story in The Deadliest Deceptions. When she described the corpse to...

In Greek mythology, Sirius was associated with the god Orion and was said to be the dog of the hunter. The name Sirius derives from the...

In previous posts, this blog has featured various subgenres of the mystery genre, such as the psychological thriller, the noir, and the...

Vessel rings like this probably originated in the ancient days of the Far East and India and have been used throughout history to carry...

Forensic entomology is the study of the insects associated with a human corpse to determine the time elapsed since death. In the last 20...

Julius Caesar (100--44 BCE) accorded privileges to the Roman Jews and allowed them to own property and administer their community...