Short Story of the Month
The Malediction of Gorgon Medusa by the Goddess Pallas Athena
"What ails you, girl?" Hera, the First Lady of Olympus, asked as she came upon Athena, the goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft, patroness of her city, leaning gloomily against the white marble of the Ionic column of the Olympian palace, gazing into the depths where the human world lay.
Being of the Month
Ozaena
Pliny the Elder, that indisputable authority on antiquity, whose thirty-seven-volume encyclopedia is an amazing work with carefully listed references to sources and authorities, left us a report about it. Like all works of this type, it naturally reflects the knowledge and ideas of the time; we cannot expect a first-century scientist to have developed quantum theory. Much of the information is, from today's perspective, imperfect, outdated, or completely fantastical. It is also overused and misunderstood.
Other Stuff
Sherlockiana: Police Officers
Even though Holmes became the patron of all literary detectives that came after him, he didn't consider himself as one. He thought of himself as a higher form of a sleuth.
Quote of the Month
HERCULE POIROT: In my experience, I have known of five cases of women murdered by their devoted husbands.
CAPTAIN HASTINGS: Yes?
HERCULE POIROT: And twenty-two husbands murdered by their devoted wives. So thank you, non. The marriage, it is not for me.
— Agatha Christie's Poirot, S3 Ep.7 The Double Clue
How to Properly Feed a Demon
Twenty-five short short stories for short short breaks. Starring aliens and people, gods as well as demons.
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