I shot up like a malfunctioning vibrator had detonated in my rectum—pure, uncut panic sending me into orbit. Late again. Christ, my brain felt like a damp sponge in a urinal. I yanked the blanket over the flamingo like a fevered mortician, tucking it in tight—too tight—like a man who’d Continue Reading
Grain Over Gold: Could Rome Have Sustained a Wheat-Based Economy?
In the bustling heart of the Roman Empire, commerce and labor revolved around coins—small discs of silver, gold, and bronze that dictated the rhythm of daily life. A laborer in the streets of Rome or the far reaches of the empire might expect to be paid a few sestertii for Continue Reading