Fictional Credentials: I have published around 70 short stories, in (e.g.):
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (twice); Argosy; Carve Magazine (twice); Conundrum; Crime & Suspense; Darkness Before Dawn (five times); Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (three times); Flash Fantastic (twice); HandheldCrime (twice); Hardluck
Stories (three times); Hellas; Jewish Affairs; Monarch Mysteries; Mouthful of Bullets; Murderous Intent; Mysterical-E; PowderflashBurn (six times); Shattercolors Literary Review (four times); Shots; Silver Moon (twice); Sleuths in Cahoots; Sliptongue (twice); Storyteller; The Third Degree; Thuglit (twice); Without A Clue.
I have also published a 10.000 word story as a chapbook (Rembrandt & Company, St Petersburg, Florida, 2005). Plus, stories in the following print anthologies: Adventure (MonkeybrainPress, Austin, Texas, 2005 - a 16.000 worder); Bound For Evil (Dead Letter Press, New Kent, Va, 2008);Doses of Death (Red Lotus Press, Mexico, New York); Best Erotica 7 (London, UK, 2008); Modern Magicians, Wizards & Witches (Kerlak Publishing, Memphis, 2005); Short Attention Span Mysteries -2 yarns herein (Kerlak Publishing, Memphis, 2005).
In 1999 and 2000, I was a Finalist in the short story category for, respectively, the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards and the Bouchercon USA) Anthony Awards, for stories published in Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. In 2004, I was a Preliminary Finalist in the Fish Publishing International
short story contest (Ireland), and am again in 2007. In 2005, I was a Preliminary Finalist in the 2005 Raymond Carver short story contest - my entry is published in the July 2005 issue of Carve Magazine - and also in the 2006 Raymond Carver contest. Also nominated for 2006 Derringer Awards.
Biographical Note: Born (1937) and educated in England; college-university lecturer in England/Australia/Canada. Now Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Calgary, and Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada. Published 12 books and c. 600 articles on Greece, Rome, Byzantium, 18th-Century History & Literature, and Albanian
History/Language/Literature. As freelance writer, have contributed many magazine and newspaper articles on many subjects in various countries.
Did a 2-year stint as regular columnist for the British daily newspaper Morning Star. Currently write regular columns for (e.g.) Catholic Insight (Canada); Fortean Times (UK/USA); Presbyterian Record (Canada); Stitches (Canada); Verbatim (USA/UK).
PUBLICATIONS:
The Latin & Greek Poems of Samuel Johnson. London: Duckworth, 1995.
Suetonius: Biographer of the Caesars. Amsterdam: A. M. Hakkert, 1983.
Philogelos or Laughter-Lover: an ancient jokebook translated. Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 1983.
The Roman Emperors. Montreal, QC: Harvest House, 1980.
Studies in Lucian. Toronto, ON: Hakkert, 1973.
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AWARDS:
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, for recognition of lifetime research and publications, 1997.
Book of the Year, London Sunday Telegraph for The Latin & Greek Poems of Samuel Johnson, 1995.
Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Byzantine and Ottoman Studies, University of Birmingham, England, 1980.
Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Research in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, 1975.
Commonwealth Scholar at the Institute for Classical Studies, London, England, 1975.
