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Evolution of “The Pharm House”

How did I come up with the story and title for The Pharm House? My first attempt at writing a …

Speaking of Toxicologist (as in Nicholas Harding in The Pharm House), any aficionados of The Borgias out there? As …

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Nicholas Harding, the protagonist in my first novel, The Pharm House, is a toxicologist by training, like myself. When I …

A couple of years ago, when I saw that the American Museum of Natural History in New York, was running …

“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.” …

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Above – HMS Terror shipwreck In my previous blog (The Terror of The Terror), I shared with you my minor …

Have you ever experienced a story, be it a television show or series, …

In recent decades, storytellers through movies, novels and television have put two seemingly sexy and fascinating pop psychology terms into …

Synesthesia – The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of …

The Viking Ingvar arrives at its final port early the morning of October 19th and we awaken in St. Petersburg. …

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A few years ago, I attended the New York Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory (or the Seventh …