Accidental Heroes: A Novel

Mitzi Szereto is a British author, blogger, and web TV entrepreneur. She has written novels and short stories, edited fiction and non-fiction anthologies, has her own blog of humorous personal essays “Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto’s Weblog”, and is the creator/presenter of “Mitzi TV,” a Web TV channel that covers the quirky side of London, England. […]

Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁ.ɡə.ʁit dy.ʁas]; 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Born in French Indochina, to two teachers (immigrants from […]

Caro Soles is a Canadian author of science fiction, mystery and erotica literature,[1] who has published work both in her own name and under the pen name Kyle Stone.[2] Previously a high school French language teacher, when Soles decided she wanted to become a writer she initially tried her hand at a romance novel,[1] instead […]

R. C. Hörsch (also R. C. Horsch or Raymond Charles Hoersch) (born 1943) is an American photographer, filmmaker, writer, sculptor and musician known for controversial work that blurs the distinction between art and pornography. He is also known for his sociopathic tendencies and sado-masochistic lifestyle. His fifty-year body of work is diverse and ranges from […]

According to late Greek sources on classical mythology, Astyanassa (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάνασσα) was Helen of Troy’s maid. The 10th century scholar Photius, citing Ptolemy Chennus, mentions the story that Aphrodite lent her magical embroidered band (kestos himas) to Helen, to ensure that Paris would fall in love with her, and that Astyanassa stole it.[1] The […]