Christian Sheppard blogs about all things wonderful and weird in books, movies, theatre, and sports. He is presently finishing an historical fantasy novel about chariot-racing and witchcraft in dark age Byzantium. He is also editing a book on baseball and classical mythology called "The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball." He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/christianmsheppard/ View all posts by Christian Sheppard