Dallas, has written Σ Book I: Thumos Rising, the first novel of a fantasy/sci-fi series he created, which will be published by Atmosphere Press. A senior lecturer of Latin, ancient Greek and Greco-Roman history at Southern Methodist University, his love of history began at UNT when a roommate gave him a copy of the historical fiction book, Gates of Fire, by Stephen Pressfield. Among Justin’s favorite campus memories was when Lucky the albino squirrel stole a bag of Dorritos he was eating while studying behind Willis Library.