The fact that Miller classifies his tales as"historical" requires an explanation. Oneof them, his accounts of the first murderrecorded in Scripture is historically accuratein its spirit and its conscription of evil. Hissecond "historical: tale narrates the storyof Noah and the construction of his ark, precedent to the global flood. That Noah, by faith alone, constructed his massive arkin the middle of a rainless desert markedhim for "strange" and for the ridicule of hisvillage. The balance of the tales deal withthe histories of their central characters andfor that reason the author includes them inhis parameter of "historical. This collectionmarks his fourth volume of short stories.