Adam Millard

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Book Review: The Sadist’s Bible by Nicole Cushing

“Cushing delivers a knockout punch that’ll leave you reeling and that will stay with you long after you’ve read the last word.” Ellie Blake is a closeted lesbian with sadistic leanings, desperate to come out but unwilling to do so in the bible belt community she lives in with her fanatically religious husband. Unfulfilled and …

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I Believe in Ghosts

I suppose it could be said that I grew up with ghosts and the supernatural, and that the supernatural continues to play a part in my life, being, as I am, a Christian. Often, I’ve seen a reductive view of faith expressed on social media along the lines of – those of faith believe in …

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When the Kickstarter Stops and the Indiego-Goes

Aside from working in a bookshop for a year, and working as a journalist for a decade, the only proper job I’ve ever had was the couple of months I spent working in a porn shop in the middle of Leicester Square, about twenty years ago. Quite presciently, given my later career as a horror …

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Book Review: The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof

“Bilof is the hitman to modern literary dogma!” What is the difference between a sociopath and an artist? When do those lines become blurred? These are among the many questions asked in Vincenzo Bilof’s latest novel, The Violators. Alan – a young writer full of self-doubt – finds himself accepted into a seemingly prestigious college …

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