Adam Millard

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Haunted Nights: Tales from a Haunted Asylum

Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum sits crouched like a spider atop the hills overlooking Beechworth, a historic mining town in country Victoria, Australia. In 128 years of operation, there have been over 9,000 recorded deaths, and likely many more than that, if the truth be known. My wife and I were offered purchase of the central …

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What I Learned Running a Kickstarter by Richard Thomas

This past February I started a Kickstarter to raise $52,000 in order to launch a new online magazine of neo-noir, speculative fiction with a literary bent called Gamut. It was a crazy rollercoaster ride of a month and I definitely learned a few things. Here is some of that insight. I had no idea how …

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Book Review: The Damage Museum by Vincent Sammy

“Fans of Sammy’s work will find much to enjoy, here – as will any who appreciate the finer side of dark/genre art and illustration.” Hailing from South Africa, freelance illustrator Vincent Sammy is rapidly becoming the go-to guy for all things dark, apocalyptic, challenging and evocative. With this collection, The Damage Museum, Sammy’s work for …

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Book Review: The Croaker by Scott Nicolay

“Scott Nicolay’s The Croaker is another stunning reason why he is quickly becoming one of the strongest new voices in Weird and Cosmic Horror.” Haunted by painful memories, Michael meets with his first crush nearly thirty years after strange events changed him forever. Something happened when he and Donna visited the Tommy Croaker Memorial Park …

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