If Thine Eye Offend Thee

Author: Mike Adamson
Series: Short Reads
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Suspense
Publisher: Hell Hare House
Publication Year: 2024
eBook List Price: USD $1.99
Paperback List Price: USD TBA

Dr Janice Meyerson confronts her most perplexing case: Carol Creed, a self-mutilating patient shaped by societal demands.

Within the stormy confines of Castleton House, a high-security psychiatric facility, a treacherous mind game unfolds between doctor and patient. Creed’s eerie intelligence and potential telepathic abilities challenge Meyerson’s ethics and understanding.

One storm-laden night, this volatile dynamic escalates, leading to a harrowing escape and a life-threatening confrontation. This gripping psychological thriller delves into the dark corners of the human psyche, exploring the consequences of societal pressures and the blurred lines between sanity and insanity.

The Salamandrion by Mike Adamson – Launches 24th July 2021

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Literary success, to me, would mean scoring serious novel contracts with major publishers—mainstream circulation in the higher five figures and upward, with international reach, including foreign language editions and screen rights sales. This definitely calls for agency representation, and I'm hoping my track record, built up since 2016 in the short story market, will open that particular door. I've dabbled in screenwriting for the last twenty years, too, and a cross-pollination of success between fields is always possible.

If Thine Eye Offend Thee by Mike Adamson

Dr Janice Meyerson confronts her most perplexing case: Carol Creed, a self-mutilating patient shaped by societal demands.

The Salamandrion by Mike Adamson

In the late 25th century, a systems analyst is called in to diagnose a strange instability in the computers of a base established on the most volcanically active planet ever encountered. What he finds shakes his understanding of reality, because this planet is not as dead as it seems, and it wants humans gone—for their own sake.

Series: SHORT READS