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Caveat Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain, as are the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Alexander Dumas. However, freshly-created, original fiction is the copyright of the author. Note that my work adresses adult themes, and is therefore not recommended for YA or children. Copyright All textual material on this website is copyright by Mike Adamson. All artwork with the exception of the book and magazine covers is copyright by Jen Downes.	Interviews Robb Wallace, October 17th 2023 Poseidon's Scribe, June 27th 2023 Belanger Books on Kickstarter, April, 2023 (scroll to the bottom) Belanger Books on Kickstarter, June, 2022 (scroll to the bottom) Belanger Books on Kickstarter, November, 2021 (scroll to the bottom) Black Hare Books, July 2021 Third Flatiron, August 2020 Helios Quarterly, March 2017 — OOP, no longer available Podcasts Arcanum Miskatonica forthcoming at PseudoPod 'Fear of the Dark' at No Sleep Podcast, Season 14, Ep. 25 Devotions at Centropic Oracle (website discontinued) Non-fiction Guest Blog Post at Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 17th March, 2021: "The Most Versatile of All Genres?" Op-Ed at Uprising Review, 25th October, 2017: "The Romance of Decay" Jejune Magazine A Season of Ashes (January 13th, 2020) The Day the Earth Stood as One (September 26th, 2019) Book Reviews War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Skylark of Space by E.E. Smith The Coils of Time by A. Bertram Chandler The Zhukov Briefing by Anthony Trew A Ravel of Waters by Geoffrey Jenkins The Ramses Pentalogy by Christian Jacq The Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard Author Profile Pages Amazon Author Page at Goodreads House of Zolo Cloaked Press Simon & Schuster Thriftbooks ISFDB Reviews of My Writing Tangent Online's review of Aurealis #125, and my story "The Witch Who Wove Dreams" SFF Reviews: "Gorgon's Deep," review by Sara L.Uckelman, March 12th, 2018 Pseudopod -- featured anthologies, Review of "The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen and Other Things that Should Not Be and my story "Arkanum Miskatonica" Academic Writing — Theses and Papers 'Writing Archaeological Fiction' in The Global Encyclopaedia of Archaeology, Smith, C. (ed), Springer, New York, (online and current print edition) 'Mist Across Celtic Waters' in Border Crossings: Narration, Nation and Imagination in Scots and Irish Literature and Culture, Younger, C (ed), 2013, Cambridge Scholars, Cambridge. PhD Thesis, Sex and Death: the Female Grave in Colonial South Australia (1836-1936), Archaeology Department, Flinders University of South Australia, 2012 Masters Thesis, An Archaeological Analysis of Gender Roles in Ancient Nonliterate Cultures of Eurasia, Archaeology Department, Flinders University of South Australia, 2005 Honours Thesis, Celtiana: Worlds in Communication, Archaeology Department, Flinders University of South Australia, 1999 Awards & Finalists Alien Dimesnions: Sky Tears Early September, 2023 'The White Calf and the Wind' appeared on the Honor Roll in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023. April, 2023 'The White Calf and the Wind' is a finalist in the 2023 Derringer Awards. 'Personal Best' is a finalist in the 2022 Jim Baen Memorial Award. October 3rd, 2021, "Dream of Me" longlisted for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. September 2nd 2021: interviewed by Johanna Koob of Germany, in relation to preparation of her literary thesis, with reference to my story 'Flight of the Storm God.' August 8th, 2021 Participated in online chat with the members of HOWLS (Horror Obsessed Writing & Literature Society), Denver, CO, USA. May 6th, 2021 'Escape Vector' is a finalist in the 2021 Gravity Awards. February 6th, 2021, near miss, 'Secret of the Sands' is just outside the top ten for the 2021 Jim Baen Memorial Awards. October, 2020 'Sky Tears.' is a finalist, in the 2019 Aurealis Awards. Mid-2020, 'Sky Tears' was nominated for the 2020 Hugo Awards in the category of Best Short Story. September 2019 'Sky Tears' received the Editor's Choice Award for 2019 at Alien Dimensions Magazine. 21st February 2018 'Hostile Intent' was nominated (editor's pick) for the 2018 Hugo Awards in the category of Best Novelette. 'Masques' was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for 4th quarter, 2017. 'Dust Mote' was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for 3rd quarter, 2017. 'Wake' was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for 4th quarter, 2016. 'Petrichor' was awarded a Silver Honourable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for 3rd quarter, 2016. Follow Mike's photography at the blog he launched many years ago with a group of fellow photographers, Digital Kosmos. Mike posts selections from his local and overseas photo shoots several times per month. Digital Kosmos