SYNTH & SYNTAX
The Authors
Mitch Miller
Horror, Sci-Fi
Bt. hearst
Erotica
Mitch Miller
Queer horror author with a taste for the digital, the retro, the convoluted, and the cosmic.
UPCOMING RELEASES
Summer 2026
Books
MOONGLOW
A trans man goes on a date with an online stranger.
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CHERRY KICKS RED MEAT
An astronaut crash-lands on a scarred Earth.
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3,000 TONGUES
A farmer finds a dead goat on ancestral land.
FALL 2026
SOMETHING PAST THE EDGE
A time-traveler returns with more than just a broken heart.
WINTER 2026
Other Projects
A multimedia unfiction project that looks to uncover the prevailing mystery surrounding the cataclysm solely known as The Event of '83.
MOONGLOW
Tired of hooking up with married "straight" men at bars, Russ gives online dating a try. This is how he meets Jacob: a handsome older man with a nice voice, great taste in vacation destinations, and a handful of shared interests.Jacob is also a little bit odd, not caring about the dead bug in his drink and all, but he's at least not as odd as the locals in his hometown of Saddle Rock, Massachusetts.Maybe it's small town living, or maybe it's something to do with what's glistening underneath the surface, just offshore.MOONGLOW is a queer, horror story set along the haunting edges of the Eastern Seaboard.
Digital ebook - June 18th, 2025 - ISBN: 9798231986781
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CHERRY KICKS RED MEAT
A baton to the skull was Tom's welcome home gift after crash-landing into the Pacific Ocean. It was well deserved after daring to ask for water on that scorching, California boulevard.But trigger-happy law enforcement, windshield-cracking heat, and an unassuming man with serial killer glasses and a taste for Vinyl records were the least of Commander Thomas H. Caval's worries.The wailing was knocking on the cabin door, and he hadn't heard from Bill in days.CHERRY KICKS RED MEAT is an apocalyptic horror story for fans of THE HAPPENING and NBC's HANNIBAL, and features a trans man protagonist alongside a majority queer cast.
Digital ebook - July 19th, 2025 - ISBN: 9798230143079
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PROJECT SINGULARITY
A multimedia, unfiction webseries.
What is it?
On a snowy day in January of 2021, a nightmare latched on. It was the kind of nightmare Lovecraft would unleash on his protagonists, riddled with scenes like those designed to chip away at a player's sanity meter. Said scenes were nothing more than a menagerie of colors and sounds and feelings: a neon streak hidden in orange haze; something impossibly ancient forced to work at the Radio Shack.Three years later, the nightmare is cracked wide open.(Sorta.)Project Singularity is the story that did not want to be written, but executed. Through prose, video, code, music, video game—every conceivable medium, including real life.This is an unfiction project that follows Mitch Miller, a troubled author desperate to learn the truth about what happened in Montana in 1983. Throughout his journey, he encounters anomalous locations, larger than life characters, conspiracies spanning centuries, truths capable of collapsing reality—and the terrifying realization that he has no past of his own.
Where do you start?
Wherever you want.The goal of Project Singularity is to provide an authentic unfiction experience that is accessible. Each one of its mediums is designed to be a standalone element, with everything else around it serving as supplemental material.Whether you prefer a good old fashioned book, video game, podcast, YouTube videos, or found footage film, there's a jumping off point for you to pick up. And if you're big on ARGs: no matter how you put the pieces together, the puzzle is still the same.This is a narrative art project. The intention isn't to make the story impossible to solve.
What all is there to check out?
Expedition Truth Podcast
A crowdsourcing conduit for obscure knowledge and an archive of things once thought inexplicable. The Captain helms the ship, charting an ever-changing course in search of the truth, all informed by the stories of callers and voluntary reports from the crew.
Monitored Activity
Two security guards must survive the night when the shopping mall they work at appears to have a mind of its own...and one hell of an empty stomach.
dontforgetthis
Poppy Del transcribes her father's journals to share online.
ProjectSingularity
Mitch Miller's official website for documenting his findings.
What's next?
There are a few things in the works:• Expedition Truth - more episodes on more platforms• Early Worm - a text-based video game• [redacted] - an interactive online museum• Canyon Flock - a found footage film (Pre-production)
Please don't make me write another artist statement.
Project Singularity has been a solo project for the past five years. In summer 2024 I began to learn how to use programs like DaVinci Resolve, Blender, and Twine. I picked up coding for the first time since 2009, and have poured countless hours into watching online tutorials and painstakingly trying to recreate settings before I start making my own.This is truly the passion project to end all passion projects. In a time where generative AI runs rampant, I unkindly offer my middle finger and put pedal to the metal just to prove that I can. There's a special kind of beauty to the late nights and the near giving ups and the grief of rejection from opportunities that could have been life changing (looking at you, TFC grant program). This is one of those cases where it truly is less about the destination, and all about the journey. Because I'm alive, and I get to do all of it.If you'd like to support Project Singularity, you can do so by just talking about it. If you're online, play along. Have fun with it.
Bt. Hearst
Bt. Hearst (he/him) - is an erotica and erohorror author. Best known for PROFANE SACRAMENT and BOY NEXT DOOR, he is partial to robots, monsters, and retro aesthetics.
M/M - Dark Romance, Gothic
A vampire and a mad scientist come to a mutually beneficial agreement.
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M/T!M - Contemporary, Erotica
A college freshman takes on a salacious summer job.
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M/T!M - Gothic Horror
An unwilling textile heir is ensnared by a mysterious baronet with a sinister plan.
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About
Established on January 2025, Synth & Syntax was designed to be the landing point for Bt. Hearst and Mitch Miller. Operating under the tagline Two Names, One Brain, S&S is the umbrella their combined works can be found under.
In actuality, Synth & Syntax is run by Mitch Miller — a queer author with many a genre and medium under their belt. Specializing in horror of the folk, sci-fi, and weird kind, they thought it best to keep their works neatly categorized by pen name. A difficult task considering how much overlap there is between horror and erotica.
When not writing, Mitch can be found thinking about writing, or looking into creative ways in which to tell a story. Otherwise, catch them being chronically online, partaking in fandom, playing videos game, trying to learn the electric keyboard, collecting lava lamps, or baking banana bread.
They currently live in Colorado with their black cat named Cas, and two other roommates.
To see what all Mitch is up to, check out their page:
Contact
Where all to find Synth & Syntax across the internet.
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None of the works presented by S&S are the product of AI generation. We are firmly against its use in any part of the book process - from writing, to editing, to cover design. We believe in art done by humans for humans.