Monster Evil

The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures.

“ The best kind of vampire story—one in which the real evil is us.” —Peng Shepherd “Deliciously monstrous and demanding of our attention, Anna Kovatcheva crafts a feminist vampire story like no other.” —Ms, Magazine A heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in...

These pages rescue you from an abusive relationship. When Sarah met Luis he was charming, funny, and smart. He doted on her and wanted to spend every waking moment with her. She felt seen, loved. With each day they spent together, Sarah fell deeper into his web. As their relationship progressed, Sarah realized Luis wasn’t the man she thought he was. As Luis settled into a career in law enforcement, he became more and more abusive to her and his family. Luis’s behavior began to escalate. Sarah struggled to protect herself and her children from the monster in her home. When Sarah left him...

All Sian wanted was a quiet moment to make out with her new girlfriend. Instead, she and the adorably monstrous Trillin find themselves trapped by a world whose fairytale magic has very strict ideas about who gets a happily-ever-after. Princesses exist to be rescued. Heroes do the rescuing. And monsters? Monsters get killed. In a world where happy-ever-after has teeth, Sian and Trillin are going to learn to bite back.

The first book in an action-packed, witty LitRPG series about a regular giu given a farm to cultivate when the world told him he would never be a hero. But when he proves more resourceful than anyone expected, he draws the attention of some very dangerous monsters to his farm… Nick was just...

The second book in an action-packed, epic, and hilarious LitRPG fantasy series about an underdog who was never supposed to be a hero—but when he’s forced to manage a cursed magical farm, he proves himself far more resilient (and luckier) than any monster—or god—expected. Nicholas Parker...

Stay Away - An amazingly original horror novel from Ike Hamill Every small town has secrets. Some secrets can kill. He’s always been there, the old gentleman in the funeral suit, hanging around the big oak tree. Even before the cemetery was dug, the natives knew about him. He was just as much a part of the landscape as the rocks or the river. If you ever needed anything, especially if it was a matter of life and death, you could find him and make a trade. He always trades fair. Everybody says so. Eric is about to trade without even realizing it. He isn’t tricked. It’s only a mistake. ...

A ticking clock. A dying world. One man’s impossible promise. Nick wanted peace, just a quiet farm, a thriving crew, and a future with Syllia. But when dimensional contagion strikes, infecting her and everyone who’s lived too close to his cursed reality, peace dies screaming. Now, with only...

An ancient evil awakens on the storm-lashed coast. For the tourists flocking to Valentia Island's annual festival, the jagged rock of Skellig Michael is a picturesque landmark. For Caleb O'Rourke, it's a final, desperate sanctuary—a place so remote, he hopes the beast inside him can finally be contained. But the island is not a refuge. It is a cage. When a full moon rises over the Atlantic, a primal hunger is unleashed. The fishing trawler returning to the festival carries a passenger of pure, instinctual slaughter. What begins as a night of celebration descends into a bloodbath as a ...

Working under California's Sexually Violent Predator Law, Samantha Stein, PsyD, faces such offenders alone, one by one, in a prison interview room. As a forensic psychologist, her high-stakes decisions can determine the difference between a life lived back in society or one condemned to indefinite incarceration.

The epic conclusion to the genre-bending series, Shroud of Prophecy (Fate of the Fallen and Destiny of the Dead) from New York Times bestselling author, Kel Kade. The chosen one is dead, the powerful have abandoned their subjects, and Death has come for them all. Aaslo, the reluctant new Chosen...

For the first time, the complete story of Ed Gein told through actual court transcripts, police reports, and psychiatric evaluations—not Hollywood fiction. The actual legal documents from America's most notorious criminal case reveal a monster far more disturbing than any movie portrayal. These are the real words of the investigators who found the bodies, the psychiatrists who examined Gein's twisted mind, and the judges who struggled to comprehend evil beyond imagination. Evidence of Evil is built entirely from documented testimony, suppressed confessions, and firsthand accounts from the...

Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten’s sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor. His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster."

From an absolutely unmissable voice in cozy fantasy, this tale shares the story of fae, folklore, and found family, told by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike any other. Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce...

Everything changed the day a faerie fell into my tomatoes. I thought I had my life planned out. My farm was prosperous, and I was on the verge of proposing to my childhood sweetheart. I'd have a family. A normal life. And then the Eagle Lord crashed into my crops—a giant bird with a broken wing. I foolishly tried to save him from the monster who was stalking him, and he repaid me by giving me immortality. Sounds good, doesn't it? Except immortality isn't free, even when it's a gift. Taryn Savagas wants me to fight beside him. To give up everything I have and everything I am to be his ...

Some doors should never be opened. Elias Kreel was a conman. A thief. A nobody looking for the next quick score. But when he stole an ancient book from a forgotten museum vault, he unleashed something older than sin itself—Mammon, a demon of chaos, greed, and destruction. Now possessed by a force he barely understands, Elias finds himself stronger, faster, unkillable… and utterly consumed. He walks a blood-soaked path through cities of sin, leaving horror and ruin in his wake as the demon inside him whispers promises of power and revenge. But the deeper Elias sinks, the more he begins ...

Caleb Mercer, the best mountain rescue specialist in the Cascades, knows some calls are a death sentence. When a lone hiker vanishes on Mount Hood just as the storm of the century is about to hit, Caleb’s gut tells him to stay home. He’s already brought one ghost down from that mountain, and he has no desire to create another. But when the sheriff pleads for his help, Caleb assembles a small, desperate team for a rescue that’s already a suicide mission. The brutal, unnatural storm is the least of their worries. As they ascend, they find signs that something else is using the blizzard ...

Buckle up for the ultimate blood-soaked rampage: A Bloody Trilogy in Raven Pines – where small-town secrets explode into grindhouse carnage! In the sleepy backwoods of Raven Pines, Tuesdays aren't for tacos—they're for terror. Bank robbers on the run crash into a nightmare of cosmic horrors, abominable moosemen, and flesh-hungry shuddermasses that turn the town into a slaughterhouse. From shotgun blasts and beer-fueled brawls to naked husband massacres, wedding day bloodbaths, and porta-john propositions, Robert E. Andersson's trilogy ramps up the gore with each book: A Bloody Night, A ...

A hilarious and addictive first book by Kenny King, a cultivation fantasy/system optimization series—perfect for fans of Beware of Chicken and He Who Fights With Monsters—where an underpowered hero must level up in a strange fantasy world through sheer determination and endless persistence...

Destiny of the Dead is the second audiobook in the genre-bending Shroud of Prophecy series from New York Times bestselling author Kel Kade. The God of Death is tired of dealing with the living, so he’s decided everyone should die. And he’s found allies. The Berru, an empire of dark mages...