Mind Monster

Alarming statistics in recent years indicate that mental health problems like depression and anxiety have been skyrocketing among youth. To identify solutions, psychologist and professor Sarah Rose Cavanagh interviews a roster of experts across the country who are dedicating their lives to working with young people to help them actualize their goals, and highlights voices of college students from a range of diverse backgrounds.

In October 2014, after Chris Regan failed to arrive at his new job, his ex-girlfriend filed a missing-person report. Something was off. It was not like Chris, a devoted father, avid hiker, and all-around great guy, not to show up. When local Michigan police chief Laura Frizzo learned Chris was having an affair with Kelly Cochran, a married coworker, suspicion fell on her husband, Jason. After a search warrant on their house revealed several suspicious items, the Cochrans abruptly moved to Indiana. As questions swirled around the case, the whereabouts of Chris Regan remained unknown.

In a world where deep-sea creatures have about as much understanding of social boundaries as a toddler in a candy store, one marine biologist is about to embark on an adventure that will redefine the phrase "hands-on experience." Meet Amanda Glover, who isn’t just a sucker for marine life; she’s practically a tentacle-enthusiast with a PhD! As she rushes through the Scripps Oceanographic Institute, clipboard clutched like a life preserver, she’s determined to show an octopus that interspecies relations can be, well, positively electric—literally! From crab-snatching antics to ...

On a cold December afternoon in 2013, Hazel Gale was declared the English ABA Boxing Champion. On paper, this wasn't her greatest success in sport, nor was it even her best-fought bout. But as her hand was raised that day, Hazel felt a surge of alien emotion. She wasn't sure whether it was happiness, pride or just a good old-fashioned sense of achievement. But it was new. Looking back, she can tell you that what she'd felt upon winning up until that day had been shame. This time, she owned the triumph.

Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the film Monster. There have been few female serial killers, but Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002, was a remarkable example of this rare breed of death row inmate. All too often, female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers - Wuornos’ killings were the inverse of this pattern.

It’s the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America, both at home and abroad. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn’t be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the incendiary protests in Washington. But the world is changing, and Terry isn’t content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code named MKULTRA.

21 Tales and Poems of Weird Horror spanning centuries and continents, but always disturbing closeWhat stirs from yonder gloomy crypt?What really happened during the Cold War’s Space Race?Can a king’s spirit be trapped in a violin?A lost chapter of Hemingway’s Paris years relates to what strange creature of the night?How do you kill a Tengu Lord?What horror did U.S. service men see during the first gulf war while in the deep desert of Arabia that was NOT man made? Does hazing happen at Area 51?And gunfighter Porter Rockwell tangles with supernatural surprises throughout the Old West."...

Junior agents Finn, Milo and Tasi, along with a young hacker, Ether, and Arty the microraptor, are dispatched to Scotland to recover stolen technology that could plunge the world into chaos. It's their most nail-biting mission yet – even before they wake a monster from the deep ...

He doesn’t make threats. He makes promises. And they all end with me on my knees. Jules Rios thought she was safe—hidden away in her stepfather’s mansion, counting the days until college started. But when Jacob Lowe moves in, silence turns to suffocation. Cold, calculating, and cruelly beautiful, her new stepbrother doesn’t speak often—but when he does, it cuts like a blade. At home, he invades her space. On campus, he shadows her steps. And in the dark… he touches her without touching her at all. Jacob isn’t playing games. He’s crafting a slow, merciless breakdown. One ...

Louis L’Amour Meets Lovecraft Again! Porter Rockwell is hunting for a missing girl near a haunted mountain but is forced into tagging along with unfriendly cavalry troopers. The cavalry doesn’t seem very intent on finding her alive or administering justice, wanting only vengeance on the suspected Indian renegades. When they get attacked by inexplicable means, it becomes every man for himself. But Porter isn’t about to roll over and let madness take him. He has a job to do, and nobody can handle death the way he does. He’ll find the girl, administer justice, and get to the bottom of ...

The first three Call of the Faeries stories in one place at a special price! The fae call to us and some will answer. When their world intersects with ours, some will be seduced into their ranks in stories of magic and transformation.

"A high action page-turner set in a Maine winter, this Ike Hamill bio-thriller is the perfect Saturday afternoon heart thumper." Jake stands there, stunned, as Andrew chambers a round. The rifle is pointed right at the running man. Every hunter has a story of an expedition gone wrong. This one is about to take a fatal turn, and there is nothing that Jake can do but watch. The rifle fires. From horror author Ike Hamill, Spores takes you on a journey you'll never forget. It's a tale millions of years in the making, and you'll never imagine where it will land. The four men are out on a simple ...

Attention Earthlings! Are you tired of the same old dating apps? Looking for *something* out of this world? Well, buckle up and prepare for a cosmic twist with "Sex Spiders from Sagittarius Six"! Join the Aranei, the universe’s most amorous arachnids, as they seek love and companionship among unsuspecting humans. Forget swiping right; these charming critters are here to inoculate your heart… and maybe other things! Karen Kidder thought she was just running a peaceful farm—who knew she’d be the center of a cosmic matchmaking spree? As our eight-legged friends weave their silken web ...

What if the person beside you holds a horrifying secret? What if the friendly neighbor next door hides a monstrous double life? The Psychology of Serial Killers: Inside the Mind of Monsters and Patterns of Predation takes you deep into the twisted psyches of history’s most notorious murderers—unraveling the dark forces that drive them to kill.

Discover a magical world where monsters aren’t scary—they’re friendly! Dive into a collection of 29 delightful short stories perfect for young listeners. Each tale is a quick, engaging story, crafted especially for kids who are just starting to explore the world of books.

How will Dr. Amelia Richardson respond to being teleported to an alien world - with no clothes? Amelia activates her groundbreaking teleportation machine but due to an unforeseen error, instead of teleporting her across the room, it teleports her across the galaxy - without her clothes! She is surrounded by tentacled aliens, lucky for her they seem friendly - maybe a little too friendly. Enjoy this fast paced romp as she learns to navigate being an embarrassed naked female (ENF) on a world where clothing was never invented. Just because the aliens are naked doesn't mean she wants them to ...

Adults only! READ FOR FREE with Kindle Unlimited! MC Sizematters brings you a genre defining vampire tale of eroticism, sex, and control! Vampires are real. They will suck you dry. But it isn’t your blood they’re after. They’ll control your mind, your body, and your cravings. You can’t resist them. You will succumb to their unending, overwhelming, unstoppable sexual desires until they drain you of your life force. It will be ecstasy to the end. Kim is a sexy big-breasted reporter who interviews a man with an inconceivable story. What she doesn’t realize is that from the moment she...

Query's first day at the Dalton Adventuring Academy for Monsters is not going as planned. After being mistakenly placed in the haunted tower with a Wraith for a roommate, almost run over by a Werebear, and already somehow behind on her classes, Query discovers that she just might be too broke to be a wizard. Not that Query is new to unsolvable problems. She has dedicated her life to crafting a spell that can cure her of all the things wrong with her body. All she needs to do is survive the most competitive school for the vilest creatures in the world while being seduced by her entire dorm ...

Crutch, Abagail, the marines, and a ship full of Ironborn make their desperate escape from William Wyld and his half-dead army in Ironbay. But what waits for them in the ocean, and can they make it to Papageenar alive? Even if they make it to Papageenar, can they convince the Narafi cannibals deep in the jungle to share their spirit keeper's closely guarded secrets with Damen, the rightful king? Can they get the magic they need to fight Wyld or are the Ironborn hiding in the sewers of Ironbay doomed to be food for his half-deads? And what horrible surprise with the power to kill everyone ...

Enter the world of the Chosen and Forsaken…mind-control and magically-enhanced weapons…with Book Two of The Fount series. Now, in THE FORSAKEN’S CHOICE, Addy and Tol are in a race against forces that seek to tear them apart. They’re determined to travel from Texas to Vitaquias—the world that was laid to waste—to find the only person who might be able to help them. With the Chosen people’s life-giving Source almost gone and the cruel Forsaken general closing in, Addy and Tol are running out of time. If they fail, they won’t be the only ones to bear the cost. Addy’s sister ...