Showing results for "Soul" in Psychological

Susan Chambers woke up feeling like she had been hit by a bus. Mostly because she had been hit by a bus. And Susan Chambers wasn’t so much waking up, as she was arriving in The After Death, the place between one life and the next. After forty-two years as a human, a freshly dead Susan must tackle some of the biggest questions in life, death and everything that comes after. Why are mosquitoes the way they are? What lessons can a soul learn from a single life? Does it really matter if you were a good person? Is there such a thing as a life that doesn’t matter at all?

When college professor Ellie McKay walks into the Maverick Bar in Farmington, New Mexico, late one evening, she plans to get drunk, not engaged. But within 30 minutes, she’s met cowboy Al Robison, he’s proposed to her, and she’s accepted. Al only knows that Ellie is attractive, vulnerable, and single; he doesn’t know that she has been on the run for weeks from a sociopath who killed her surgeon boyfriend in Pennsylvania and raped and tortured her.

Meet Westlake Soul, a 23-year-old former surfing champion. A loving son and brother. But if you think he’s just a regular dude, think again; Westlake is in a permanent vegetative state. He can’t move, has no response to stimuli, and can only communicate with Hub, the faithful family dog. And like all superheroes, Westlake has an archenemy: Dr. Quietusa, nightmarish embodiment of Death itself. Westlake dreams of a normal life of surfing and loving again. But time is running out; Dr. Quietus is getting closer, and stronger....

Four high school students in present-day New Orleans are torn apart by envy, passion, and tragedy. Meredith, Brandon, Greg, and Stephen quickly discover the fragile boundaries between friendship and betrayal as they enter high school and form new alliances. Then two violent deaths disrupt the core of what they once shared.

The Dunella Hotel, a legacy, a sanctuary. Bruce arrived seeking peace and a new life, but this old Georgian building nestled in a Scottish seaside town, harbours more than just guests. Hidden rooms, forgotten rituals, and a history steeped in dread begin to surface, twisting his newfound happiness into a horrifying ordeal. He must confront the hotel's dark secrets, or become another lost soul trapped within its haunted walls.

The carefree existence of a young New Yorker is upended on a Friday afternoon at the office. His recruitment by the high flyers at his Wall Street firm for a special project thrusts him into life in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. There, he experiences incredibly odd happenings and paranormal activities that have him question his own sanity. However, a special errand takes him to the United Kingdom and back; all to deliver an ancient remedy to the special client.

After six years of caring for her ailing parents, literature professor Selwyn Aldridge is alone in the weathered Victorian house where she grew up. Grief hangs heavy in every room, and her mother’s once-glorious garden is buried beneath weeds. When a bottle of morphine disappears during a moment of despair, Selwyn begins to question her grip on reality—until a radiant stranger named Blossom appears, arriving with uncanny timing and an instinct for exactly what Selwyn needs. With Blossom’s quiet guidance, Selwyn begins to restore her mother’s garden—and, slowly, her own sense of purpose.

Chamomile’s ‘too perfect’ image has shattered. Like glass hurled into concrete, it is no longer a haven for those few which remain. Instead; it is a prison. A prison that's shackles are the intensifying malice of those, once innocent, prying eyes. Its walls? The looming timber surrounding them. Snow has devoured the streets. So deep it threatens to stretch yonder the knee, and more. If their misfortune were to continue, Chamomile’s townsfolk might soon be buried and swallowed beyond the throat.

Nathan Gallagher doesn't believe in ghosts. As a fireman, he's seen his share of dead people, but they never spoke to him before - until now. His marriage is great, and his relationship with his son is strong, but Nathan is sure that if he tells his family that he's seeing ghosts, it is a quick ticket to a padded room and a straightjacket.

Being a mind runner isn't easy, but catching criminals is all that matters to Jane Spears. Though her job may be gruesome, she's not willing to stop just yet. And even as she admires the ring from her fiancé, she has no intention of letting a wedding sidetrack her work - not when she's about to delve into the darkest mind she's ever encountered.

How do you battle your mind for the ultimate state of control? Kenna Maverick spent her entire life as the outcast of her family. After losing the only relative she could rely on, she spiraled into an abyss of anxiety and depression, yearning for a life free of pain and torment. Now managing a bar in New York City, Kenna finds herself on a journey of self-reflection as she continues to battle a toxic family dynamic. With the help of her close group of friends, she endeavors to acquire the happiness for which she strives, and discover what it is that sets her soul on fire.

The discovery of her dead mother's diary uncovers a terrible family secret, and Maddie must now play a dangerous game if she is to find her brother and protect the life of her unborn child.

Detective Carmela Taldano is handed what seems like a benign, low-level case. Soon, she realizes this case is a game changer, as she is now on the hunt for a vicious and voracious serial killer. She must use her intuition and shear guts to hunt this predator down before more people die. However, while hunting this man down, Taldano becomes the hunted. Someone in her department wants her dead and wants this high-profile case. She also comes into the cross hairs of the very animal she is hunting down.

En Almas Brujas, Helena Cosano nos ofrece una colección de cuentos cortos, narrados con sencillez y agilidad, en los que refleja todo su mundo interior, sus inquietudes, sentimientos y reflexiones sobre el mundo y la vida.

Ines, erfolgreiche EDV-Beraterin, ist von ihrer Freundin Elna zu einem Schreibseminar überredet worden. Ihr steht ein Wochenende unter Leuten bevor, die an Horoskope glauben und zum Trommeln in die Toskana fahren. Doch die warmherzige Art des Seminarleiters und die gute Stimmung in der Gruppe locken sie aus der Beobachterrolle. Zu ihrem eigenen Erstaunen schreibt sie einen Text, der wie eine Nachricht von ihr selbst als Kind an ihr Erwachsenen-Ich ist. Weitere Geschichten fliegen ihr zu und lassen vieles neu sehen und verstehen.

Lying at the crossroads of Europe, Ukraine struggles to forge an independent path between the West and Russia. So great is the conflict, a prominent theme in Ukraine's history is freedom from foreign rule. The Wild Fields is a story about a man struggling to make the right decisions for himself and his family within the clandestine world of pro-Russian insurgents and pro-Ukrainian counterinsurgents in the war ravaged Donbas region of Ukraine, where the line is frequently blurred between good and evil.

Go deep into the unsettling heights of the human mind, with stories representing the darkest and strangest that humanity has to offer, as well as ones that break the traditional mold of reality and take you on a journey of different times, realities, and the fascinating world of dreams. Open up your mind and experience the limits of the unconventional, but don't go too deep–you might just find yourself in one of these stories!