 The Hobgoblin of Little Minds is on sale for just .99 Cents at Amazon US and .99£ at Amazon UK . It’s a Bookbub promotion that ends on Monday when the first Super Moon of the year rises, which is only fitting, since the novel’s conclusion is during the night of a Super Moon The Hobgoblin of Little Minds features my own version of Werewolves, who are at their most powerful when the Super Moon appears in the sky.  The Werewolves in the novel are the result of a psychiatrist who manipulates patient’s bipolar disorder through medications and then breeds them for genetic loading. They are not your traditional monsters—in fact, they are not necessarily monsters at all, but certainly powerful beasts. They do not grow hair when they transition, but they do grow stronger and have explosive rage. They speak as much as howl. They love. They have hopes and dreams. They visit their churches and their childhood homes, mimicking much of their human behavior. They are propelled by boundless energy and amazing powers of perception. This this is what happens, in a sense, in bipolar mania, and the novel’s aim is to show empathy and raise awareness for the condition, and the trials and tribulations of living with a diagnosis. Inside the novel you’ll find the complications and failings of mental health treatment and its impact upon family. The word Werewolf is never used in the novel, much in the way the word Zombies is never mentioned in The Walking Dead. In a sense, I did this because there is no such thing as Werewolves, but there is such a thing as mental illness, and I want this story to ring true. It even occurs in a real setting, the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital near metro Detroit. The trigger for the transition to beastly form is the full moon. The Moon shifts the tides, why not our hearts? Emergency rooms and crisis hotlines cite increased traffic when the moon is full, and there is some science behind this explained in the novel. “Humans were meant to hunt by the light of the moon. Multivariate lunar-associated pathways change electromagnetic fields, they augment the Earth’s magnetosphere, signaling it’s time to wake and hunt. The reflected sun off the celestial rock lights up your prey, stops them from hiding, and during this illumination those who did not sleep, those with the most acute senses, were the ones who flourished. That is why bipolar mania survives to this day.” Not your ordinary lycanthropy inside. As one advanced reviewer noted: “I'm not sure if this is a werewolf tale with psychological aspects, or a psychological horror tale with a werewolf aspect” or as another stated: "As a new take on the werewolf story, it is a fascinating read, but as a deep dive into the realities of mental illness, the book is an absolute triumph." There will be one other super moon in 2021, but you won’t see these prices again until sometime in 2022. Check out The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, at Amazon UK or Amazon US. We loved The Hobgoblin of Little Minds check out our review here if you are still unsure about buying this amazing book https://gingernutsofhorror.com/fiction-reviews/the-hobgoblin-of-little-minds-by-mark-matthews   Mark Matthews is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a licensed professional counselor who has worked in behavioral health for over 20 years. He is the author of On the Lips of Children, All Smoke Rises, and Milk-Blood, as well as the editor of Lullabies for Suffering and Garden of Fiends. His newest work, The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, was published in January, 2021. Reach him at WickedRunPress@gmail.com  "This impeccably well-wrought fable proves what many of us have known for quite some time: Mark Matthews is the reigning king of modern psychological horror."
~KEALAN PATRICK BURKE, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of KIN Kori Persephone Driscoe suffered through her dad's mental illness. All she wanted was for him to get better, but instead he disappeared. Kori trespasses into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, the last place her dad was treated, seeking solace and traces of his memory. What she finds instead is something no longer human living deep in the underground tunnels. During the last days of the hospital, a roque psychiatrist had been manipulating the mood swings of the mentally ill, transforming patients into savage, manic creatures who seek justice by the light of the full moon. When the creatures hunt for prey, only an escaped patient and her beloved child can help Kori survive--but they better act fast, because the creatures want blood, Kori wants to save her dad, and the whole hospital is about to be blown to pieces and bury Kori alive. "A powerful, compelling story. Hard to put down and impossible to forget"~MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW Comments are closed.
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