“Slippery, sinister, and so much fun.” —Charlotte McConaghy, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Dark Shore Meet the Mortons: In this family, murder is currency—and business...

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Emil Kraepelin trained Nazi doctors and helped shape the DSM.

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Author Britney S. Lewis reflects on how the paranormal genre has slighted its Black heroines and how she aims to rewrite the narrative in her new YA novel, 'Blood Moon.'

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Hope for how to navigate the uneven terrain of our times