{"title":"Standalone Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere you'll find the stories that linger on their own rather than in a series\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"what-removes-us","title":"What Removes Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomething is quietly removing people from this town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrackenridge is the kind of place people pass through without noticing.\u003cbr\u003eQuiet street.\u003cbr\u003eOld woods at the edge of town.\u003cbr\u003eNothing that should make it memorable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut people have always gone missing there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo bodies.\u003cbr\u003eNo witnesses.\u003cbr\u003eNo explanations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Jesse Calder arrives in Brackenridge, he begins noticing something no one else seems able to see, subtle distortions in the air surrounding certain people. Moments later, those people disappear. At first Jesse believes it’s coincidence. Then the pattern begins to emerge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildren vanish before growing up.\u003cbr\u003eTeenagers before becoming adults.\u003cbr\u003eLives interrupted at precise moments in time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the closer Jesse gets to understanding the sequence, the more terrifying the truth becomes. The disappearances are not random. They are part of something older. Something patient. Something that has been quietly removing people from the town for longer than anyone remembers. 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A man who blended in so completely that no one questioned the structure he built behind closed doors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil everything burned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThorton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not a true confession. It is something far more disturbing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold entirely in Gregg’s own voice, this fictional memoir forces readers inside the mind of a man who never believed he was wrong. A man who reframes violence as discipline, control as love, and murder as necessity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom his first kill at six years old to the marriages that defined and destroyed, entire families, Gregg walks you through the life he insists was lived correctly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe does not ask for forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003eHe does not seek understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe offers you his truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd dares you to prove him wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Cole King prepares to tell his story through the upcoming documentary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObedient: Masks and Murders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Gregg takes control of the narrative one last time, revealing just enough to disturb, manipulate, and linger long after the final page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause the most terrifying part of Gregg Thorton isn’t what he did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s that he still believes he was right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work of fiction inspired by true crime themes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minds In Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43866795638887,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9092\/3111\/files\/Thorton.jpg?v=1781131576"},{"product_id":"it-ended-by-beginning","title":"It Ended By Beginning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e32 Stories. 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