Ride the Spiral with Ben Young: Grief, Fibonacci, and the F You Universe.

In this episode, Vincent sits down with author Ben Young to discuss his new novel Ride the Spiral.Ben talks about turning real life grief, parenting struggles, and the search for answers into cosmic horror.The conversation explores neurodivergence, desperation, mental health, string theory, absurdism, and the terror of not being able to fix the people you love.Ben also discusses the influence of Stephen King, Tool, heavy music, indie horror, and the process of writing characters who are already at the end of their rope before the monster appears.Ride the Spiral is available through Aethon and Wicked House, and signed copies and more of Ben’s work can be found at benyoungstories.com.Ben Young Websitehttps://www.benyoungstories.comBen Young Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/benyoungstories/Ben Young Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/benyoungstories/Ben Young TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@benyoung_storiesRide the Spiral from Wicked House Publishinghttps://wickedhouse.com/book/ride-the-spiral/Ben Young on Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/author/list/43073675.Ben_YoungStuck on Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/196306469-stuckHome on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Home-Ben-Young-ebook/dp/B0CWXW5F63/Ride the Spiral on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Ride-Spiral-Cosmic-Horror-Novel-ebook/dp/Support The Dark Mind Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedarkmindpodcast