N.J. Gallegos returns to The Dark Mind Podcast.

She is an Emergency Medicine physician, horror author, and co-host of the Scream Kings Horror Podcast.

Her new novella, Eat Your Heart Out, is published by Black Hare Press and releases March 14, 2026.

The book follows Jules, a first-year medical student with an exceptional mind for anatomy and a carefully controlled emotional life.

That control shatters when she meets Maureen, a magnetic and confident woman who effortlessly draws desire.

What begins as attraction quickly deepens into something darker and more consuming.

Jules mistakes intensity for intimacy, chemistry for destiny, and fixation for love.

As their relationship lurches between passion and distance, Jules begins to unravel.

The boundaries between study and obsession blur.

In this episode, Gallegos breaks down the psychology of obsession, the powder keg of medical school, the cultural narratives that make devotion dangerous, and what it means to write a toxic queer relationship without flinching.

She also discusses how her years working in the emergency room shape the horror she puts on the page.

Website): https://njgallegos.com/

Author Store): https://www.njgallegos.com/products

X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/DrSpooky_ER

Bluesky): https://bsky.app/profile/drspookyer.bsky.social

Goodreads): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22352302.N_J_Gallegos

Buy Eat Your Heart Out

Apple Books): https://books.apple.com/us/book/eat-your-heart-out/id6757347465

Kobo): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/eat-your-heart-out-22

Black Hare Press): https://blackharepress.com/products/eat-your-heart-out-by-nj-gallegos

Buy The Fatal Mind

Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/stores/N.J.-Gallegos/author/B0CGMS4BSJ

Barnes and Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fatal-mind-n-j-gallegos/1146422660

Audible): https://www.audible.com/author/NJ-Gallegos/B0CGMS4BSJ

Buy The Broken Heart

Barnes and Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-broken-heart-n-j-gallegos/1143619606

Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/stores/N.J.-Gallegos/author/B0CGMS4BSJ

Scream Kings Podcast

Website): https://www.screamkingspodcast.com

Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scream-kings/id1286579957

Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/4xb6C1lAYeFSeZUP7ySnGS

Publisher

Winding Road Stories): https://windingroadstories.com/project/n-j-gallegos/

Black Hare Press): https://blackharepress.com/products/eat-your-heart-out-by-nj-gallegos

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